The All Party Writers Group has been championing the policy of a Creator’s Council since it released the report ‘Supporting the Writers of Tomorrow’ in 2018. The aim was to secure an avenue of dialogue between the government and writers.
We are pleased to say that the Creators Rights Alliance has been successful in gaining a position on the Creative Industries Council as of February 2023. The CRA is made up of a range of organisations who represent different creatives including writers, photographers, journalists, and musicians. This is a significant move forward in the balance of representation on the CIC which previously was entirely made up of industry bodies and organisations.
The APWG believes this is an important shift as we saw the difficulties creators, in particular freelancers, had with accessing government support during the pandemic and having government policy genuinely reflect the working conditions of creatives. We hope this continues and the Government finds further ways to engage and understand the views of creative freelancers.
It is a positive that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has listened to our concerns and reflected that by embracing dialogue with the creative workforce who are the backbone of the UK’s world leading cultural sector.
Read the CRA’s full press release here
