💥LISTEN to survivors. 💥PROTECT workers. Started to fight for survivors of abuse at Tyneside Cinema, now fighting for survivors of toxic workplaces. #MeToo
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people need to understand that just because me case was dismissed it doesn’t mean what i said wasn’t 100% the truth.
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Racism in Ireland: Report into why black artists have higher rates of ineligible applications for Arts Council funding, recommends better transparency rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22…
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Only four percent of people win. Trying to get the system to sanction itself, however justified you might be and people usually are... Is like pissing in the wind 96% of the time. And still we try.
It can be incredibly difficult for an individual to prove discrimination & stressful to take an organisation to tribunal, most cases don't make it to to court. Meanwhile an independent review into @ace_national working culture raises many issues for global majority workers. (2/3)
Very disturbing & disappointing that Arts Council England @ace_national are seeking legal costs against @SpeechDebelle after a failed tribunal case regarding race discrimination. This will scare other workers from challenging discrimination at ACE and other powerful orgs. (1/2)
APNews: Arts Council England pursues Mercury Prize winning musician Speech Debelle for around £100,000 in legal costs following failed race discrimination claim
@ace_national @SpeechDebelle
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It can be incredibly difficult for an individual to prove discrimination & stressful to take an organisation to tribunal, most cases don't make it to to court. Meanwhile an independent review into @ace_national working culture raises many issues for global majority workers. (2/3)
You can find out more about the case and how to support @SpeechDebelle through their Go Fund Me here: teapawt.net/SpeechDebelle/status/1… (3/3)
please read and share my Go Fund Me. all the support welcome in fighting this case Arts Council England has against me for speaking up against racism.
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Tyneside Cinema looks to hire new chief executive with salary of up to £70K .
We have heard the cinema currently has a new interim CEO, however their name does not appear to be listed anywhere...
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Simon Drysdale, their former interim CEO took over Tyneside Cinema in Nov 2020 and remained there for over 2 .5 years, earning a salary which was initially advertised as up to 90K...
Pic taken from the most recent report to the Charity Commission: register-of-charities.charit…
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ALT Screenshot from a report of Tyneside Cinema on the Charity Commission website. There is a diagram of people figures in different colours. Text says: People: 77 Employees 6 Trustees 7 Volunteers Employees with total benefits over £60,000: £90k to 100k, Number of employees: 1
With Pride coming up, how do we address arts organisations who have either no or ineffective policy & procedures to address transphobia & homophobia, yet benefit financially and reputationally from "LGBTQ friendly" programming, both internally and through external hires?
We would like a little more public information about how Tyneside Cinema has now, as stated here, delivered on their commitment to change following the independent review in 2020.
Theres not a lot of information here: tynesidecinema.co.uk/about-u…
Save Tyneside retweeted
How does a cinema receive almost half a million pounds to engage with 'local communities', and title this work "Another Country"?
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Announced: BFI #NationalLottery Audience Projects Fund awards £6.48M to 17 ambitious projects across the UK to grow new audiences from 2023-26. theb.fi/41mvunc
Save Tyneside retweeted
any cinema manager heading out to Cannes (and seemingly bragging about it) while Front of House staff - who ARE your cinema - are looking at pay cuts and/or monthly hardships for the pleasure of working in a negative environment... it's not a good look
Famous film industry folk support cinema to remain in the hands of a chain which screens their premieres but what is Curzon's record of supporting their cinema staff and marginalised audiences?
Steven Spielberg, Tilda Swinton, Rebecca Hall and more have put their support behind our Save Curzon Mayfair campaign. Read more about it here: screendaily.com/news/tilda-s…
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1/ The concerns raised in this report point to why we need an independent anti racist reporting body. We frequently hear reports that industry workers feel discriminated against and fear reporting it will ‘damage’ their careers.
"BFI Admits To Systemic Racism & Vows To Improve After Apologizing To ‘Four Lions’ Producer For Mishandling Discrimination Complaint"
This is huge.
The need for an independent antiracism complaints body is stronger than ever. @bectu @philippachilds @f_a_q
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BFI Admits To Systemic Racism & Vows To Improve After Apologizing To ‘Four Lions’ Producer For Mishandling Discrimination Complaint deadline.com/2023/03/bfi-sys…
BFI accused of taking limited steps to address systemic racism theguardian.com/film/2023/ma…
Why is Tyneside Cinema's temporary CEO, who was taken on at a higher salary (advertised as up to £90,000) than previous CEO's to implement the findings of the Independent Review in 2020, still overseeing Tyneside cinema over two years later?
The beloved cinema says it is facing the 'worst funding crisis in its history'
chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor…
There's definitely a need for some critical thinking around cinema and funding deficits at the moment.
It's easy to get swept up in nostalgia, but we need to focus on the future of how are cinemas are run right now.