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The Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland (EMCC) is an intersectional feminist organisation advocating for equality for women in Scotland's media, arts and culture sectors. 🤝 @engenderscot.bsky.social Visit our website: emcc.engender.org.

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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Read our reflections on our manifesto asks as this year's #InternationalWomensDay falls in the lead-up to the Scottish parliamentary elections: bit.ly/4rP9AX6
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EMCC reflect on our manifesto this International Women's Day
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Read poet @alycia.bsky.social on the underfunded, unequal, literary landscape as part of our #InternationaWomensDay blog series: bit.ly/4siMhop
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Blog | GUEST POST: IWD 2026 – Alycia Pirmohamed on the underfunded, unequal literary landscape
Poet Alycia Pirmohamed writes a guest blog for us to mark International Women's Day 2026
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Read Aberdeenshire folk singer @ionafyfe.bsky.social on meaningful change for women in music, as part of our #internationalwomensday blog series: bit.ly/4u6OBk3
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Blog | GUEST POST: IWD 2026 – Iona Fyfe on meaningful change in music
Read our guest blog from Aberdeenshire folk singer Iona Fyfe
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Scottish BPOC Writers Network @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
📢Calling all Black Writers in Scotland📢 Join us for an online workshop “Undo me” – Language, Form and the Potentiality of Unsettling with Olumide Popoola curated by Martha Adonai Williams. Check out the full details & register now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/loose-ends-e...
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Loose Ends: Explorations in Diasporic Writing Craft - "Undo me" with Olumide Popoola - Scottish BPOC Writers Network
This event is open to Black writers* in Scotland at all levels of experience. All SBWN events will adhere to our Safer […]
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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🔔 Another major arts hub faces peril, accusations of 'cultural vandalism' 🧵 Also in today's briefing: ✝️ Co-founder of Homeless Project Scotland dies aged 47 🛣️ Is this the end for the M8 at the Woodside Viaduct? Or just a new beginning? Photo: GMAC
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Scottish BPOC Writers Network @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🔎 Calling all crime and thriller writers!⁠ 🔎 Join us on 21st February at the Granite Noir festival! This year, we’re hosting an exciting panel exploring: Who has the right to seek revenge or express rage, and why? Find out more: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/sbwn-at-gran...
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SBWN at Granite Noir 2026
SBWN is excited to be hosting an event as part of Granite Noir crime writing festival.
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Join us for a free culture hustings event! Thursday 26 February, 6.30pm-8.30pm. Join us in person in our central Edinburgh venue or online via livestream. If attending in-person, book your FREE ticket now: bit.ly/4qkuFat Find out more: bit.ly/3ZeLV62
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The Scottish Centre of Crime and Justice Research have released a new report titled Women Musicians’ Experiences of Sexual Violence and Harrassment in Scottish Folk Music. We welcome its publication and extend our solidarity with the women who participated in the report. bit.ly/3M2tvlQ
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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Report sets out ‘blueprint for change’ to increase working-class representation in the arts
Inquiry finds class should become protected characteristic and calls for rise in number of apprenticeships
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Join us for a lunchtime webinar where we'll present our latest research findings followed by a lively panel discussion with audience Q&A! Tuesday 27 January, 1.30-2.30pm. Register for FREE: bit.ly/4qmIpCz
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Webinar: From token to transformation
Join the Equal Media & Culture Centre online for an informative lunchtime webinar, where we'll discuss the findings of our latest research.
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Our latest research paper FROM TOKEN TO TRANSFORMATION looks at the impact of Creative Scotland's EDI Action Plan requirement for funded organisations. Find out more: bit.ly/4qpiavd
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Looking back at 2025, a year of growth for EMCC! Read our latest blog: bit.ly/4s2NqRG
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Blog | 2025: a year of growth for EMCC
Looking back at 2025
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
📣Today we launched our manifesto for Holyrood 2026. We're asking politicians to commit to 3 asks that will improve conditions for women working in culture, media, arts and the creative industries in Scotland. Read the manifesto: bit.ly/4mHKyWE
A mustard yellow square with the EMCC logo top left. On the right is a graphic illustration of three women. One has purple hair and white skin, another has red hair and pink skin, and the third has brown hair and brown skin. They are smiling and wearing colourful clothes. To the left of the illustration is the text in white: Transforming Culture for a Fairer Future. Our manifesto for Holyrood 2026.
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
We're excited to launch a new survey exploring Gender Equity in the Scottish Film Exhibiton sector, in partnership with @filmhubscotland.bsky.social. If you work or volunteer in film exhibition, please fill out the survey. We welcome responses from all genders: www.surveymonkey.com/r/FilmEquity
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Our latest guest blog is from our friends at Creative Balance, part of @weareherescot.bsky.social click to read all about their research! bit.ly/4mPA6NB
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Blog | Guest Post: Centring Marginalised Voices in the Scottish Arts and Cultural Sectors
Researcher Loa Pour Mirza tells us about Creative Balance's latest project
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Engender @engenderscot.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
We are increasingly alarmed at the way women’s rights and safety are being weaponised to demonise minorities across the UK. This kind of distortion of the facts only causes harm to individuals and communities and does nothing to end violence against women and girls.
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Last week we took part in @scotparl.bsky.social annual Festival of Politics. The Dreaming of a Fairer Future for Culture panel was hosted by @foysolchoudhury.bsky.social and fellow panellists were Culture Counts, @creativedundee.bsky.social @brownbearofficial.bsky.social #festivalofpolitics25
A photograph of the panellists and host of the Dreaming of a fairer future for culture event at the Festival of Politics. They are standing in a semi circle and smiling to the camera. There are four women and two men. A collage of photographs of the Dreaming of a Fairer Future for Culture event at the Scottish Parliament's Festival of Politics. The photos show groups of panellists and audience listening and talking in a board room.
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
We recently made a written submission as part of the Independent Review into @creativescots.bsky.social read it now: bit.ly/4m533nS
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Blog | EMCC Respond to the Creative Scotland Independent Review
EMCC's written submission to the 2025 Independent Review of Creative Scotland
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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Join Readers of Scotland, a research project exploring reading experiences and benefits. We are on the lookout for lovers of romance books! ❤️
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Readers of Scotland
Sign up to take part in Readers of Scotland, a research project aimed at exploring readers' experiences and helping more people access all the benefits that reading has to offer.
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Creative UK @creativeuk.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
We want to understand what you think about Creative UK so we can do more to support you and secure impactful change for all sectors across the cultural and creative industries. You’ll be entered into a prize draw to win a £100 John Lewis voucher.  Survey closes 31 July 2025 - hubs.ly/Q03v8Zl60
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 18/07/2025
WRITERS! New Writing Scotland seeks a new co-editor for English- & Scots-language work. Applicants should be currently based in Scotland & have a strong publishing record, with a focus on prose. Post is up to 3 years: stipend £1500 per issue. #writers #writing Pls RT 👇 asls.org.uk/new-writing-...
NEW WRITING SCOTLAND

