Lizzy Emmerton

Senior Policy Officer @ace_national. All views my own.

[Geese Theatre Company - NO LONGER POSTING ON X @GeeseTheatre]

Creative Licence - a pilot project exploring employability within the arts sector for people with lived experience of the criminal justice system. Watch a film about John's experience of working with @BirminghamRep and read the report by the @ICRDwlv
https://t.co/bRAMypZIqZ

[Arts Council England @ace_national]

We are so sad to hear of the death of Kate Vokes and her son, Archie. Kate did so much to support theatre in Manchester as Deputy Chair of the Royal Exchange and Chair of the Bruntwood Prize. A tragic loss. Our thoughts and sympathies are with their family.

[Shakespeare North Playhouse @ShakespeareNP]

Collecting our Theatre Building of the Year award at #TheStageAwards 2023 🥳

Laura Collier, Melanie Lewis, Claire Will and Paula Williams at @TheStage Awards

[Arts Council England @ace_national]

Update on our Investment Programme announcement:
In agreement with @DCMS, we are pleased to confirm that all our 2023-26 Investment Programme applicants will receive decisions from us on Friday 4 November.

[Arts Council England @ace_national]

🌟 It’s #NationalFreelancersDay 🌟

And what better way to mark it than by joining Freelance : Futures and playing your part in building a more equitable future for people working freelance in creativity and culture

Take a look 👉 https://t.co/c5QfqR5y99

[Arts Council England @ace_national]

☀️ This summer, let’s...

🧠 get informed, resourced and connected

🤝 work together and create change

✨ continue the work, embed shifts and define next actions!

Join Freelance : Futures and help build a fairer future for creative freelancers 👉 https://t.co/3SdO4snGPb

[Arts Council England @ace_national]

✨The cultural sector is only as strong as the talent of the individuals who work in it ✨

And everyone has a role to play in building a fairer future for freelancers!

@HENLEYDARREN explains the urgent need for change 👇💬
https://t.co/SH4lVQD4gY

[Arts Council England @ace_national]

We want to improve the support for individuals working in creativity & culture.

We've commissioned a collective of freelancers to deliver the #FreelanceFutures symposium, a summer programme of learning & action to create more equitable conditions.
👇👇👇
https://t.co/SH4lVQD4gY

[What Next? @WhatNextCulture]

The ‘Freelance: Futures’ consortium will deliver an online programme from 16 May - 15 July, which will encourage independent practitioners, cultural orgs, unions, funders & policymakers to explore how fairer working conditions for freelancers can be achieved.
#FreelanceFutures

[Contact @ContactMcr]

📢 HUGE NEWS KLAXON 📢

We are ECSTATIC to announce Keisha Thompson as our new Artistic Director and CEO - the first Black woman, Mancunian and, at 32, the youngest person to run Contact! 👑

Read about Keisha’s appointment and history with Contact here: https://t.co/RagD7zPePu

[UCL News @uclnews]

Teenagers who take part in arts activities such as dance, drama, reading and going to concerts are less likely to engage in antisocial behaviour up to two years later, finds a new study led by Dr @jessicakbone & Dr @Daisy_Fancourt @UCL_IEHC with @UFCAM https://t.co/1h1TyIa2BG

[Freelancers Make Theatre Work @FreelancersMake]

The first three sessions in our series of digital workshops exploring practical skills for Freelancers in the arts are open for booking!

Networking for a digital age.
Mental Health Awareness for Creative Freelancers.
Money, Taxes and Savings, Oh My!

https://t.co/BgtRP4Gwl9

[Arts Council England @ace_national]

"Freelancers are at the heart of creative production."

In our Delivery Plan 2021-24, we committed to increasing our support for individuals. Michelle Dickson, Director for Strategy, explains the work we've done so far and what's to come ➡️ https://t.co/sHa7V7EeBM

#LetsCreate

[Freelancers Make Theatre Work @FreelancersMake]

A new information sheet from @ace_national designed for arts organisations, libraries and museums working with individual creative and cultural practitioners and freelancers has just been published: https://t.co/NAye3TcPid

#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork

[Lizzy Emmerton @lizzarrts]

@PaulBristow_ I didn't get a sticker for either of my previous ones :(

[Amy Vaughan @amyrosevaughan]

So here’s the new look and much changed #projectgrants👇🏼get your mitts on the guidance if you have a project in the pipeline or if you help other people apply. Open for applications 22.11.21 #letscreate

[Sarah Crown @Sarah_Crown]

Absolutely delighted that @ace_national has been able to support this work. Primary school libraries change lives; it really is as simple as that.

[lemn sissay OBE FRSL @lemnsissay]

It's national Care Leavers Week.

Look what was sown by the stars
At night across the field
We are not defined by scars
But by the incredible ability to heal

#NCLW2021
#CEW2021

(art by Seamus Cassidy)

[Lizzy Emmerton @lizzarrts]

@Excalibah All the best people Wiz 😁