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FREELANCERS MAKE THEATRE WORK WEEKLY MEETING MINUTES FMTW General Meeting Agenda: 9.30-11.30, Friday 22nd January 2021: Chair: Ben Arkell Minutes: Created by EJ, Seconded by Ben Arkell Present: Ben Arkell, Paule Constable, Jack Hudson, Alistair Cope, Susan Kempster,...

By Ella Taylor As part of a new model for FMTW in 2021, we are alternating the content of the meetings every other week. This week it was Access, with Kelsie Acton leading the presentation. I was really excited to attend this meeting, because access is such an...

Summary OF THE DEBATE:   DCMS Minister Baronness Barran dug the Government heels in, insisted many times the fault is with the EU not the UK, insisted also that UK is doing its best to fix the problem, provide clear information for artists, smooth the way, “the...

Summary OF THE DEBATE:   Several Dozen MPs followed up an Urgent Question from Pete Wishart (SNP Perth & N Perthshire) on “Visa arrangements for UK Musicians in the EU”, answered by Caroline Dinenage, Minister for Digital & Culture. The Minister insisted...

FREELANCERS MAKE THEATRE WORK WEEKLY MEETING MINUTES 09:30-11:30, FRIDAY 08 January 2021 Present: Esi Acquaah-Harrison, Kelsie Acton, Ben Arkell, Bill Bankes Jones, Sally Beck Wippman, Paule Constable, Alistair Cope, Freddie Crossley, Anna Fleischle, Jack Hudson, Emma...

FREELANCERS MAKE THEATRE WORK WEEKLY MEETING MINUTES 09:30-11:30, FRIDAY 18 December Present: Kelsie Acton, Ben Arkell, Rachel Bagshaw, Bill Bankes-Jones, Sally Beck Wippman, Paule Constable, Freddie Crossley, Sunita Hinduja, Hazel Holder, Matt Humphrey, Anna...

Rt Hon. Rishi Sunak MP Chancellor of the Exchequer Her Majesty’s Treasury   Cultural Recovery Fund Guidelines     Freelancers Make Theatre Work is a campaign that was set up in lockdown to advocate for the hundreds of thousands of people who make up the...

FREELANCERS MAKE THEATRE WORK WEEKLY MEETING MINUTES 09:30-11:30, FRIDAY 11 December Present: Ben Arkell; Bill Bankes Jones, Sally Beck Wippman; Paule Constable; Alistair Cope; Freddie Crossley; Jack Hudson; Matt Humphrey; Emma Jayne Park; Susan Kempster; Peter...

My name is Simon Sherriff, and I am a freelance associate lighting designer and production electrician, operating as a sole trader. After being unsuccessful in qualifying for most of the self employed government support, I recently applied for an Additional...

Each week, as I participate in the discussions we have at FMTW, I find myself thinking about the freelancers who are not represented in our Zoom meetings. The carpenters, production electricians, LX programmers, prop makers and supervisors, costume makers, wig and...