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people need to understand that just because me case was dismissed it doesn’t mean what i said wasn’t 100% the truth. justgiving.com/crowdfunding/d…

Only four percent of people win. Trying to get the system to sanction itself, however justified you might be and people usually are... Is like pissing in the wind 96% of the time. And still we try.

@ace_national You can find out more about the case and how to support @SpeechDebelle through their Go Fund Me here: twitter.com/SpeechDebelle/… (3/3)

It can be incredibly difficult for an individual to prove discrimination & stressful to take an organisation to tribunal, most cases don't make it to to court. Meanwhile an independent review into @ace_national working culture raises many issues for global majority workers. (2/3)

Very disturbing & disappointing that Arts Council England @ace_national are seeking legal costs against @SpeechDebelle after a failed tribunal case regarding race discrimination. This will scare other workers from challenging discrimination at ACE and other powerful orgs. (1/2)

The cinema recently made the majority of its education, marketing and tech teams redundant, and has been doing public fundraising to keep the cinema open. 90K for an interim CEO 70K for a permanant CEO... 3/3

Simon Drysdale, their former interim CEO took over Tyneside Cinema in Nov 2020 and remained there for over 2 .5 years, earning a salary which was initially advertised as up to 90K... Pic taken from the most recent report to the Charity Commission: …of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-detail… 2/3

Tyneside Cinema looks to hire new chief executive with salary of up to £70K . We have heard the cinema currently has a new interim CEO, however their name does not appear to be listed anywhere... 1/3 chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…

With Pride coming up, how do we address arts organisations who have either no or ineffective policy & procedures to address transphobia & homophobia, yet benefit financially and reputationally from "LGBTQ friendly" programming, both internally and through external hires?

We would like a little more public information about how Tyneside Cinema has now, as stated here, delivered on their commitment to change following the independent review in 2020. Theres not a lot of information here: tynesidecinema.co.uk/about-us/the-i…

How does a cinema receive almost half a million pounds to engage with 'local communities', and title this work "Another Country"? 😐

any cinema manager heading out to Cannes (and seemingly bragging about it) while Front of House staff - who ARE your cinema - are looking at pay cuts and/or monthly hardships for the pleasure of working in a negative environment... it's not a good look

Famous film industry folk support cinema to remain in the hands of a chain which screens their premieres but what is Curzon's record of supporting their cinema staff and marginalised audiences?

1/ The concerns raised in this report point to why we need an independent anti racist reporting body. We frequently hear reports that industry workers feel discriminated against and fear reporting it will ‘damage’ their careers.

BFI Admits To Systemic Racism & Vows To Improve After Apologizing To ‘Four Lions’ Producer For Mishandling Discrimination Complaint deadline.com/2023/03/bfi-sy…

BFI accused of taking limited steps to address systemic racism theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/…

Why is Tyneside Cinema's temporary CEO, who was taken on at a higher salary (advertised as up to £90,000) than previous CEO's to implement the findings of the Independent Review in 2020, still overseeing Tyneside cinema over two years later?

There's definitely a need for some critical thinking around cinema and funding deficits at the moment. It's easy to get swept up in nostalgia, but we need to focus on the future of how are cinemas are run right now.

@viva_victoria85 @tynesidecinema Hi Victoria, it is our understanding that the current CEO was a temporary role which was intended to last no longer than a year (it has been over 2 years), and that role was advertised at a considerably higher salary than what is being offered in the new role.

It doesn't seem to have been publicly announced by the organisation but Tyneside Cinema has lost it's National Portfolio Organisation #NPO status and was not successful in securing funding from Arts Council England's 2023-2026 investment programme.