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creative industries. These provide a
framework setting out the minimum
standards of behaviour expected
across the creative industries to
ensure safe and inclusive working
environments. The CIISA Standards
were developed and finalised
through an open consultation
process and the committed support
from our Standards Advisory
Committee. The Standards are now
being widely adopted, with the BBC
and ITV embedding them within
their commissioning processes and
other organisations exploring how
to integrate them into procurement
and partnerships agreements.
We are proudly working with
organisations across the creative
industries to embed them and
create tailored and practical
guidance and resources that will
benefit the sector as a whole.
An important learning from the
year was around the limitations
of CIISA’s opt-in voluntary funding
model. While we were able to
secure the funding necessary
to fulfil our fundamental
business objective of setting and
embedding shared Standards
for the creative sector within our
anticipated timeframe, it became
clear that the process of doing so
was too slow, too unpredictable
and too labour-intensive to be
sustainable for CIISA in the longterm. We are looking forward to
moving into our next phase with
a model of registration. Proven
in other sectors, a registration
model enables our stakeholders to
demonstrate their commitment to
working with CIISA and supporting
the drive to improve the sector’s
working culture and upholding the
CIISA Standards.
UK’s creative industries is around
£1.8 billion each year and impacts
around 700,000 people. This is a
shocking – and avoidable – waste.
And finally, this work done well is
always a collective endeavour, and
I extend my personal thanks to the
brilliant CIISA team who continue
to work very hard, enabling us to
move forward positively.
The brilliant people who power
our extraordinary creative sector
deserve a safe place that will
support the whole ecosystem
and drive up standards to make
workplace harm a thing of the
past. CIISA is that place.
But my last word is to the many
people trusting and willing us
onwards to deliver this vital
missing piece of the creative
industries infrastructure.
As CIISA continues to evolve, we
are resolute in our determination
to close the accountability gap
that has proved so damaging to
our creative sector. It is an oftused phrase but no exaggeration
at all to say that the UK’s creative
industries are truly worldleading. They are recognised by
government as key drivers for
economic growth in the modern
industrial strategy and they are a
vital force for good in our society,
helping us to better understand
our lives and our world.
We know how urgent CIISA’s
services are because of the
number of enquiries we already
receive from people who need
our help.
As CIISA’s June 2025 report,
Unlocking Growth Through
Accountability, demonstrated, the
cost of workplace conflict in the
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