This research explores, highlights and aims to understand why overall progress on diversity is so persistently slow, disjointed and imbalanced, read the preface and download the full report below...
Preface
The Creative Foundation would like to thank all those who participated in this research for the time, knowledge, wisdom and honesty invested in providing their lived experience of building a career in the creative industries.
We have not undertaken this research to deny the progress that has been made thus far or critique the efforts of organisations and individuals who work tirelessly to drive change (often without the sufficient levels of funding needed) or criticise the progressive businesses within the creative sectors who are genuinely committed to playing their role in building a more inclusive and representative creative industry.
The research explores, highlights and aims to understand why overall progress on diversity is so persistently slow, disjointed and imbalanced - the net result of which, as the research will attest to, places the UK creative industries both at risk of losing some of the very best young diverse creative talent the UK has to offer, as well as potentially increasing a creative disconnection to the cultural and social trends of the communities the creative industries hope to engage with, professionally and commercially.
Before you go...
As a final note before moving onto the findings of the research itself, we issue a clarion call to all those reading this Discussion Paper: don’t leave this Report in your download file, in your email, or in your ‘to read’ folder. Send it to colleagues, disseminate it, draw from it, quote it and use it to help facilitate real change and progress in your sphere of influence.
Reach out to the incredible changemakers and organisations cited in the Directory in the appendix of this Report and work with them to help your organisation drive positive and powerful transformation.