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Today, the #FreelanceTaskForce met in Open Space, facilitated by @improbable1 to work on the question: "What do you want to work on through the Task Force, & what can we achieve together?"
THREAD compiled by @AmyClareTasker
THREAD compiled by @AmyClareTasker
We discussed how to make our work visible to fellow freelancers and the wider industry, and created this twitter account. There are 150+ members and we don't speak with a united voice. All tweets will be signed with the Twitter handle or initials of the person writing them. - ACT
The rest of this thread will be a list of conversation topics from today's event. We're in the process of creating a website where we can share updates from the various working groups within the #FreelanceTaskForce. We'll announce that widely when it's live. - ACT
SESSION: "Arts Council England - Institutional Racism + Discrimination + Those left out (Opportunities and Funding) (Joyce O, Ash Bowmott and Laura Sweeney)
SESSION: Can we (the FTF) operate with a central purpose? If yes - what is our central purpose? if no what is the purpose of the taskforce? If our sector doesn't survive as a whole how do we fix everything else? (Louie)
SESSION: a new funding stream - NPI/NPA (National Portfolio Individuals) - what can they look like as well as relationship of freelancers with NPOs? (Assis Carreiro and Parbati Chaudhury)
SESSION: Backstage Workers & Sustainable Practise (Sadeysa)
SESSION: Campaigning for Universal Basic Income & The Arts (Simeon Miller)
SESSION: What are we going to do about representation in theatre? (Paula / Victor)
SESSION: Task Force Buddy System (Kate O'C)
SESSION: How do we change the image of theatre so that more people identify with us as a sector (Liv)
SESSION: Representing freelancers not on the taskforce (Joana Nastari)
SESSION: I want to ACT but I don't know what to do! (Jackie)
SESSION: Communication with the wider freelance community! (Annie-Lunnette)
SESSION: Spilling the beans - telling the truth about inequalities and discrimination in organisation/freelance relationships (Viv Gordon)
SESSION: Hosting an online festival/mass lobby for the wider industry on the last day of the task force (Jane Crawshaw)
SESSION: Creating a book of recommendations (best practice) for venues (Karen Traynor)
