Let’s get creative….unless you’re from a lower socioeconomic background 🤦‍♀️

As you can see from these bullet points from The Sutton Trust‘s report (https://www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion/all-news-opinion/research-reveals-stark-class-inequalities-in-access-to-the-creative-industries/), access to the creative industries is not nearly as equitable as it needs to be.

🎥Younger adults from working-class backgrounds are 4 times less likely to work in the creative industries compared to their middle-class peers.

🎤Top selling musicians are 6 times more likely than the public to have attended private schools (43% vs 7%). And BAFTA-nominated actors are 5 times more likely to have done so (35% vs 7%).

🎼Privately-educated students represent over half of Music students at the most prestigious conservatoires.

🎭At four institutions – Oxford, Cambridge, Kings College London and Bath – more than half of creative students come from ‘upper middle class’ backgrounds.

Creativity is an innate human trait, so let’s not put socioeconomic barriers in place – please!

So what ARE we going to do about it?

Well, at The Common Good Network we’re proud to signpost and celebrate awesome organisations like ERIC which is blowing open access to the creative industries (which, let’s be clear is not just ‘The Arts’ – we’re talking marketing, PR, advertising and many other areas too!) as well as smaller players who are offering open spaces and access to hands-on experiences at a local level.

To check out these organisations, head to:

And if you know an organisation that isn’t on the map, please encourage them to submit a listing here: Add Listing – The Common Good

In the meantime, you can enjoy this image of our founder, Toni Kent doing stand-up, something that is disproportionately skewed towards people from higher-income backgrounds. Don’t believe it this is the case? Have a look at https://bestinclass.org.uk/