By working together
We recently published its biennial Diversity Report
which finds that the music industry is slowly becoming more diverse, with greater representation of women and people from non-white backgrounds.
It’s certainly promising to see but, more work is needed to smash barriers and ensure the industry is truly inclusive.
As we enter a new and unchartered era following significant world events, there’s a real opportunity to use everything 2020 has thrown at us to build a fairer and more diverse music industry that works for everyone: because at the moment, we’re still not there.
We know from Youth Music’s A Blueprint for the Future report that women are still less likely to be earning through music than men, and have less access to support to help them succeed in the music industries.
People from lower income backgrounds are also less likely to earn through music and have fewer networking
opportunities while people from non-white backgrounds find it harder to gain experience, with less access to internships than people who are white.
And our new research report Reshape Music found that disabled musicians are, all too often, absent from music education and miss out on music-making.
As a result, policies, programmes and infrastructure are developed in a way that can exclude their involvement and participation.
Music is a force for inclusion and the industry has, time and time again, reinvented itself for the better.
By working together now, collectively, we can create the change that’s needed and ensure the very best future for the UK’s beloved music scene.
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