ASL is seeking applications to be a co-editor of New Writing Scotland, from writers currently based in Scotland. Applicants should have a strong publishing record of their own, with a focus on prose; previous editorial experience would be an advantage. The post will run for up to three years from 2026, for volumes 44, 45, and 46, publishing in 2026, 2027, and 2028 (dependent on funding). 

Our editors jointly select approximately 50 pieces – poetry and prose – from the English- and Scots-language submissions we receive each year. The submissions are anonymised, and we provide editors with paper copies to read. As an editor, we’d ask you to attend launches in Edinburgh and Glasgow (travelling expenses would be paid). Editors receive an annual £1500 stipend and full editorial credit.

We encourage applications from all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from people who are under-represented within the sector, including from BPOC applicants (Black people and People of Colour), disabled people, LGBTQIA+ applicants and those from a low socioeconomic background. 

Please send a CV and a one-page application letter, outlining your qualifications for the position, to admin@asls.org.uk by midnight on Monday 4 August 2025.

Submission to New Writing Scotland is free and open to all. You can find our submission instructions here.
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Pauline Bird @paulinebird.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social are recruiting for a regional outreach coordinator to cover Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire: www.scottishbooktrust.com/about/vacanc... please do share if you know someone who may be interested!
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Vacancy: School Communities Regional Outreach Co-ordinator (Aberdeen)
We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.
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Engender @engenderscot.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
📣 The political space is becoming increasingly hostile, with marginalised women & groups facing widespread sexism & abuse. Our new report highlights the barriers & abuse women face as political candidates 🧵⬇
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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Emmys Diversity Report 2025: LGBTQ and Black Performers Thrive, but Overall POC Representation Is Down
Ayo Edebiri, Bella Ramsey and Bowen Yang are among this year's history-making nominees at the 77th Emmy Awards, but overall POC recognition is down
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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It's scary to talk about music scene abuse but if I don't, it won't change
Fiddle player Laura Jane Wilkie feels a responsibility to talk about issues in her industry to help other women
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Join us at @parliament.scot #FestivalofPolitics on 22 August! In partnership with the Cross-Party Group on Culture and Communities, EMCC will be speaking alongside artists, musicians and creatives in this dynamic event chaired by‬ @foysolchoudhury.bsky.social More info & tickets: bit.ly/3TZ1gVv
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Dreaming of a fairer future for culture - Buy tickets
Join Culture Counts, and a roster of artists and cultural organisations, to explore a vision of a world where creative opportunity is an integral part of a more equal, inclusive and nourishing society...
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Applied Gender Studies at Strathclyde @strath-gender.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
📣 New Free Event! 📣 our students might be interested in the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture’s free online event on anti-feminist backlash and how we fight it TODAY at 3pm. Book your place here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ctrl-hate-...
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CTRL HATE DELETE: The New Anti-Feminist Backlash and How We Fight It
A conversation with Cécile Simmons, hosted by the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, Loughborough University
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Join us for the second of our three summer working groups in collaboration with Culture Counts! You do not need to have attended a prior session to come along. Find out more: bit.ly/3Ie2B8w
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Events | EMCC & Culture Counts: Summer Working Group, 8 July 2025
Sign up to our second summer working group with partners Culture Counts
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The Scottish Government has awarded £3 million in funding to 14 festivals, the Culture Secretary has announced
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Scottish Government announces £3 million in funding for 14 festivals
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The Scottish Government's independent review into Creative Scotland is seeking views and feedback from the arts sector via three virtual roundtable sessions, and written submissions. If you would like to take part contact: creativescotlandreview@gov.scot Find out more: bit.ly/443YVhZ
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Are you an organisation that has received funding from @creativescots.bsky.social Open Fund in the last 5 years? You have until 30 June to fill out our survey! bit.ly/3I3vELJ
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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LGBTQ Representation in Film Drops to Three-Year Low, Says GLAAD Report
The LGBTQ advocacy group released its latest Studio Responsibility Index study measuring the quantity and diversity of queer characters in Hollywood movies in 2024.
