In this episode of Get a ‘Proper’ Job, host Kayleigh Mcleod talks to Becky Davies; Theatre Designer, Artist and Creative Access Coordinator, and Chris Hill; Green Manager for Ffilm Cymru Wales. They discuss the future of work in the creative and cultural industries and focus on some of the jobs which are emerging to address societal issues.
Chris talks about the importance of communication while tackling societal issues.
Your communication is really key, and just talking to people. Talking to different industries, companies, organisations - I think it's really key to kind of learn from what their kind of challenges are, or barriers there are to achieving maybe a shared goal.
He adds that when it comes to important issues such as climate change: “We all really need to be working together because it's not just only individuals, it's sort of every kind of sector.”
Becky also emphasises the exciting new possibilities for the future of the creative and cultural industries that come with more access. She said:
So, what I'm also trying to do is inspire them [companies] to see the possibilities, rather than them seeing it as: ‘Oh, gosh, that's another thing we've got to manage’ and trying to get them up or steer them away from any kind of negative feelings around access, and you know, the financial implications of access. And instead see it as a wealth of really exciting and wonderful possibilities, and also a whole community that you're enabling to be part of what you do as a company.
This episode was recorded remotely in August 2021.
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Links mentioned
- Taking Flight theatre company
- ALBERT
- Future Generations Act
- Welsh Government programme for government
- One Planet Cardiff
- Our Creative Place
- Green Cymru
- Tin Shed Theatre Company – Rocket Launch, Blaenavon
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