
English PEN’s Director Daniel Gorman has joined the Creative Industries Federation and more than 400 leading creative figures in urging the UK government to provide urgent financial support for the creative industries.
The Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
100 Parliament Street
London SW1 2BQ
The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer
HM Treasury
1 Horse Guards Road
London
SW1A 2HQ
27 April, 2020
Dear Chancellor and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,
We, the undersigned creative professionals and institutions, call on the government to protect the UK’s creative industries.
Our creative and cultural sector is in crisis. A Creative Industries Federation survey of 2,000 creative organisations and freelancers revealed that 1 in 7 creative organisations believe they can last only until the end of April on existing financial reserves. Only half think their reserves will last beyond June.
We cannot allow the UK to lose half of its creative businesses and become a cultural wasteland. The creative industries are one of the UK’s biggest success stories, previously growing at five times the rate of the wider economy. The creative sector will also be critical to driving the UK’s economic recovery – and transforming lives for the better – as we re-build.
We must act, and act fast. We call on the government to implement urgent funding for creative and cultural organisations impacted by the fall-out of Covid-19.
Yours sincerely,
Caroline Norbury MBE, CEO, Creative Industries Federation and Creative England
On behalf of:
Mal Abbas, Biome Collective
Mariana Abella
Shahid Ahmad
Toki Allison, Film Audience Network Inclusive Cinema
Marin Alsop, Artist in Residence at the Southbank Centre, Principal Conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony, Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony
Deborah Annetts, Chief Executive, Incorporated Society of Musicians
Josh Appignanesi, Director
Paul Appleby, Director, Bristol Media
Helen Apse, Head of Culture and Wellbeing, Make It York
Ami Aripin
Thomas Armstrong, Demob Happy
Arts Emergency
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Michael Attenborough CBE D Litt., Theatre Director
Georgia Attlesey, Creative Producer
AudioUK
Holly Aylett, Director, UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity
Riccardo Bacigalupo
Christopher Bailey, Clerk, York Guild of Media Arts
Rosetta Bain
Duncan Baird
Maria Balshaw CBE, Director, Tate
Alison Balsom MBE
Matthew Banwell, Creative Director, Apt
Felix Barrett, Artistic Director, Punchdrunk
Carol Bartram, The Crystal Hive
Tracy Bass, Independent Producer
Alex Beard, Chief Executive, Royal Opera House
Mark Beaumont, Chairman, North West Theatre Arts Company C.I.C.
Mandy Berry, Chair, Miracle Theatre
David Betteridge
Sanjeev Bhaskar
David Bickle, Partner, Hawkins\Brown Architects
Katherine Bidwell, State of Play
Professor Anna Birch FRSA
Julian Bird, Chief Executive, UK Theatre and Society of London Theatre
Tom Bird, Executive Director, York Theatre Royal
Alan Bishop, Chair, The Place
Dan Blackett (Landshapes)
Helena Blakemore MA SFHEA, Senior Lecturer, BA Creative & Professional Writing, University of East London
Iwona Blazwick OBE, Director, Whitechapel Gallery
Claire Boissiere, Jumpship
David Bomford, Former Director, J Paul Getty Museum
Michelle Bondesio, Communications Consultant and Business Mentor
Rebecca Boulton, Prime Management
BPI
Steven Braines, CEO, The Weird & The Wonderful and He.She.They
Fiona Brand
Simon Brookes, Associate Dean (Students), Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Portsmouth
Olivia Brooking (Cassyette)
Barbara Brown, bodytao
Sam Brown, Creative Director and Producer
Lucy Brown, Founder, Women In Screen
Caroline Bruce, Designer
Simon Bryant
Andy Brydon, Curator / Director, Curated Place
Liza Buddie, Artist Manager & MMF Board Member
Amanda Budge
Belinda Budge, Vice Chair, Creative Industries Federation and Creative England
Moira Buffini, Dramatist, Director and Actor
Baroness Deborah Bull, Vice President & Vice-Principal (London), Senior Advisory Fellow for Culture, King’s College London
Sean Bullick, Managing Director, Make It York
Paul Burger, Soho Artists
Kate Burnett, Theatre Designer, Educator and Curator
Clemency Burton-Hill, Presenter, BBC Radio 3
Mellie Buse, Adastra Development Ltd
Dean Byfield
Nicky Callow, Independent Record Co
Simon Callow
Emma Cameron, Independent Producer
Angela Campbell
Jude Campbell
Sindy Campbell, Head, Film Birmingham
JC Candanedo, Photographer
Sir Nigel Carrington, Vice Chancellor, UAL
Frank Carter, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes
Hilary S Carty, Executive Director, Clore Leadership
Lucy Catherine, Writer for television, film and radio.
