Opportunity: Join our Board of Trustees
PiPA are looking for a number of new Trustees to join our Board
BLOG: Carers Rights Day
November 23rd 2023 is Carers Rights Day. Catherine Hopper spoke to PiPA Music Development &...
What is PiPA Foundations?
PiPA Co-CEOs Cassie Raine and Anna Ehnold-Danailov discuss our newest programme, PiPA Foundation...
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Webinar: Introducing PiPA Foundations
Increase your organisation's resilience by taking your first step to becoming a family-frien...
BLOG: Life isn’t an afterthought at PiPA
This Work Life Week, PiPA Co-CEOs Cassie and Anna reflect on their quest for work life balance a...
PiPA at Edinburgh 2023: Flexible Festivals
Read our blog post about what we got up to at Edinburgh Fringe Fest 2023.
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Webinar: Building business resilience through effectively engaging Freelancers
Watch our webinar on how to best engage the freelance workforce.
Flexible Fringe - Making Festival Work Accessible for Parents & Carers
Register for our event at Edinburgh Fringe 2023: a Think Tank event investigating strategies to ...
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Creatives Caring Cafe: YORKSHIRE
Community and a virtual cuppa for parents and carers working in the arts!
Freelancers Caring Cafe: SCOTLAND - 26th July 12-1pm
Join for a virtual cuppa for parents and carers working in the arts!
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Creatives Caring Cafe: YORKSHIRE
Community and a virtual cuppa for parents and carers working in the arts!
PiPA Scotland Webinar: Effective Communication for Greater Inclusion (10th May)
Help break the stigma of a family work/life balance with proactive communication
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The PiPA Podcast
PiPA International Women's Day 2023 podcast featuring Rakie Ayola, Kyla Frye, ...
PiPA Welcomes Lindsey Alvis
PiPA welcomes Lindsey Alvis as Business Development & Programme Manager.
Message from our co-CEOs
Announcement from our co-CEOs about their new job roles.
Toolkit: Intro to Intersectional Caring
A toolkit, created with focus groups of performing arts practitioners who have caring responsi...
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Classical Music Research
PiPA is looking for Classical Music Professionals to participate in 1-2-1 interviews for th...
Job Opportunity: Operations Manager
PiPA is looking for a part-time Operations Manager to support their growth and development.
Professional Development Opportunities in Yorkshire
PiPA are offering a series of professional development placements and opportunities to Yorkshire...
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Webinar: Embedding ACE's Investment Principles with PiPA
Learn how working with PiPA can support your organisation to embed the Arts Council England&acir...
PiPA Classical Music Survey: Work Life Balance, Diversity and Caring Responsibilities
Support PiPA in their investigation of the impact of caring responsibilities on career progressi...
Flexible Working Consultation
PiPA responds to the UK Government's Flexible Working consultation.
Return and Retain: Professional Development Opportunity
Register your interest in being involved in an exciting professional development opportunity. Th...
Work Life Balance & The Performing Arts
This Work Life Week, PiPA looks at the importance of a healthy work life balance, and provides t...
Job Opportunity: Scotland Manager
PiPA is looking for a Scotland Programme Manager to lead on strategic business and operational d...
Creative Freelancers: Parent & Carer Survey
Help us identify the specific needs and challenges faced by freelance parent and carers in the p...
Job Opportunity: Project Manager
PiPA are recruiting for a Project Manager for an exciting new action-research project based in Y...
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PiPA Dance Research
Find out more about PiPA's current research investigating the he specific barriers to career...
Remote Working Toolkit & Webinar
Discover PiPA's Remote Working Toolkit, created in partnership with UK Theatre and Society of Lo...
Black Leaders Awareness Day
Black Parent and Carer Leaders in the Performing Arts you should know about
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Join Our Board!
We are looking for a new Treasurer
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International Women's Day 2021
Celebrating the fantastic women supporting and driving PiPA.
Learning From Lockdown: Covid Report Research Event
Performing arts organisations are invited events discussing PiPA's Covid Report.
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It's Time to Talk to Your Manager About Caring
Tips for Parent & Carer Employees on having productive conversations with their Managers.
PiPA Charter Programme Manager Matt featured in SMA's Cueline
Matt Harper-Hardcastle highlights the particular vulnerability of families & carers during t...
Carers Rights Day 2020
To mark Carers Rights Day 2020, we have complied a list of useful resources for carers in perfor...
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Job Opportunity: Communications Officer
Communications Officer (Permanent)
Salary: £26,000 pro rata
Testimonial: Tara McGirr
As part of our work in Scotland, in collaboration with Federation of Scottish Theatres, funded b...
Testimonial: Adura Onashile
We spoke to Writer, Director and Actor, Adura Onashile to find out about managing a creative car...
Event: A Family Friendly Fringe
PiPA is hosting, in partnership with Strategic Partner, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, an online eve...
Carers Week 2020
Lucy Bell's powerful piece in Exeunt lays bare the reality of being a carer working in the Perfo...
PiPA Welcomes Three New Ambassadors
PiPA are thrilled to announce the appointment of three new Ambassadors.
The Lights Aren't On And Everybody's At Home
Parents and carers in the performing arts sector are facing the double hit of devastating financ...
Coaching Session for Parents and Carers in Scotland
At Parents and Carers in Performing Arts (PiPA), we recognise the particular precariousness of p...
