We want people working in the culture and creative sector to have fair access to opportunities, be treated with respect and be paid fairly for the work that they do.
We want to help create the conditions for more opportunities to work in and progress through our sectors. This includes ensuring that every individual or organisation we fund offer terms and conditions which are demonstrably fair, and advocating for Fair Work principles to be applied universally in the sectors we support.
How do we define Fair Work?
The Fair Work Convention’s Fair Work Framework defines it as ‘work that offers all individuals security, opportunity, respect, fulfilment and effective voice’. Research identifies long-term systemic issues in the culture and creative sector which are impacting the delivery of Fair Work principles.
We view fair pay and precarious work as persistent problems to be addressed in part through our funding decisions, including with the significant proportion of people who work on a freelance basis. We also want to see fairer recruitment and opportunity, with clearer and more effective career progression routes. We believe that workforce and leadership development should be part of cultural organisational planning and that organisations we fund should have a clear approach to ensure dignity at work for employees and others they work with.