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Natasha Hirst and Phoebe Kemp in front of a hall full of delegates

May 31, 2018 0

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Project Diamond’s flaws lead to boycott

Three unions are boycotting a scheme that aims to monitor the number of disabled people and other minorities working in the broadcasting industry, because of its failure to release a detailed breakdown showing figures for individual programmes. Delegates at the TUC disabled workers’ conference in Bournemouth heard that the flaws in Project Diamond meant

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August 10, 2017 0

BBC bids to ‘shine a light’ on disabled performers

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Disabled actors have welcomed a new BBC scheme that aims to “shine a light” on experienced disabled performers, and discover and develop up-and-coming talent. The Class Act development programme will include an intensive three-day workshop and an opportunity to build contacts and showcase talents to professionals across the industry. Those selected to take part

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Four members of the Equity delegation, including Cindy-Jane Armbruster and Mik Scarlet

May 26, 2016

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TUC Disabled Workers Conference: ‘Stage and screen must do more on inclusive casting’

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Arts leaders must do more to tackle the “acute” lack of opportunities for disabled actors on stage and screen, according to union delegates. Members of the Equity performers’ union called for “greater representation and more accurate portrayal” of disabled people, in a motion agreed unanimously by the TUC Disabled Workers Conference in London. The

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November 13, 2015

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Hear our voices, urges Gordy, as she waits for a long-distance call

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A disabled actor has called on the film industry to see her as a woman and a performer first, rather than focusing on her impairment. Sarah Gordy, who has appeared in primetime BBC One dramas Upstairs Downstairs and Call the Midwife has 10 years’ experience on stage and television, and an agent in Los

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BBC bids to ‘shine a light’ on disabled performers

TUC Disabled Workers Conference: ‘Stage and screen must do more on inclusive casting’

Hear our voices, urges Gordy, as she waits for a long-distance call