The Mo Siewcharran Fund has awarded its latest round of grants to four dynamic, creative organisations across publishing, theatre and music: Good Chance Theatre,  Mark Rubinstein Ltd, Sound and Music and Edinburgh International Book Festival.    The Fund was set up five years ago in memory of Nielsen Books’ former director of marketing and communications, […]

Edinburgh Book Festival is one of four organisations to have been awarded a grant from the Mo Siewcharran Fund in its latest round, Lauren Brown writes in The Bookseller.

What a year 2022 was! From celebrating our 10 year anniversary to launching our first career development bursary and steering group, there were lots of reasons to celebrate. We’re so proud to have recruited new candidates, matched more mentoring partnerships, worked with existing and new employer partners, and continued supporting our ever-growing community in our […]

Anna Bonet writing in i News has listed Creative Access as one of the ’50 reasons to be optimistic about 2023′ amongst organisations such as Arts Council and Greenpeace UK, as well as the upcoming Eurovision and the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Bonet states: Creative Access will champion more under-represented talent Under-represented and disabled talent […]

Lauren Brown in The Bookseller has reported on Creative Access’ new appointments to its programmes team including Yasmin Hemmings as acting head of programmes and Bhavini Goyate and Jolie Hockings as programme managers to “enhance ongoing support and training for its interns and alumni from groups under-represented in the creative economy.” Read the article here.

Creative Access, a leading diversity, equity and inclusion social enterprise, is today announcing the promotion of Yasmin Hemmings, to acting head of programmes and the appointment of Bhavini Goyate and Jolie Hockings as programmes managers to enhance ongoing support and training for its interns and alumni from groups under-represented in the creative economy.  Hemmings is […]

Ellie Khan has reported on Creative Access’ disability report 2022, highlighting the finding that “career-building networks are closed to 75% of disabled creatives”. Read the article in full.

The global title read by presidents and entrepreneurs, the Financial Times hosted the last Creative Access masterclass of the year at its London offices yesterday. Likeminded individuals, hungry to learn about the world of journalism, gathered to hear from our esteemed panel spanning editorial, diversity and inclusion, photography, and technology. 

Gus Alexiou has discussed Creative Access’ latest research on disabled workers in his article for Forbes about the importance of disabled job seekers knowing their legal rights. Alexiou mentions that the research shows that: “Many such experiences revolve around employers failing to make appropriate workplace accommodations to allow them to operate at an optimum level […]

Jamie Body has reported that “Two thirds of disabled workers in the creative industries do not feel they have the confidence to progress in their careers, according to a new report into the barriers faced by those who identify as disabled”, following Creative Access’ research. Read The Stage article here.

In PRWeek, Elizabeth Wiredu has stated that marcomms “lags behind” other sectors when it comes to welcoming disabled, deaf and neurodivergent employees, following on from Creative Access’ recent research. Read the article here.

Sian Bailey has written about Creative Access’ newester report on disabled workers career progression in the creative industries. Read The Bookseller coverage here.