(Aug. 2020) RE:IMI Black Out Tuesday UK Music Industry Race Diversity Report, Press Release And Official Launch Of BARRE Register (updated)

(Aug. 2020) REIMI BLACKOUTTUESDAY UK INDUSTRY RACE DIVERSITY REPORT
A BBM/BMC (BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress)/RE:IMI (Race Equality: In Music Industry) report
A report conducted with several UK music industry organisations soon after the Afriphobic murder of George Floyd, which covered how they were engaging with Afriphobia, racism and ethnicity/race-facing diversity issues:
https://bit.ly/REIMIRaceDiversityReport

(Feb. 2022) Unpacking The UK Music Diversity Report 2020: 1 Year+ RE:IMI Forum Background video 
A short video giving the background to the post-George Floyd/#BlackOutTuesday/#TheShowMustBePaused RE:IMI (Race Equality: In Music Industry) Afriphobia, racism and ethnicity/race-focused online forums: https://bit.ly/BBMUKMREIMI

(Feb 2022) Unpacking The UK Music Diversity Report 2020: 1 Year+ Overview & Progress Forum

UK Music Diversity Taskforce's chair Ammo Talwar and deputy chair Paulette Long leading on a presentation giving an overview of the 10-Point Plan, challenges and update on progress thus far. The second half will be for input from the floor. Wednesday Feb. 16, 4.00-5.30pm via Zoom: https://bit.ly/UKMBBM

 (Oct. 2020) The Black Report
This online resource provides backgrounds to start-up business founders from AAME (African, Asian, Minority Ethnic) communities, their stories and demographics.  

(Oct. 2020) 2020 Colour Of Power
A useful at-a-glance database that graphically illustrates the lack of female and AAME (African. Asian, Minority ethnic) representations in the upper echelons across a wide sphere of endeavour. From cabinet makeup, to CEOs of the top 50 NHS trusts, from leaders of London's boroughs to CEOs of the lop advertising agencies. 

(Aug. 2020) RE:IMI Black Out Tuesday UK Music Industry Race Diversity Report, Press Release And Official Launch Of BARRE Register

Aug. 25: RE:IMI (Race Equality: In Music Industry) marks the third month of George Floyd's murder by releasing the RE:IMI Black Out Tuesday UK Music Industry Race Diversity Report (click here), Press Release and launch of BARRE Register. Comments welcome.

(Aug. 2020) New Code Of Ethics To Govern Award Giving And Progress Towards Greater Board Diversity Announced At The Ivors Academy AGM
Plans to increase diversity on the Academy’s board and create a new code of ethics to review future and past Ivor Novello award decisions were some of the changes announced at the Academy's recent AGM. Two board members have prematurely stepped down for their replacements to make for more diverse board, which has a 50% gender balance and 30% AAME representation target.

(July 2020) The Ivors Academy Announces Draft Twelve-Point Quality, Diversity And Inclusion Action Plan
The Academy has published a draft 2020-2022 action plan to champion and embed equality, diversity and inclusion across the organisation and its work. Majority of the 12 commitments cover organisational targets, with the rest covers the Ivor Novello Awards and partnerships.

(July 2020) Orchestras Signing Up To Diversity Audit To Include More Black And Asian Musicians
40 music organisations drawn from orchestras, conservatoires, education, diversity and youth projects form the first two cohorts to use London Music Masters’ diversity and inclusion audit tool, I'm In, to help music organisations build strategies to dismantle racism and all forms of prejudice and drive systemic change. Click here for more information and to join next cohort.

(June 2020) 12 Facts That Prove That Black Lives Don’t Matter In Britain
Accessible, snapshot list of racial disparity between Africans and the general British society across several social fields, based on government statistics.

(July 2020) Seat At The Table: Diversity In The Music Industry Report
Women In CTRL's report analyses 12 UK music industry organisations, and provides the statistical data as of July 2020 of where they stand with regards to representations of women and Black women on executive teams, boards, and chairs and CEOs. Includes the WIC Diversity Pledge.

UK Music's Equality And Diversity Hub
This is where you will music industry umbrella organisation UK Music's equality and diversity pages, including the UK Music Diversity Task Force and Reports.

Explainer: What Is Systemic Racism And Institutional racism?
At the 2020 BAFTA awards, Joaquin Phoenix called out systemic racism in the film industry in his acceptance speech for leading actor. He said: "I think that we send a very clear message to people of colour that you’re not welcome here. I think that’s the message that we’re sending to people that have contributed so much to our medium and our industry and in ways that we benefit from. […] I think it’s more than just having sets that are multicultural. We have to do really the hard work to truly understand systemic racism." Systemic racism, or institutional racism, refers to how ideas of white superiority are captured in everyday thinking at a systems level: taking in the big picture of how society operates, rather than looking at one-on-one interactions.

11 Terms You Should Know To Better Understand Structural Racism
This glossary describes terms related to structural racism and terms used to promote racial equity analysis. It was created by the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change, a group that worked with leading innovators to produce strong and reliable frameworks for successful and sustainable community change and development.

UK Government's Ethnicity Facts And Figures
87% of people in the UK are White, and 13% belong to a African, Asian, Mixed or Other ethnic group, according to the combined 2011 censuses for England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Use this service to find information about the different experiences of people from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. It gathers data collected by government in one place, making it available to the public, specialists and charities.

