Creative UK has published Delivering for Freelancers, a paper outlining a vision for the newly announced Freelance Champion role in UK Government.
The Freelance Champion role was announced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) in June 2025 as part of the Creative Industries Sector Plan. The role is designed to “advocate for the sector’s creative freelancers within government”, with DCMS stating in the plan that terms of reference for the role will be developed alongside industry.
Alongside detailed proposals for the role, the Delivering for Freelancers paper outlines that, once appointed, the Freelance Champion should:
• Launch formal inquiries into the systemic barriers freelancers face
• Following these inquiries, produce a formal report with targeted policy recommendations for the Government to respond to
• Day to day, ensure that freelancers are central to all policymaking across a range of UK Government departments.
In response to the paper, Directors UK CEO Andy Harrower said:
“Freelancers have been consistently overlooked and underrepresented. They have a precarious existence and are often exposed to risk and poor treatment, despite being the powerhouse behind our £125bn a year creative industries.
“Directors UK contributed to and welcomes the key proposals for the Freelance Champion outlined in Creative UK’s paper. As members of the DCMS working group responsible for shaping the remit of the role, we look forward to driving change towards an improved,sustainable, and inclusive landscape for our members and other creative freelancers.”
You can read the full paper here: Delivering for Freelancers
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