Building inclusive change in the creative and cultural industries
Award-winning campaigns across education, broadcast, arts, culture and not for profit sectors
Consultancy: industry-leading change strategy for global arts and cultural leaders
National lobbying and advocacy: social action in creative and cultural industries
Fashion and brand ambassadorship
Journalism, broadcast and communications
Thought leadership in art and culture #CultureNeedsDiversity.
In numbers…
Leading 3,500 creative sector in the UK’s first truth and healing session for the arts
700 organisations signed up to Unlock – the UK’s first accountability framework for inclusion
Creator of the first national survey of 1500 participants – by, of and for ethnically diverse people to decide on preferred terminology around race. Recommendations adopted by Arts Council England
Clients & partners
UK Theatre/Society of London Theatre, V&A, Tate Modern, Love Productions, Museum of the Home, Vanquis Bank, MoneyBarn, Home Manchester, ABRSM, Chichester Festival Theatre, Royal Exchange Manchester, National Opera Studio, Soho Theatre, Opera UK, OneDance UK, Creative Visual Arts Network (CVAN), PIPA, London Short Film Festival, Creative England, Film London, ArtsProfessional, Independent League of Producers, The Stage, Inspirate, Akram Khan Company, Writers Guild of Great Britain, Equity, Disney Theatre Group, Clore Leadership, BBC and more…
Research
Qualitative and Quantitative research includes
COVID-19 and its impact on the ethnically diverse workforce
Hold On: Management and diversity in the arts
Gender Diversity in TV directing
& sector and organisbespoke research for creative sector clients covering acting, drama schools, dance & pay, disability and more
Campaigns
#CultureNeedsDiversity Twitter top trending campaign celebrating diversity in arts and culture
#BAMEOver polling 1500 ethnically diverse people on preferred descriptors of identity
Inc Arts Minds campaigning for sector-wide change on managing wellbeing amongst marginalised creative workers
+ media campaigns for fundraising & philanthropy, audience diversity, accountability models, democratising funding embedding equity in business management, free speech and safety, and more…
Winner: CRE Race in the Media; Winner: MIND Mental Health in the Media; RTS Award Best Education Campaign
Media, Press & PR
The Guardian: Diversity on boards
Financial Times Opinion: UK Race Report
Financial Times: Arts and culture after BLM
Regular columnist for The Stage
Former Editor and regular columnist for Arts Professional
BBC Radio: How has risk changed in the arts? BBC Radio 4 Front Row
BBC Radio: Rethink the arts: BBC Radio 4 Front Row
What they’re saying: creative and cultural sector clients
You have done such an amazing job for the sector! Your work has kick-started massive change in our programme of anti-racist action. Thank you!!! – World-leading museum group
I want to thank you for all the incredible work you have done. Your passion and drive has always been evident and I am so pleased that we have been able to engage with you in your work and have personally been extremely compelled by the work that you do. – UK government department
What a testament to what you have built – your vital and important work. It was the one light in a very dark time for the arts. – international performance company CEO
You have made a huge difference to the arts world through your considered, intelligent and inclusive approach to the work – CEO, UK performance arts sector
It is an honour to follow your work and experience the growth of IncArts and see how vital it is for the sector. – CEO, arts sector support agency
What you’ve built has been amazing, both in terms of how quickly the organisation has become an established voice and in terms of the reach and influence too – Senior researcher, creative industries
Thank you for holding the space for us. For recognising the trauma and helping to redress the harm so many of us have experienced in this sector – creative practitioner
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