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View in browser The Collective Newsletter Your monthly Creative Industries round-up One Year On - Our Creative Future: The Manifesto 365 days ago, we launched Our Creative Future: The Manifesto, which outlined six priority areas that the new UK Government must address to unlock the full potential of the UK's extraordinary Cultural and Creative Industries.   So far, the Manifesto has been downloaded over 2,000 times and has hit a media reach of 37.6 million. Now, we're revisiting those priorities with a series of blogs to see what has changed since then. Look on social for #OurCreativeFuture. Read more EDI hub: Sky Up Academy Studios' initiative to open access to creative education for school children  Sky Up Academy Studios is a collection of studios across the UK and Ireland offering an immersive experience for school students aged 8-18, with a large percentage of schools being from underserved communities. The programme has seen over 300,000 students come through the studio doors since it began in 2012, supporting students to create their own news reports, movie trailers and more in its state-of-the-art studios. For Creative UK's EDI hub, Create Diversity, we chatted with Nishy Lall, Head of Youth and Social Impact at Sky, to learn more about the organisation’s huge drive to put young people centre stage regardless of their background.   Read more Forging Freelance Futures Report Almost 30% of the cultural and creative industries' workforce is freelance, and they must be protected and supported. Creative UK's latest report is based on a survey of 1,272 freelancers and 221 organisations, as well as a series of regional focus groups, setting out a vision for a fairer freelance economy, sharing stats behind the stories of freelancers and suggesting major policy changes to combat these challenges.   Read the full report Help shape our creative future by becoming a Creative UK member   You can join the only UK network spanning all creative and cultural industries, providing members with access to valuable connections, profiling benefits, knowledge-sharing, networking and development opportunities right across the sector. Here's a few things our members have benefitted from recently, and you could too: Discounted tickets to SXSW London's debut conference in June 2025 Exclusive creative sector stats update, featuring sector-wide, accurate, up-to-date data to help members make the case for the cultural and creative industries with confidence Invitation to the relaunch of our Creative Skills & Futures Network Collaborate with Creative UK on our Manifesto Anniversary Campaign Get to know some of our newest members from April so far: Open Agent / Theatre Royal Plymouth / Nordoff and Robbins / Mediale / Seven Legal / Birmingham Museums Trust Become a Member Member Spotlight: Academy of Live Technology We hear from Rich Blair, Head of Production Services at Production Park, where the Academy of Live Technology (ALT) is based. Rich tells us what’s in the pipeline for ALT, learnings from working on the new TV hit, Adolescence, and how they’re building relationships overseas. Read more Crowdfunder receives £500k investment from Creative UK’s Creative Growth Finance fund Founded in 2011, Crowdfunder has grown to become the go-to platform for social giving and as an organisation, they're primed for the future, with an ambitious new exec team on board and a strong, long-term vision for growth. Now, Crowdfunder has received a £500k investment from our landmark investment fund, Creative Growth Finance, bringing our total investment in this incredible community-driven company to nearly £1.5 million. Read more Our £35 million venture debt fund, run in partnership with Triodos Bank Try Eligibility Checker The Creative Juice Children's Books North Network have launched their mentorship scheme for the 5th year running, offering 17 aspiring publishers living in the North West, North East, Yorkshire and Scotland mentoring with a publishing professional - learn more here Black Lives in Music's REMEL survey is collecting real stories from artists, promoters, venue owners and anyone impacted by unfair event cancellations or licensing barriers - submit to survey here Creative UK, Tomorrow Building, 130 Broadway, MediaCityUK, Salford M50 2AB, United Kingdom