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Save Square Chapel for the people Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community.  Square Chapel was a popular arts centre with good ...

Sign the petition to reopen Square Chapel in Halifax 👇

Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community. Halifax needs it back.

www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Videogames Network Roadshow: Sheffield | Equity Whether you’re an Equity member or not, we want to hear about your stories of working in the industry, and make a plan together for how to change things in the videogames industry for performers.

Videogames performer? Join our open meeting at the National Videogames Museum Sheffield, 4 November.

Whether you’re an Equity member or not, join us to make a plan for how to change the games industry for the better.

#VideoGames

www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...

Pay Manchester Pride workers what they're owed After the collapse of the organisation running Manchester Pride, dozens of workers have been left unpaid for the work they have already done during the festival, to the tune of £50,000 (and counting)....

Before Manchester City Council move on to discussions of Pride 2026 and beyond, they must first ensure that all of the workers left unpaid from the 2025 event receive what they are owed in full.

Sign the petition 👇

www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...

Join our Wrestlers' Network open meeting on 28 October, 7pm, online or in London.

It's a chance for UK based wrestlers, referees and other wrestling show performers to talk about pay, working conditions, training and more.

www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...

Manchester Pride going into liquidation "hugely concerning" to those owed money | Equity After too much uncertainty, the news that the organisation in charge of Manchester Pride is going into liquidation will be hugely concerning to those owed money.

News that the organisation in charge of Manchester Pride is going into liquidation will be hugely concerning to those owed money.

Any performer or creative who worked at Manchester Pride but has not been paid should contact Equity as soon as possible 👇

www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ma...

Equity’s major survey of London nightlife performers is now live — and we need your voice!

If you can tell us what pay and conditions look like for gigging nightlife performers in London in 2025; then we can help you bargain for more.

Details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ma...

Five questions for Spotlight | Equity Equity members were outside Spotlight’s conference in central London on Tuesday morning, 21 October, demanding answers on its purpose, its fees and its owners.

***Five questions Spotlight needs to answer ***

This morning Equity members were outside Spotlight’s conference demanding answers on its purpose, its fees and its owners 👇

#TaxOnHope

www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/fi...

Olivia Williams says actors need ‘nudity rider’-type controls for AI body scans Dune star says performers are regularly pressed to have bodies scanned on set with few rights over how data is used

We're in the @guardian.com today, alongside Equity member Olivia Williams, calling for better protections for performers from artificial intelligence misuse.
 
Performers deserve nothing less than robust standards when it comes to AI and biometric data:

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

leaflet like image titled "have your say" above an image of a music stand. Also includes instagram details of equity singers @Equitysingers and equity website: equity.org.uk

Have you worked with BBC Singers as an Ad-Hoc? Have your say!

Equity and the MU will be negotiating an agreement with the BBC covering the minimum terms and conditions of engagement for Ad-Hoc BBC Singers –consultation open now: forms.office.com/e/Xr5WhSHknT

🎮 EQUITY GAMES NETWORK ACTION DAY

Equity member working in games?
Want to share yr experiences of the industry with fellow workers?

Come to @equityuk.bsky.social's Games Network Action Day, Thurs 6th Nov 10:30am - 4pm in Bloomsbury, London.

Register here:
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Equity threatens mass direct action over use of actors’ images in AI content Union says growing numbers of its members have made complaints about infringements of copyright in AI material

Time for tech companies and producers to strike a collective agreement on performers’ rights.

AI companies need to know that Equity will be putting in subject access requests en masse. They have a statutory obligation to respond. 👇

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Contact Us | Equity Whether you’re looking for pay rates, want to understand your rights, need financial support or are facing harassment at work, we can help. Take a look at the sections below for advice and guidance.

If you're an Equity member and have concerns about how your work, voice or likeness has been used, get in touch with us equity.org.uk/contact-us

#AI #creatorsrights #actors

When AI "actress" Tilly Norwood was launched last month, Equity member Briony Monroe was indundated with messages asking if the AI model was her. Here Briony speaks to Good Morning Scotland about how the work of real creators is behind the machines.

General Secretary of @equityuk.bsky.social, the wonderful Paul Fleming, delivered a rallying cry for a Labour Party reconnected with the workers our party was founded to champion 🌹

AI actress demonstrates fear over performance theft | Equity Tilly Norwood: Equity says AI must be a tool to empower human creators, not replace them.

