Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 30
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Forming a ‘Creators Council’ could boost confidence across the sector and ensure its views are...
Recommendation
Forming a ‘Creators Council’ could boost confidence across the sector and ensure its views are represented at a time when many of the creative industries workforce are struggling to stay in the sector. We recommend that DCMS forms a Creators Council as a mechanism for better dialogue with the creative workforce to understand its needs and viewpoints as we emerge from this crisis. (Paragraph 116) 62 Impact of COVID-19 on DCMS sectors: First Report
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
4 www.gov.uk/government/groups/cultural-renewal-taskforce-and-supporting-working-groups 18 Impact of Covid-19 on DCMS sectors: Government Response felt that DCMS has not properly heard their concerns with regard to creative freelancers. However, DCMS has listened to as many of the views across the creative industries as possible and represented them across government to help inform our response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ministers have met with industry bodies repeatedly, and we continue to put forward the concerns and opportunities brought to us by members of the creative industries in order to provide the best support possible for the sector. Industry and Government already engage regularly with a wide range of leading experts in the creative industries through the Creative Industries Council. We would need a clear steer from the sector as to what they require from a UK Creator’s Council and how it is differentiated from the existing mechanisms we have for working with the sector. If the sector would like us to consider this additional group, we would need robust evidence to demonstrate the gap in what the Creative Industries Council is currently delivering and what they would like this new group to deliver.