Stephen Graham and Keira Knightley are among the British talents backing a pioneering U.K. initiative to prevent and tackle bullying and harassment that will launch in 2024.
The stars, and U.K. Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, Time’s Up U.K.’s Heather Rabbatts, James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, singer-songwriter Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar-winning producer Lord Puttnam, actors Sule Rimi, Varada Sethu and Ruth Wilson, together with all U.K. broadcasters, have now joined the music and theater sectors committing to the creation of the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority, CIISA, to help prevent and tackle bullying and harassment.
Times’s Up U.K. called for the creation of an independent standards authority and has spearheaded the initiative that has led to the formation of CIISA, which will initially cover film, television, music and theater. The CIISA, which is in the final phase of development, supported by PA Consulting, will be ready to take cases in 2024.
Frazer said: “It’s important that industry comes together to tackle bullying, harassment and discrimination, so Britain’s creative sectors remain some of the best in the world to be a part of.”
Popular on Variety
Jen Smith, interim CEO, CIISA, said: “CIISA has one clear purpose, to make the creative industries a safer working environment for our talented colleagues who make the film, TV, music and theater that we all love and enjoy. Leading organizations and industry figures are demonstrating their visible commitment to a safer working environment too, by supporting CIISA and championing us by name. There is overwhelming evidence for the need for CIISA and bringing collective accountability to our sector, and the more quickly others join us, the more quickly we will have an independent body in place to support the whole ecosystem of the creative industries.”
