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Creative UK Collective Newsletter

Here is the newsletter for June for my followers to peruse: 


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Creative UK Collective Newsletter

June 2025

Caroline Norbury: Creative UK’s response to the Creative Industries Sector Plan

On Monday 23 June, the UK Government published the Creative Industries Sector Plan alongside the Industrial Strategy. Coming after the government's identification of the creative industries as one of eight key growth sectors, the Sector Plan demonstrates real commitment to investment, IP protection and enhanced R&D for the sector. Read our Chief Executive, Caroline Norbury OBE's response.

Provide creative career experiences for Discover! Creative Careers Month

The Discover! Creative Careers programme is back, and this time for a whole month in 2025! This means more time to get involved, more creative career encounters for young people, and more IMPACT.

If you’re an employer in the creative industries, spend some time this November showing 11–18-year-olds what a career in the creative industries looks like through in-school, workplace or online activities. Wondering where to start? Head over to Discover’s website where you can explore their industry toolkit, getting started guide and encouraging case studies on what industry employers have done in previous years. Let’s inspire the future workforce for the sector!

 MEMBERSHIP UPDATES 

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:

  • Access to a brand new Members Area on the Creative UK Portal, providing a personalised digital experience that is packed with exclusive content, insights and more
  • Discounted tickets for influential sector events, such as the World Design Congress 2025
  • Invitation to member-exclusive events like our Creative Conversations series, featuring a roundtable on creative futures in the age of AI
  • Submission to our new Members Spotlight, a recurring feature shouting about the work and perspectives of our diverse, wide-reaching members network, platformed to our expansive community across socialwebsite and email
  • Further platforming opportunities via a bespoke written article, like this one for Creare Capital

Members Spotlight: The Trade Body that is changing public views of advertising

We chatted with Stephen Woodford, Chief Executive Officer of the Advertising Association, who tells us how the organisation's ongoing work to change public perceptions of advertising is finally seeing results, and what it is about AI that the ad industry's workforce is feeling optimistic about.

Creative UK's monthly Members Spotlight is a recurring feature where we get to know the faces and voices in our world-leading cultural and creative industries through a question series, amplifying everything from specific projects to proudest moments to planning for the future.

 REGIONAL PROGRAMMES UPDATES 

Creative UK is attending Climb25 - the UK's festival of business growth

On the 2 & 3 July, join us in Leeds for Climb25 where Creative UK is sponsoring networking drinks and sharing the opportunities open to investors in the creative industries. We will be hosting a stand in the exhibition with our team, facilitating introductions to ambitious and proven businesses from the Create Growth Programme.

🎟️ There's still time to register for a ticket!

 FILMING IN ENGLAND UPDATES 

Filming in England launch Local Economic Impact Animation & Resources

Did you know that in the last financial year alone, the film and TV industry contributed over £200m to local economies across England? From hotels and caterers to local crew and equipment hire - every production brings jobs, business, and financial opportunity to the communities where they film. Find out more with Filming in England’s Local Economic Impact Resources.  

Rethinking recruitment: Why informal hiring holds us back

In response to the recent rise in 'informal hiring' in film and TV, Filming in England are unpacking crewing trends and why the rise in WhatsApp groups and word-of-mouth referrals might lead to a less diverse workforce. Sam Gillie, our Crew & Suppliers Manager, asks: How can we promote fairer hiring practices that support underrepresented talent and newcomers without industry connections?

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