British artist Khadija Saye was a victim of the tragic Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017 in West London. Saye was born in London in 1992, and graduated from the University for the Creative Arts in 2013. In this article friends and mentors of Khadija pay tribute to an extraordinary talent…
The Art Newspaper reports that donations are being made to create paid internships plus a general fund in memory of Venice Biennale artist who died in London’s Grenfell Tower fire. Click here to read the full article.
The organisation, which was previously a registered charity, has become a social enterprise after the government withdrew more than £2m of funding for its paid BAME internship programmes. The move means that it will still be able to place BAME interns across the creative industries. Whereas government funding previously subsidised the first year of paid […]
After the announcement of funding cuts by the UK Government, Society of Authors show their support in this blog piece, urging people to sign the petition to save Creative Access. Featuring quote from current intern Samia Gundkalli.
“We are very disappointed that Government has withdrawn funding from Creative Access, an organisation which we have worked with closely to offer routes into the music industry for young people from diverse backgrounds. It is vital that Government supports the efforts of businesses like music to ensure equality of opportunity and pathways into creative careers […]
The charity Creative Access is “exploring options” after government funding cuts have threatened its existence. Josie Dobrin, chief executive and co-founder of the organisation, told Press Gazette that she did not know whether they would have to close soon, although she said the intention is to keep going. She said that the organisation is in discussion […]
Pan Macmillan have partnered with Creative Access since 2013 and have since taken on eight interns. They have supportively pledged £50,000 to Creative Access and undertaken to double its intake of fully funded Creative Access interns in a bid to help the agency continue its work to increase diversity in the creative industries.
Having invested in Creative Access for three years, the Government now risks damaging its own efforts to get more disadvantaged young people into the creative industries. Having placed 700 young people with more than 250 media companies – 90% of whom have got jobs at the end of their placement – we could say ‘mission […]
Television bosses are dismayed at the government’s decision to withdraw funding from diversity charity Creative Access’s BAME internship scheme. Piece written in today’s Broadcast Now. The scheme, which placed its 700th intern this month, works across the creative industries but has placed more than half of its interns in TV businesses, including a large number […]
A petition created by Creative Access supporter and journalist William Njobvu was launched to save diversity charity Creative Access from closure. Since it was started on Tuesday (13th December) the petition has secured more than 2,100 signatures, including from many high-profile industry figures.
