Creative & Cultural Skills works to create a fair and skilled cultural sector by shaping skills, education and employment best practice. We provoke action and enable learning opportunities that drive change and help build an inclusive skilled sector. We work to broaden entry routes into the cultural sector for the widest possible pool of talent, regardless of background, personal circumstances or previous educational achievement. We want to help the sector value difference in all its guises and sustain its course of economic growth, which we believe is more possible if we equip the next generation with the skills and confidence needed to make clear career choices.
In the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the cultural sector is experiencing and set to face further challenging times. With the introduction of youth employment support mechanisms throughout the UK, we want to better understand the sector’s recruitment culture in order to help it recover and build back, better. This survey therefore seeks to collect data on the entry routes for new recruits currently supported by organisations in the cultural sector and the development of the talent pipeline through options such as apprenticeships, internships and work experience.
The information you provide will be used by Creative & Cultural Skills and relevant partners to inform programmes of support for the sector, and relevant collated findings will be published.
Completing this Survey
Within the parameters of this survey, by “cultural sector” we mean: Craft (contemporary and heritage), Cultural Education, Cultural Heritage, Museums, Galleries and Libraries, Music, Performing Arts (including Theatre, Dance, Spoken Word and Outdoor Arts) and Visual Arts. We welcome responses from all organisations working in one or more of these sub-sectors.
The survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Participation is entirely voluntary. Any data you provide will be used solely for the purposes of helping Creative & Cultural Skills understand the key issues faced by the sector around entry routes and entry-level recruitment. Data and responses will be reported in aggregate, meaning that it will be impossible for anyone to identify you and all personal data will be collected, stored, and disposed of in accordance with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
Your responses will be held by Creative & Cultural Skills for no more than 6 months following this survey’s completion deadline of 30 November 2020.
You can view Creative & Cultural Skills full privacy notice here. By completing this survey, you give consent to us using the information you provide for the purposes outlined. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting info@ccskills.org.uk