Nick Cave
Carl Cavers, Sumo Digital
Jane Cecchi
Simon Chambers, Director, Storm Model Management
Claire Chapeyrou-Clair, Integrated Project Director at The Communications Store
Andrew Chowns, CEO, Directors UK
James Clayton
Marley Clifton
Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive, Music Managers Forum
Neil Constable, CEO, Shakespeare’s Globe
Anna Cook, Director, White Rabbit Marketing
Tracy Cooper, Chief Executive, Arts Depot
Simon Costin, Artist & Director of the Museum of Witchcraft & The Museum of British Folklore
Natasha Cowan, Executive Fashion Coordinator to Suzy Menkes, Editor, Vogue International
Tamara Craig, Art Collector
Creative & Cultural Skills
Gary Crosby OBE, Co-Founder, Tomorrow’s Warriors
Kim Crowther
Paul Cullen, Paul Cullen Partnerships Limited
Jamie Cullum
Culture Counts
Andy Cunning, Chief Creative Officer, JPIMedia Ltd
Sinéad Cusack, Actress
DACS
Sophie Dahl
Marcus Davey CBE, Chief Executive and Artistic Director, The Roundhouse Trust
Christa Davis, Independent Fashion Designer
Deborah Dawton, Chief Executive Officer, Design Business Association
Lucy Day FRSA, Founder Director and Curator, A Womans’ Place Project
Matthieu De Braconier, Independent Film Producer
Marcia Deakin, NextGen Skills Academy
Sara Dee
Jeremy Deller
Sarah Derbyshire MBE, Chief Executive, Orchestras Live
Philip Dobree, Founder/CEO Jellyfish Pictures
Iain Dodgeon, OKRE
Isabelle Doran, Head of Policy & Public Affairs, BAPLA
Nick Dunmur
Kirsten Dunne, Senior Manager, Cultural Infrastructure and Public Realm, Mayor of London
Matthew Dunster, Director
Baxter Dury
David Edgar, Playwright
Chris Edwards, Chair, REACH (York Cultural Education Partnership)
Tom Eggeling
Sally Elhosaini, Screenwriter / Director
Mark Elliot
Leanne Elliott Young, Founder CEO, CommuneEAST
Lena Emery
Kristina Erdely, Producer
Antonio Eugenio, Fashion Photographer
Kate Fahy
Paloma Faith
Bridget Farrands, Director, FGC
Featured Artists Coalition
Jules Fennell
Claire Fennelow, Executive Director, EVCOM
Heather Fenoughty
Di Ferrier
Conor Ferris, Narrative Management
Guy Fixsen
Tim Flach, President, Association of Photographers Ltd
Marc Fleetham, Director of Business Development & Knowledge Exchange, York St John University
Anne Fontenoy, Fine Artist and Dress Designer
Harriet Forde, President, British Institute of Interior Design
Joe Frankland, CEO, PRS Foundation
Martin Franks, Adastra Development Ltd
Simon Frederick
Jemma Freeman (Landshapes)
Steve Freeman, Executive Director, Royal Exchange Theatre
Stephen Fry
Julia Fryer
Aleksandra Funmusik
Preena Gadher, Managing Director, Riot Communications
Edward Gardner, Principal Conductor Designate, London Philharmonic and Chief Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic
Paul Gardner, Wiggin LLP
Dr Natalie Garrett Brown, Head of Music, Writing & Performance, University of East London
Ruth Gawthorpe, CEO, Smart Working Revolution
Lilli Geissendorfer, Director, Jerwood Arts
Jonny Geller, CEO of Original Talent and Chairman, Curtis Brown
Inês Geraldes Cardoso
Luisa Gerstein (Landshapes)
Tina Gharavi, Screenwriter & Director
Rick Gibson and Iain Simons, BGI
Dan Glendining, Musician & Film Composer
Daniel Godard, Film Editor & Musician
Adam Godfrey, Demob Happy
Fiona Goh, Director, British Arts Festival Association
Sarah Golding
Katie Goode, Triangular Pixels
Daniel Gorman, Director, English PEN
Dr Ceri Gorton, Director, Bird & Gorton
Emily Gottlieb, Chief Executive, National Opera Studio
Becca Graham, Partner, Margaret_
Finian Greenall (Fink)
Rosy Greenlees OBE, Executive Director, Crafts Council
Neil Griffiths, Chief Executive, Arts Emergency
Marc J Grundy, Director
Annabel Grundy, Film Hub Midlands
Nigel Guérin-Garnett
Fanny Guesdon, Brunswick Arts
Louisa Guinness
Claire Gulliver, Arts Consultant
Krista Gurcka
Amy Gustin, Director, British Independent Film Awards