We believe that the creative process is a human prerogative & generative AI must remain a tool that's used to empower human creators, not replace them.

Read our statement responding to synthetic actor Tilly Norwood:
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ai-actress-demonstrates-fear-over-performance-theft

Responding to Lisa Nandy MP’s #Lab25 speech this afternoon, Equity is urging the Government "to be on the side of organised labour" and back collective bargaining in the arts.

Full story: tinyurl.com/EquityLab25

#Lab25

YouTube video by Climate Justice Coalition It's time to make billionaires pay!

Billionaires, polluters, oligarchs. We're taking to the streets on Saturday 20 September to Make Them Pay.

March with us.

www.youtube.com/shorts/Bdk_r...

Arts cannot be the preserve of the elite | Equity Equity has responded to a new report on inequalities saying it needs to be a “wake-up call” to stop the arts being the preserve of the elite. The report by the Sutton Trust, Elitist Britain, reveals ...

Arts cannot be the preserve of the elite.

Today's report by the Sutton Trust, Elitist Britain, needs to be a wake-up call to stop the arts being the preserve of the elite.

Read the full response from Equity's Class Network 👇
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ar...

WE DEMAND EQUALITY IN HAIR AND MAKE-UP 🎞️📺

Too often, global majority performers experience substandard hair and make-up provision. On Monday performers came together to demand hair and make-up equality in film, TV and theatre. #WorldAfroDay

www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...

Hair & Make-Up Equality: Know your rights What you can do to protect yourself and advance hair and make-up equality through your trade union.

Too often global majority performers experience substandard hair and make-up provision.

Read our new guidance to learn more about what you can do to protect yourself and advance hair and make-up equality through your trade union. #WorldAfroDay

www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-s...

The Big WAD Lesson - World Afro Day SET A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD “Fix the Law, not our Hair” We are really excited to be attempting a new Guinness World Record, this World Afro Day, 15th of September 2025. We are inviting everyone to joi...

Join the Guinness World Record attempt for the largest cultural awareness lesson in 24 hours this World Afro Day 15 September 2025 👇

www.worldafroday.com/the-big-wad-...

Equity is a trade union, and our core purpose is to fight for your rights at work and to access work.

Read more about our decision: equity.org.uk/news/2025/equity-seeks-to-appeal-spotlight-judgment

Equity Council has voted to appeal last week's Spotlight ruling. Delegates at #TUC2025 have backed us today, concerned about the wider implications the ruling has for workers’ rights across multiple industries.

Our motion ‘Scrap audition fees and other hidden costs for arts courses in higher education’ passes UNANIMOUSLY. Thank you Congress!

Equity president, Lynda Rooke, takes the podium at Congress: "Audition fees...[are] a key barrier preventing students from working-class backgrounds from entering the industry. That's why the industry has been, and continues to remain, elitist.”

👋 Hello Brighton! Our delegation has arrived for TUC Congress 2025 — ready for a packed few days of debates, democracy and solidarity.

Equity statement on Spotlight High Court ruling | Equity Today’s judgment from the High Court is disappointing for Equity’s 50,000 members. Those members will perhaps be most surprised by the finding by the judge, Her Honourable Justice Howells, that Spot...

Today’s judgment from the High Court - which dismissed Equity’s challenge to Spotlight’s fees - is disappointing for our 50,000 members.

It's incumbent on the union to challenge abuses of power in the industry and this initial ruling will not deter us.

www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...

When a film company tried to use street performer & Equity member Dave Southern's work without giving him credit, Equity had his back.

Street performers: Equity is the trade union for you. We can help you protect your rights, pay & conditions. Join us: equity.org.uk/join-us

Do you work in Film or TV? Are you based in the North of England?

Join Equity on 2 September, 6:30pm in Manchester to discuss how we fight for better pay, royalties and residuals, self-tapes provisions, AI protections and much more!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-demand-...

ScotRail to replace controversial AI voice on trains Voiceover artist Gayanne Potter said a

As the trade union representing voice artists, including Gayanne Potter, Equity calls on Scotrail to work with a real artist for its voiceovers.

We have serious concerns about AI and advocate for transparency, consent and fair remuneration for artists.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...