UK’s Coalition For Change Sets Long-Term Strategy Including Pipeline For Freelance Charter
deadline.comThe Coalition for Change, the UK freelance collective set up in 2020, has set out a long-term strategy including a target to create a pipeline for its freelancers‘ charter at the begininng, middle and end of all TV productions.
In an email sent out to members, seen by Deadline, Coalition founder Adeel Amini said the charter will relaunch soon to “establish it within the public consciousness,” with additions from newer member groups such as the Jack Thorne-backed TV Access Project and CIISA, the new independent anti-bullying complaints body, which will go live next year.
Unveiled at Edinburgh TV Festival in 2021, the charter sets out terms for freelancers in areas such as recruitment, workplace culture, bullying and harassment, and conduct.
It was adopted by British broadcasters, some streamers and trade bodies such as Pact and the BFI. “We would like to create a pipeline for the Charter at the beginning, middle, and end of productions,” said Amini’s email, which he added would entail a course from training body ScreenSkills in the charter at the start of every production.
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