Jefferson Hack
Terry Hall, Singer, The Specials
Laura Halliday, Account Director, The Communications Store
Christopher Hampson, Artistic Director and CEO, Scottish Ballet
Lucas Harding
David Hare, Playwright
Liz Harkman, Executive Director, Bristol Festivals
Jane Harris [PhD] FRSA, Director of Research & Innovation (Stratford), Professor of Digital Design & Innovation, London College of Fashion
Hannah Harris, CEO, Plymouth Culture
Joanne Harris, Chair, Society of Authors
Adam Harrison, The Boxer Rebellion
PJ Harvey
Natalie Haslam
Craig Hassall, CEO, The Royal Albert Hall
Riette Hayes-Davies
Kerrie Hayes, Actor
Rick Haythornthwaite, Chair, Creative Industries Federation and Creative England
Lara Hayward, Lead for Arts, Heritage & Creative Industries, Oxford University Careers Service
Imogen Heap, Recording Artist, Composer, Founder Mycelia for Music and MI.MU
Karen Hedger, AIM
Jude Henderson, Director, Federation of Scottish Theatre
Ian Hetherington
Piers Hewitt, The Boxer Rebellion
Siobhan Hewlett, Director, Oyster Films
Bernard Heymann
Anne Heymann, Artist
Lindy Heymann, Film & TV Director
Caz Hildebrand
Sam Hope, Wolverhampton Cultural Compact Champion
Stephen Hough, Pianist, Composer, Writer
Andrew Hurst, Chief Executive, One Dance UK
Nadine Ijewere, Photographer
Irene Ilias
Georgia Illingworth
Janine Irons MBE, Co-Founder, Tomorrow’s Warriors
Marie-Claire Isaaman, CEO, Women in Games
Stephen Israel, Joint Artistic Director, The Company
Gabriel Isserlis, CEO, Tutti
Gina Jackson
Farrah Jaufuraully, Producer and Director
Charles Jeffrey, Fashion Designer
Paul Jenkins, Founder & Creative Director, Triple Double Studio
Natalie Jerome
Caroline Jeyaratnam-Joyner, Theatre Arts Consultant
Tim Joss, Chief Executive and Founder, Aesop
Sir John Sorrell CBE, Founder, Creative Industries Federation
Rachel Johnson, Film & TV Director
Charlotte Jones
Neil Jones
Ben Jones
Sonali Joshi, Founder & Director, Day for Night Film & Visual Arts Ltd
Brian Joyce
Councillor Judith Blake CBE, Leader, Leeds City Council
Chris Jupe, Filmmaker
Zygi Kamasa, CEO, Lionsgate UK and Europe
Roxani Kamperou
Anish Kapoor
Lotte Karlsen
Michael Keillor, Director
Oliver Kember
Jemma Kennedy, Screenwriter
Helen Kennedy, University of Nottingham
Rose Kent, Creative Director, Accessible Arts and Media
Nicholas Kent, Director
Justine Kenyon, Knowledge Exchange Coordinator, Network
Tom Kiehl, Acting CEO, UK Music
Paul Kilduff-Taylor, Mode 7 Games
Reyahn King, Chief Executive, York Museums Trust
Teresa Kirby, Partnership Manager, North East Culture Partnership
William Knight, Director, Renew
David Knight, Writer, Journalist & Editor Of Promo News
Melissa Jo Knox, Rare
Catherine Kodicek, Costume Designer and Supervisor
Hanna Kopp-Young
Lune Kuipers
Tanya Laird
David Lan
Valerie Langfield
Professor John Last OBE, Chair, ukadia and Vice-Chancellor, Norwich University of the Arts
Kelly Lee Owens
Andy Lenthall, General Manager, Production Services Association
Christian Lewis
Romaine Lillie
Gabrielle Lindemann, Kent Film Office
Ian Livingstone CBE, Co-founder, Games Workshop & Chair, Sumo Group
Katy Louis FRSA, Managing Director and Co-founder, Margaret_
Jordan Louis Day-Williams
Emma Love, Producer
Dick Lunn
Susan Lynch, Actor
Arthur Maclean, Unit 2 Games
Joelle Mae David, CEO, Bluebird Pictures
Dr Lesley Main, Head of Department of Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, Middlesex University
Anne Mannion. AOP Chair & Senior Associate , Swan Turton LLP
Matthew Marcantonio, Demob Happy
Tim Marlow, Director, Design Museum
Janine Marmot
Johnny Marr
Billie Marten
Kate Mason, Director, The Big Draw
Katie May Boyd
Patrick McCrae, Co-Founder and CEO, ARTIQ
Kathryn McDowell, Managing Director, London Symphony Orchestra
Seamus McGibbon, Executive Director, The Association of Photographers Ltd.
