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2026 Newsletters - Click to expand
September 07 - New Freelance Champions appointed as fair work gains ground
August 03 - This week for freelancers: national advocacy, better pay and workplace action
July 15 - National Lottery Consultation
June 29 - Menopause and Perimenopause Hub launch
June 24 - Funding announcement
January 20 - Consultation update
January 07 - Help shape the next phase of Freelancers Make Theatre Work
2025 Newsletters - Click to expand
December 16 - 2026 will be a year of change for FMTW
November 25 - When freelancing is the only road left
November 05 - A necessity and not a choice
October 10 - Theatre and the rise of AI
September 24 - The hidden cost of redundancies
September 18 - Beautiful buildings, precarious people.
September 09 - Theatre Green Book Survey
July 24 - Big Freelancer Survey 2025 - OUT NOW
June 24 - What the new Creative Industries Sector plan means
June 14 - LGBTQIA+ resource launch
June 12 - Spending Review 2025
May 29 - SOLT / UK Theatre Report and the UK - EU Summit
May 08 - Creating Trans Equality in the Arts May
April 25 - What happens when you fund the arts?
April 17 - BFS and ACE surveys
April 03 - The Big Freelancer Survey 2025 - Extended until 21st April!
March 28 - Athena Stevens settles with The Globe
March 20 - Big Freelancer Survey 2025 reminder
March 14 - Employment Rights Bill
March 04 - Big Freelancer Survey 2025 launch
February 11 - Creating Trans Equality in the Arts
2024 Newsletters - Click to expand
December 19 - Supporting Freelancers during the holidays
December 12 - The Cultural Freelancers Study
October 31 - FMTW Newsletter October 31st 2024
October 22 - Employment Rights Bill
October 08 - Making Theatre Green
September 30 - The Role of Theatre in War-Torn Regions: Why the Arts Matter
August 30 - FMTW Newsletter August 30th
August 09 - The ongoing racist violence occurring in The United Kingdom
July 18 - A new government. A new start?
June 26 - Big Freelancer Survey 2024 - REPORT OUT NOW
June 10 - Freelancers VOTE too!
May 15 - Freelancers on the agenda next month at The ABTT Theatre Show
April 30 - Big Freelancer Survey 2024 THANK YOU
April 16 - Big Freelancer Survey 2024 LAST PUSH
April 09 - Pandemic Preparedness in the Live Performing Arts
March 13 - Big Freelancer Survey 2024 launch
March 08 - The biggest survey of the year is coming back...
February 01 - Freelancers on the agenda at The Stage Awards 2024
2023 Newsletters - Click to expand
December 20 - What a year it has been
December 8 - Theatre and The Climate Emergency
November 23 - Working in Europe panel
November 9 - Spotlight on Spotlight
October 18 - ACE Freelancer Survey
October 4 - 'tis the season for a party conference
September 28 - Musicians' Census 2023
September 15 - Oberto conference report
August 23 - Working in Europe - Time to act
August 18 - Does "Levelling Up" leave freelancers behind?
July 19 - BFS response - what next?
