Creative Workforce for the Future kicked off in January 2020 with a mission to make the creative industries as representative as the society in which we live. The pilot ran until March 2021.
We have worked with the following companies on inclusion readiness and you can read a bit about why they joined our programme below:
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The Creative Workforce for the Future is a great way for us to build knowledge on how to address the
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Aardman is committed to ensuring our workplaces are inclusive and free from any type of discrimination, but we recognise that
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Academy 7 is excited about meeting talent and finding out practical ways of how to better support underrepresented people in
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Creative Workforce for the Future’s Inclusion Programme is giving us the chance to look at what we need to change
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We love working with artists of every discipline, and are looking at how to comfortably/ naturally work with a wider
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The Inclusion Programme has been a great way to help us explore how to better structure and support our inclusion
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We want to up our game and open ourselves and our audiences up to wider perspectives and experience and talent.
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At boomsatsuma it is crucial that we support our young people to have voices and platforms. We’re looking forward to
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Diversity and inclusion are crucial for us and we strive to improve our processes and results, though know we have
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We’ve been working hard with amazing, diverse, talent through partners across the city but it isn’t yet translating into our
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In 2020 the Cable is working hard to explore and address the underrepresentation, particularly in its current content producers, which
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Our ethos and commitment has always been about creating opportunities within media and in media democracy - enabling people to
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There’s so much more we can do to better serve and support our existing staff and all the talent out
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We want our Staff and artists, and the communities we serve and support to be more representative of the wider
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We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and reach their full potential.
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Encounters is a charity that stands for fairness and equality. We’re very committed to inclusion behind the scenes and in
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Our workspaces are more than just a place to go to work. We create inclusive, collaborative communities that are vibrant,
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Fourth Floor embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds,
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We joined the Creative Workforce for the Future Inclusion Programme to help us better connect to exceptional talent from underrepresented
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It’s one thing recruiting people. It’s vital that once recruited we help people stay in the business. When changing texture
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Understanding the needed for inclusivity has impacted the way we think beyond just 'who we already know' and can invite
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It is great to be training in the UK with Creative Workforce for the Future because I have always been
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We’re very user-led – we try to be inclusive by engaging the audience in the journey on a project, as
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We are excited to take part in this programme, adding another valuable element to our already established diversity and inclusion
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We want to make consultation more inclusive, further reaching and more useful for everyone. We work toward empowering people to
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2020 has been a year of such global change that its felt hard to see how we as individuals and
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The media industry is still too white. Oggadoon is looking forward to exploring what it can do to support and
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Open Bionics is passionate about supporting people from underprivileged areas into business. We live and breathe our values, and make
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At Plot our Inclusion practice is not (yet) articulated or visibly expressed but we are committed to values-led, sustainable business.
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Now we have a great opportunity, including MD and board level commitment. Given what is happening in the UK and
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In all our work, we really care about giving voice and representation to those people whose stories are not overtly
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As a small company we know we will never be able to change the world, but we would like to
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Expanding and forever diversifying our industry pipeline is tantamount to creating ever more profound and relevant work which is why
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We’re excited to join Creative Workforce for the Future’s inclusion programme to help us connect with, engage and support underrepresented
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We’re excited to join Creative Workforce for the Future’s inclusion programme to help us connect with, engage and support underrepresented
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There's a real gap in the market for children’s books that authentically represent the lived experience of children growing up
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Our priority audiences are young people (13-25); disabled people; communities in the most socio-economically deprived postcode areas and Black, Asian
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Our aim is to use Wildscreen’s position in the Natural History industry to set goals, encourage and give achievable landmarks
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Excellence, innovation and inclusion are at the heart of what we do at Wise Children, and our ambition is to
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This programme is good timing for the opportunity to change the dynamic at Wounded Buffalo. In our experience a fair
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Other companies engaged on our programme, but without profiles are:
Wildseed Studio, Team Love, Bristol Festivals, Drummer TV, Noods Radio and Misfits Theatre.
The pilot worked with over 50 creative SMEs on the programme, which is really great. SMEs embarked on a journey of Inclusive Leadership, to explore, grow and support inclusion-readiness to make their businesses thrive.
Bristol 247 who are part of the programme said:“We want to be more inclusive but the majority of us are white, middle-class, university-educated. We’ve been working hard with amazing, diverse, talent through partners across the city but it isn’t yet translating into our recruitment.”
Our offer included panel sessions, workshops and discussions with a range of exceptional speakers and facilitators, including some of the programme’s talented young creatives.
Up to 24 companies had the additional opportunity to host a funded placement with one of our cohort of creative professionals. Placements offer companies access to incredible skills and voices in their workforce, whilst providing young people with the experience they need to sustain a creative career. We looked for matches, where interests aligned between company business goals and values, and the career ambitions of our talented young cohort.