Diamond Broadcasting Diversity Resources Hub
Diamond, an industry-wide diversity monitoring system created by the Creative Diversity Network (CDN), UK broadcasters and Pact to provide detailed, consistent and comprehensive monitoring and reporting of diversity in the TV industry - it is a single online system used by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky to obtain consistent diversity data on programmes they commission. Here you find all the Diamond resources.

How To Start Decolonising Your Business
"Decolonising is different from most equality, diversity and inclusion work, asserts," Dr Ricardo Twumasi. Decolonising is not about jumping on the latest PR bandwagon or something companies should pay lip service to. Mindful of this, he proposes four steps that companies can use to start the process of decolonising.

HR/Diversity Resources

This is where we plan to post HR (Human Resources) and Diversity documents and best practice policies and schemes, to help others within the music industry improve their EDI (Equality, Diversity, Inclusion) aims: Please email documents relevant to this page to bbmbmc@gmail.com. There's also the option for restricted access, whereby enquiries are directed to the creator of the resource, to decide who can have a copy.

(Oct. 2020) 2020 Colour Of Power
A useful at-a-glance database that graphically illustrates the lack of female and AAME (African. Asian, Minority ethnic) representations in the upper echelons across a wide sphere of endeavour. From cabinet makeup, to CEOs of the top 50 NHS trusts, from leaders of London's boroughs to CEOs of the lop advertising agencies. 

The Black Report 2020
This online resource provides backgrounds to start-up business founders from AAME (African, Asian, Minority Ethnic) communities, their stories and demographics.  

UK Government's Ethnicity Facts And Figures
87% of people in the UK are White, and 13% belong to a African, Asian, Mixed or Other ethnic group, according to the combined 2011 censuses for England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Use this service to find information about the different experiences of people from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. It gathers data collected by government in one place, making it available to the public, specialists and charities.

Explainer: What Is Systemic Racism And Institutional racism?
At the 2020 BAFTA awards, Joaquin Phoenix called out systemic racism in the film industry in his acceptance speech for leading actor. He said: "I think that we send a very clear message to people of colour that you’re not welcome here. I think that’s the message that we’re sending to people that have contributed so much to our medium and our industry and in ways that we benefit from. […] I think it’s more than just having sets that are multicultural. We have to do really the hard work to truly understand systemic racism." Systemic racism, or institutional racism, refers to how ideas of white superiority are captured in everyday thinking at a systems level: taking in the big picture of how society operates, rather than looking at one-on-one interactions.

UK Music's Equality And Diversity Hub
This is where you will music industry umbrella organisation UK Music's equality and diversity pages, including the UK Music Diversity Task Force and Reports.

(July 2020) Seat At The Table: Diversity In The Music Industry Report
Women In CTRL's report analyses 12 UK music industry organisations, and provides the statistical data as of July 2020 of where they stand with regards to representations of women and Black women on executive teams, boards, and chairs and CEOs. Includes the WIC Diversity Pledge.

(June 2020) UK Music Workforce Diversity Survey 2020
For all UK music companies, irrespective of size. (2020) For all UK music companies, irrespective of size.The survey tracks progress to boost diversity and inclusion in the UK’s music industry that contributes £5.2 billion a year to the UK economy and sustains 190,000 jobs. UK Music, the umbrella body that represents the commercial music business, said the globally respected survey comes at a crucial time for the industry in the wake of #BlackOutTuesday, #TheShowMustBePaused and protests in support of Black Lives Matter. Note: survey is time specific! Note: survey is time specific!

(June 2020) PPL's Equality, Diversity And Inclusion Statement
Music industry body PPL (Phonographic Performance Ltd) posts its commitment to hiring, developing and promoting the best people, from the widest possible talent pool – regardless of someone’s race, gender, sexuality, age, disability, background or any other characteristic...

How To Start Decolonising Your Business
"Decolonising is different from most equality, diversity and inclusion work, asserts," Dr Ricardo Twumasi. Decolonising is not about jumping on the latest PR bandwagon or something companies should pay lip service to. Mindful of this, he proposes four steps that companies can use to start the process of decolonising.

(June 2020) BBC Commits £100m Of Its Content Spend On Diverse Productions And Talent
Let's hope this is not one of those start-stop initiatives of the Beeb. This, it says: "The BBC is setting out the first in a new series of bold steps to transform its programming and better represent the public it serves..."

Diamond Broadcasting Diversity Resources Hub
Diamond, an industry-wide diversity monitoring system created by the Creative Diversity Network (CDN), UK broadcasters and Pact to provide detailed, consistent and comprehensive monitoring and reporting of diversity in the TV industry - it is a single online system used by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky to obtain consistent diversity data on programmes they commission. Here you find all the Diamond resources.

(2014) Diversity Management In The UK Music Industry The Thoughts And Perspectives Of Black Employees
A University Of Westminster/Music Tank Future Think research document by Tamara Witt which sought to assess inequalities for AAME people working in the UK music industry...

(2011) Bain - Attitudes of Employers in the UK Music Industry Towards Equality and Diversity
Former BASCA CEO Vick Bain's Henley Business School research, which was an attempt to map the music industry's engagement with diversity, which did not receive the traction it deserved in effecting structural changes...

(1979) It Ain't Half Racist Mum
A Campaign Against Racism In The Media presentation by Stuart Hall and Maggie Steed, highlighting racism and racist stereotypes within the media, which BBC and other broadcasters refused permission for their clips to be included...

(May 2016) Can The Music Industry Tackle Its Diversity Problem
Music Business Worldwide: "There’s been a lot of discussion over the past year about the lack of diversity in the music industry, and tackling the problem at recruitment stage is one measure businesses can take..."