Paul Mckee
Gordon McKenzie, CEO, GuildHE
Lisa McMullin
Martha McNaughton, Brand & Communications Consultant
Tracey Mee
Katie Melua
Linda Merrick, Principal, Royal Northern College of Music
Ella Mesma
David Micklem, Writer, Producer and Arts Consultant
Adam Milford, Director, Theatre Workout Ltd
China Moo Young
Gillian Moore CBE, Director of Music, Southbank Centre
Darren Moore, General Manager, York Barbican
Malcolm Moore, Producer, Planispheres
Liz Moran, Director of Arts and Culture, University of Kent
Victoria Morris, Directors UK
Andrew Morrison, Chief Executive Officer, York Civic Trust
Emily Morus-Jones, Puppeteer and Puppet Maker
Rachel Moss, Consultant for Arts Education
Chloe Moss, TV & Theatre Writer
Jane Muirhead, Managing Director, Raise the Roof Productions
Martina Murphy, Director
Una Murphy, Co-founder, VIEWdigital
Pam Myers, Voice Casting & Audio Production, Rorschach
Miriam Nabarro, Artist & Set Designer
Sue Needleman, Casting Director
Ian Neil
Shelly Nel
Philippine Nguyen, Co-Founder and Director, Art Night
Nathan Nicholson
Samuel Nixon
Gabi Norland, Cinematographer
Jessica Norman
Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE
Charlotte O’Connor (Charlotte OC)
Kirsty Ogg, Director, New Contemporaries
John O’Shea, Independent Artist and Associate Director (Creative), Science Gallery London, King’s College London
Anna Olejnicki, Artistic Director, Hype Dance Company Ltd
Philip Oliver
Andrew Oliver
Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE, Director, The Africa Centre
Mariem Omari, Artistic Director, Bijli Productions
Paula Orrell, Curator and Consultant
Daniele Owen (Liza Owen)
Stephen Page, Chief Executive, Faber and Faber Ltd
Sol Papadopoulos, Hurricane Films
Craig Parkinson, Actor
Adah Parris, Futurist and Storyteller, The House of Griots
Shreepali Patel, Artist
Dr Alexis Paterson, Chair, British Arts Festivals Association & CEO, Three Choirs Festival Association (CEO)
Sarah Patterson, Actor
Andy Payne OBE, Founder, AppyNation
Julia Payne, Director, the hub
Ben Pearce, Paintings in Hospitals
Nicholas Pearson, Publishing Director, 4th Estate
Olga Pedan
Mark Pemberton, Director, Association of British Orchestras
Eleanor Pender
Jon Peppiatt, Chairman, BBH Advertising
Danny Perkins, Founder, Elysian Film Group
Grayson Perry
Phoenix Perry, Code Liberation
Emma Pettit, Co-founder and Director, Margaret_
Aaron Phelan, Photographer & Digital Designer
Simon Platz, MD, Bucks Music Group Ltd.
Emma Powell, Actors Management Company
Martin Prendergast, Director of Development and Public Affairs, RADA
James Priestley, Secretsundaze
The Professional Publishers Association
Jonathan Pryce
Bryan Raven, Managing Director, White Light Ltd
Jane Rayner, Independent Cinema Office Film Hub South East
Robert Read, Managing Director, Kings Place
Richard Redman
Jonathan Reekie CBE, Director, Somerset House Trust
JC Reid, Co-founder, Skint Records
Dean Richardson, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes
Esther Richardson, Joint CEO and Artistic Director, Pilot Theatre
Rachel Richardson-Jones, Producer / Festival Director
Ian Rickson
Bob Riley, Chief Executive, Manchester Camerata
James Roberts
Louise Annabel Robertson
Steven Roth, Executive Director, Scottish Ballet
Tim Royle
Marco Santucci, Agent/Director, Industry Art
Andrew Savill, Freelance Graphic Designer and Illustrator
Nitin Sawhney, Chair, PRS Foundation
Kate Saxon, TV & Theatre Director
Sandra Schembri, CEO, Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy Charity
Jeanie Scott, Director, Culture Radar
Kwesi Sey (Kwes)
Dawn Shadforth
Bryony Shanahan, Joint Artistic Director, Royal Exchange Theatre
Sandie Shaw MBE
Nicky Shaw, Freelance International Set & Costume Designer
Meriel Sheibani-Clare, Writer and Script Editor
Bijan Sheibani, Writer and Director
Francesca Sheldon
David Shelley, CEO, Hachette UK
Jeremy Shine, Artistic Director, Manchester International Arts/Streets Ahead
Cllr Darryl Smalley, Executive Member for Culture, Leisure & Communities, City of York Council
Dr Nikesh Shukla D. Litt, FRSL
Tom Shutes, Co-Director, Museum Of Everything
Justine Simons OBE, Deputy Mayor of London for Culture and the Creative Industries
Dan Simpson, Director
Marion Sinclair, Chief Executive, Publishing Scotland
Saskia Sichermann
Bob and Roberta Smith, Artist
Andrew Smith, The Boxer Rebellion
Steve Smith, TV Director and Chair, Directors UK
Richard Smithies, Unit 2 Games
Jess Smyth, Biig Piig
Nicola Solomon, Chief Executive, Society of Authors
Linda Sou
David Speed, Creative Rebels
Maria Stoica, Policy Researcher, Fashion Roundtable FRSA
Suspension Theatre CIC
Meera Syal CBE
Delyth Thomas
Dr Paul Thompson, Vice-Chancellor, Royal College of Art
Sydney Thornbury, CEO/Artistic Director, The Art House
Matthew Thornhill, Managing Director, Young Turks Management Ltd.
