Equal Opportunities Form (2022/2023)

Welcome to the Equal Opportunities form for Sound and Music

Sound and Music is committed to ensuring that all applicants to its programmes and opportunities are treated equally and without discrimination.

This form is intended to help us continue our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion across all of our work, by contributing to our understanding of who currently engages with our activity and where barriers to engagement lie.

Questions are optional and we respect your right not to provide all or some of the requested information. The more information you do supply, the more effective our monitoring will be and the more we can continue to make improvements.

The responses captured in this form are used anonymously. By filling out the form you’re helping us to gain insight into who is selected for our programmes, and to address barriers to inclusion.

By completing and submitting this form you are consenting to our processing of any personal data and sensitive personal data for the purposes stated above, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation.

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* 1. Please select which opportunity you have applied for

British Music Collection: LGBTQ+ Editorial Call

Sound and Music - Communications Co-ordinator

Music Patron - Digital Engagement Manager

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* 2. Please tell us where you heard about this opportuntity

Word of mouth / friend

Sound and Music email

Sound and Music website

Social Media (Twitter, Facebook etc.)

Educational institution (i.e. School, HEI)

Composer / Mentor / Tutor

Previous involvement

Other (please specify below)

External advertising (please specify below)

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* 3. Is this your first application to Sound and Music?

Yes

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* 4. Please select the gender you identify as:

Male

Female

Non-Binary

Prefer not to say

Other (please describe)

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* 5. My gender is different to the one I was assigned at birth

Yes

Prefer not to say

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* 6. How do you define your sexual orientation?

Bisexual

Heterosexual/Straight

Gay Man

Gay Woman / Lesbian

Prefer not to say

Another sexual orientation (please specify)

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* 7. Are you currently living in the UK?

Yes

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* 8. If you are not currently living in the UK, which country are you currently based in?

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* 9. What is your current postcode area? (e.g. "M1", "SE24","PE30")

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* 10. Which of the following categories would best describe your ethnicity? (These categories are based on those used in the 2011 UK Census)

Asian or Asian British - Indian

Asian or Asian British - Pakistani

Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi

Asian or Asian British - Chinese

Asian or Asian British - Other (please specify)

Black African or Black British African

Black Caribbean or Black British Caribbean

White - British

White - Other (please specify)

Mixed / Multiple Ethnic Groups

Prefer not to say

Another ethnic group (please specify)

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* 11. Please enter your age

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* 12. Do you consider yourself to have a disability under the Equality Act 2010?

Yes

Yes, I am disabled and I identify as neurodivergent

No, I identify as neurodivergent

Don't know

Prefer not to say

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* 13. What was the occupation of your main household earner when you were about aged 14?

Modern professional & traditional professional occupations such as: teacher, nurse, physiotherapist, social worker, musician, police officer (sergeant or above), software designer, accountant, solicitor, medical practitioner, scientist, civil / mechanical engineer.

Senior, middle or junior managers or administrators such as: finance manager, chief executive, large business owner, office manager, retail manager, bank manager, restaurant manager, warehouse manager.

Clerical and intermediate occupations such as: secretary, personal assistant, call centre agent, clerical worker, nursery nurse.

Technical and craft occupations such as: motor mechanic, plumber, printer, electrician, gardener, train driver.

Routine, semi-routine manual and service occupations such as: postal worker, machine operative, security guard, caretaker, farm worker, catering assistant, sales assistant, HGV driver, cleaner, porter, packer, labourer, waiter/waitress, bar staff.

Long-term unemployed (claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance or earlier unemployment benefit for more than a year)

Small business owners who employed less than 25 people such as: corner shop owners, small plumbing companies, retail shop owner, single restaurant or cafe owner, taxi owner, garage owner

Other such as: retired, this question does not apply to me, I don’t know

I prefer not to say

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* 14. Which type of school did you attend (for the most time) between the ages of 11 and 16?

A state-run or state-funded school

A grammar school

Independent or fee-paying school

Independent or fee-paying school (where I received a means tested bursary covering 90% or more of the total cost of attending throughout my time there)

Specialist music school (e.g. Purcell School)

Attended school outside the UK

I don’t know

I prefer not to say

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Did either of your parents or primary carers attend university?

Yes, one or both of my parents attended university

No, neither of my parents attended university

Do not know / not sure

Prefer not to say

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* 16. Have you ever been eligible for free school meals?

Yes

Not applicable (e.g. went to school overseas)

I don’t know

I prefer not to say

Thank you for taking the time to submit this form.