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Do you work in the arts, music or culture sectors in Scotland? Culture Counts and EMCC would love you to join us for our summer working group - find out more and sign up: bit.ly/4dSvoLm
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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Scots have best access to culture in UK but class divide exists, survey suggests
Research shows 49% of people in the UK feel they have easy access to cultural space compared to 64% of people in Scotland.
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
"Less than 4% of today’s top-grossing films star a Black actress." New documentary 'Number One on the Call Sheet' explores the inequity black women actors face in Hollywood fortune.com/2025/05/28/w...
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Whoopi Goldberg, Halle Berry, and other stars on how Hollywood treats Black women
"Number One on the Call Sheet" explores the racial pay gap and the lack of diversity across major categories at industry awards shows.
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
In her second blog for us, Ursula Grant of @strath-gender.bsky.social dives into transformative feminist leadership practice. Read her take: bit.ly/4mD1M8T
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Blog | Guest Post: Transformative Feminist Leadership in Action
Transformative feminist leadership in action, a blog by Ursula Grant
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
“Inclusion isn’t some fashionable accessory you put on when it suits and take off when the political weather changes,” said the comedian Lenny Henry last week. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
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Black British TV makers ‘fighting over scraps’ amid lack of opportunities
Industry figures say conditions are worse now than before the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This week we're joined on the blog by Ursula Grant, @strath-gender.bsky.social MSc student, who explores what feminist leadership is, and why the culture sector needs it. Read her blog now: bit.ly/3ZD4dhJ
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Guest post: "Why did they let this go on?" Anna McFatridge, MSc student at @strath-gender.bsky.social shares her research into how the media frames harassment as an institutional problem. bit.ly/43QXEcX
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Read our latest blog, by guest contributor Anna McFatridge of @strath-gender.bsky.social on the media's role in shaping narratives on harassment: shorturl.at/j8nao
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SNACK magazine @snackmag.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
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Scottish Festivals and the Gender Balance Problem - SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland
Championing the many music festivals of Scotland is a huge part of what we do at SNACK. They range from ...
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
We are collaborating with Culture Counts Scotland on a new EDI co-learning network. To launch the network we commissioned 6 creatives to respond to the theme 'Dreaming of a fairer future for Scotland.' These are their responses. shorturl.at/8ac0Q
A yellow square with EMCC logo top left in white, and an abstract graphic of circles, triangles and an equals sign bottom right. In the centre is a photograph of the watercolour on paper artwork by Alberta Whittle, titled We Are Our Hope. The text We Are Our Hope is written in white bubble writing, on a background of colourful diamond shapes. A navy square with the EMCC logo top left, and an abstract graphic of a triangle, circle and equals sign bottom right. In the centre is a quote in white text that reads: "In a time of disaster, how should we think about culture? When equality, diversity and inclusion are under multi-pronged attack, what do we truly want to defend?" The quote is from A Letter Fae The Wrack, by Harry Josephine Giles.A yellow square with the EMCC logo top left and an abstract graphic bottom right, made of circles, triangles and an equals sign. In the centre is a photograph of the musician Miwa Nagato-Apthorp. Under her photo is the text 'Untitled Song'. You can listen to Miwa's song by visiting our website.A navy blue square with the EMCC logo top left and an abstract graphic of circles, an equals sign and a triangle bottom right. IN the centre is a digital collage artwork of a woman holding many different roles including caring for a child, teaching an art class, taking a child to a gallery and hugging another woman. Under the artwork is the name of the artist, Kezia Lewis, and the title of the artwork: Artist, Mother, Mother Artist
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Equal Media & Culture Centre for Scotland @emcc-scotland.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The Equal Media and Culture Centre for Scotland launched in 2023. Embedded in @engenderscot.bsky.social, we advocate for women's equality in Scotlands media and culture sectors. Find out more on our website: www.emcc.engender.org.uk
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Federation of Scottish Theatre @fedscottheatre.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Are you passionate about the transformational power of the arts? Are you an experienced communicator? Do you work well leading a team to accomplish a wider vision? Then you might be the perfect fit for our next CEO! Find the full recruitment pack here: www.scottishtheatre.org/about/join-o...
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