July 4 - Trade Unlocked 2023 conference
June 22 - Big Freelancer Survey 2023 - REPORT OUT NOW
April 5 - Big Freelancer Survey 2023 - last chance
March 13 - Big Freelancer Survey 2023 - update
2022 Newsletters - Click to expand
December 7 - FREE mental health and wellbeing surgery for Theatre Freelancers
October 28 - Arts Council England NPO announcement delay
October 19 - Job Juggling Report 2022
May 30 - Freelance : Futures Launch
April 1 - Big Freelancer Survey Extended
March 17 - Surveying the long view by Vicki Mortimer
March 16 - Levelling Up and Let's Create
March 02 - The Big Freelancer Survey 2022
February 14 - Freelance Problem Solving
2021 Newsletters - Click to expand
December 19 - How are you doing? by Mimi Doulton
December 7 - Freelancers Make Theatre Work and The 10 Principles by Sunita Hinduja
November 16 - Research with Freelancers Make Theatre Work
November 10 - Making theatre greener
November 2 - BUMPER EDITION: Heroes, Lobbying, 10 Principles and more... by Nikki Edmonds
October 27 - A better future, Art at Risk and Wellbeing by Matt Humphrey
October 19 - Volunteer with Freelancers Make theatre WorkÂ
September 28 - Alone by Athena Stevens
September 20 - No, Minister by Mimi Doulton
September 15 - Universal Credit and the rise in National Insurance by Paul Carey Jones and Emma Jayne Park
September 6 - A Pattern of Behaviour by Paule Constable
August 10 - Touring in Europe by Paul Carey jones
July 20 - Dear Industry, this is how we are feeling by Sunita Hinduja
July 14 - Balancing the Welcome
July 7 - The State of Play Across the Country
June 16 - The Future Of Theatre
June 8 - Amateur Choirs - We need their voice
May 26 - A year of Freelancers Make Theatre Work
May 18 - Reopening and restoration by Keslie Acton
May 10 - Keeping the Freelance voice heard by Alistair Cope
May 4 - Movement When The World Stops by Laura Meaton
April 27 - Our new 'Theatre Can Change' campaign by Emma Jayne Park
April 20 - Last week, next week and beyond by Josie Underwood
April 14 - What if... by Mimi Doulton
April 6 - Kindness by Jake Orr
March 30 - Waiting for the phone to ring by Emma Cameron
March 23 - Bumper Edition! NT Workshops - Big Freelancer Report - Ghost Shows
March 16 - Hope by Freelancers make Theatre Work
March 9 - Analysis of Spring 2021 Budget Report by Athena Stevens
March 3 - Hello what is happening? by Titas Halder
February 23 - Brexit: Where do we go? by Paul Carey Jones
February 15 - Decisions by Beth Steel
February 8 - New Faces and New Energies by Steven Hoggett
February 2 - Speaking Truth To Power by Paule Constable
January 26 - All Party Parliamentary Group for Theatre by Emma Jayne Park
January 19 - Visas & Europe: What's Going On by Bill Bankes-Jones
January 11 - The Road Ahead by Susan Kempster
January 4 - Happy New Year by Leo Wan
2020 Newsletters - Click to expand
December 14 - Two Invitations at Christmas by Ben Arkell and Sunita Hinduja
December 8 - Hope by Nick Barton-Wines
December 1 - Routes to Routes by Freddie Crossley
November 24 - Resting by Emma Jayne Park
November 17 - Future Labs Thoughts by Tom Piper
November 10 - Resilience by Sunita Hinduja
November 3 -Â You Could Not Have Prepared For This by Vicki Mortimer
October 27 -Â Back to the Future Labs by Jack Hudson
October 20 - Size doesn’t matter - it’s what you do with activism that counts by Rachel Bagshaw
October 12 -Â I want to dream again by Beth SteelÂ
October 5 -Â Thrive or Survive by Ben Arkell
September 28 -Â Cling tenaciously onto your dreams by Bill Bankes-Jones
September 21 - What we're up to by Kelsie Acton
September 15 -Â Launching Future Labs by FMTW
September 7 -Â Do we dare to imagine a new future for our sector? by Prema Mehta
September 1 -Â What happens next? by Arran Pallan and Kelsie Acton
August 25 - How do we sustain ourselves and support each other? by Susan Kempster
August 18 -Â There are some great initiatives out there... by Vicki Mortimer
August 12 - Be part of the conversation by Sunita Hinduja
August 5 -Â Moving Forward Together by FMTW
July 28 - How do we rebuild better? by Rachel Bagshaw, Susan Kempster and Andrew Whyment
July 21 - Weekly Newsletter by Debbie Hannan
July 13 - Weekly Newsletter by Adele Thomas, Prema Mehta and Neil AustinÂ
July 6 - Weekly Newsletter by Vicki Mortimer
June 29 - Weekly Newsletter by Vicki Mortimer
June 22 - First Newsletter by Chinonyerem Odimba