Phil Tidy
Carolyn Timson
Dr Delma Tomlin MBE, Director, National Centre for Early Music
Carole Tongue, Chair, UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity
Anne Torreggiani, Chief Executive, The Audience Agency
Maria Torres
Robin Townley, CEO, Association of British Theatre Technicians
Jo Townshend, Principal Partnerships Manager (Creative Sectors), UCL Innovation and Enterprise
David Toynbee, UAL
Jo Tracy
Laurie Trueman, Founder, Denude Magazine
Andrew Tunney
Heloise Tunstall-Brehrens (Landshapes)
Brett Turnbull
Owen Turner, Managing Director, United by Design
Rachael Turner, CEO, MadLab
United Agents
University of the Arts London
Elinor Unwin, Cultural Consultant, New Understandings
Professor Carole-Anne Upton, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Middlesex University
Alan Vallance, CEO, RIBA
Teun van Rooij, Manchester City Council
Simon Vincenzi, Performance Artist
Harriet Vine MBE, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Tatty Devine
Hardish Virk
Ivan Wadeson, Manchester UNESCO City Of Literature
Rufus Wainwright
Nicola Walker
Professor Allan Walker, Dean, School of Arts Media and Creative Technology, University of Salford
Timothy Walker CBE AM, Chief Executive and Artistic Director, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Che Walker, Actor & Theatre Director
Deena Wallace, Director, British Independent Film Awards
Antony Waller, Freelance Fashion Producer & Special Projects PR
Jonathan Walsh, Co-Founder, Kambe Events
Annie Warburton, CEO, Cockpit Arts
Rich Warren, Director, Encounters Film Festival
Ann Watson-Thomas, Books and Games
Graham Watson-Thomas, Books and Games
Fiona Watt, Honorary Secretary, The Society of British Theatre Designers
Elizabeth Watts, Soprano
Judith Weir CBE, Composer
Sarah Weir OBE, CEO, Design Council
Laura Weir, Editor in Chief, ES Magazine and The Evening Standard
Roy Alexander Weise, Joint Artistic Director, Royal Exchange Theatre
Tom Weldon, CEO, Penguin Random House UK
Samuel West, Chair, National Campaign for the Arts
Helen Wewiora, Director, Castlefield Gallery
John Whalley, Strategic Director, Use.Space and Head of Branding, Seventy7
Luned Whelan, Executive Director, TAC
William Whelton, Executive Director, Hope Mill Theatre
Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive, London First
Kate White, CEO, National Centre for Circus Arts
Adam Whiteley
Dr. Jane Wildgoose
Quin Williams, Editor & Owner Of Ten Three, Independent Editing Facility
Jael Williams, Arts and Heritage Consultant
Richard Williams, CEO, Northern Ireland Screen
Ross Williams, Chief Executive, Creative Kernow
Fiona Williams, Chief Executive, Explore York Libraries and Archives Mutual Limited
Jason Williamson, Sleaford Mods
Brett Wilson
Catriona Wilson, The Petrie Museum
Dame Penelope Wilton
Elizabeth Woods
Jo Wright, Arts, Music, Creative & Digital Economy Consultant
Nick Wright, Editor
Hazel York , Head of Civic, Community and Culture Sector, Hawkins\Brown ArchitectsDan Zeff, TV and Film Writer & Director
Dan Zeff, TV and Film Writer & Director