EVENTS
In order to comply with the Government's social distancing guidelines, all planned PiPA activity...
Backstage Workforce Report finds poor working conditions for parents and carers working in theatre
A huge majority of theatre workers who are also parents and carers are experiencing poor working...
Parenting Under Covid-19
Vick Bain is a parent working in music and a PiPA board director.
Working From Home With Children: PiPA Director Vick Bain Shares Top Tips
Many parents have now found themselves sharing their working day with their children, and depend...
Financial Aid (Non-Government) for Performing Arts Professionals
A collection of the financial support available for individuals working in the UK's performi...
Performing Arts Organisations' Rapid Response to Supporting Its Workforce and Communities
Following the government's recent advice and the subsequent closure of performing arts venues, c...
Coronavirus (Covid-19) - Help and Support for Performing Arts Professionals
In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) developments, PiPA recently published its Call for Sup...
PiPA calls for support for parents and carers in performing arts workforce in light of Coronavirus pandemic
PiPA calls for performing arts organisations and the government to consider the medium term need...
Two New Board Directors and Interim Treasurer to join PiPA
Parents & Carers in Performing Arts (PiPA) is announcing the appointment of two new Board Di...
PiPA Scottish Networks
Are you working in the Performing Arts in Scotland? Do you have perspectives to share on working...
Board Opportunity: Treasurer
Parents and Carers in Performing Arts is looking for a new Treasurer to join our Board.
PiPA UK-wide Networks
PiPA is working with partners across the UK to establish networks of performing arts organisatio...
Emmy the Great shares her diary of touring with a baby in tow
PiPA's Music Ambassador Emmy the Great embarked on a UK tour when her baby RiRi was just five mo...
PiPA Coordinator: Scotland
Parents and Carers in Performing Arts, in partnership with the Federation of Scottish Theatre, h...
Welcome to PiPA Ambassador: Rakie Ayola
We are thrilled to announce actor and producer Rakie Ayola as PiPA's newest Theatre Ambassado...
Board Opportunity
BOARD MEMBER VACANCY 2019
Welcome to PiPA Ambassador: Emmy the Great
We are delighted to announce the appointment of our first PiPA Music Ambassador: writer, compose...
Welcome to PiPA Strategic Partner: ATG
We are delighted to welcome the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) as a PiPA Strategic Partner. ATG ...
Charter Programme Manager
Parents & Carers in Performing Arts (PiPA) vision is of a performing arts sector which is ef...
Researcher
Parents & Carers in Performing Arts (PiPA) vision is of a performing arts sector which is ef...
SARAH JACKSON OBE APPOINTED NEW PiPA CHAIR
Parents & Carers in Performing Arts (PiPA) has announced the appointment of Sarah Jackson...
Welcome to PiPA Ambassador: Charlene Ford
We are delighted to welcome Charlene Ford as our newest PiPA Ambassador.
Welcome to our new Ambassador: Hikaru Kobayashi
PiPA is delighted to announce that Hikaru Kobayashi, former First Soloist of The Royal Ballet wi...
Administrator (Maternity Cover)
Parents & Carers in Performing Arts (PiPA) is an organisation committed to research, campaig...
Muzz Khan, Actor/ DJ, Interview
To celebrate International Men's Day 2018 we interviewed Muzz Khan, an actor from Burnley, worki...
Balancing Act: PIPA Work/ Life Survey
PIPA has joined forces with Birkbeck University and a number of major organisations across dance...
BLOG: Ben Stephen on Shared Parental Leave
There has been so much in the press recently about shared parental leave, and the lack of take u...
Welcome New PIPA Ambassador: Hadley Fraser
Improving working conditions for parents is as much about supporting fathers as it is mothers an...
Welcome New PIPA Ambassador: Lisa McGrillis
PIPA is absolutely thrilled to announce our new Ambassador Lisa McGrillis.
March of the Mummies
On Tuesday 31st October at 12 midday, families across the UK will march for better protections a...
WE ARE RECRUITING!
We're looking for a Finance and Office Administrator. This is a home-working/ remote working pos...
MAKING IT HAPPEN: Directors
In conjunction with The Old Vic, PIPA and SDUK are holding a 'Making It Happen' session for dire...
BLOG Patricia Okenwa: Dancer
Patricia Okenwa is a mother, and independent choreographer following 12 years dancing and choreo...
Making Touring Work
Inspired by the recent UK Touring Symposium as well as our ongoing Best Practice Research Projec...
Noma Dumezweni on ITV London News
Watch the phenomenal actor and PIPA Ambassador, Noma Dumezweni, on ITV News last night talking a...
Romola Garai on support for parents & carers
We caught up with actor Romola Garai (Measure for Measure at the Young Vic, Suffragette and The ...
Noma Dumezweni on PIPA
Currently staring as Hermione Granger in the stage adaptation of Harry Potter, PIPA ambassador N...
PIPA Announces Best Practice Research Project
PARENTS IN PERFORMING ARTS ANNOUNCES ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND AND CREATIVE SCOTLAND FUNDED FIRST-OF-...
PIPA ANNOUNCES NEW CONSORTIUM
PARENTS IN PERFORMING ARTS ANNOUNCES A NEW CONSORTIUM MADE UP OF AN IMPRESSIVE RANGE OF PARTNER ...
Gender Equality Is About Shared Responsibility
A recent article in The Independent (1) stated that 80% freelancers are living in poverty, based...
PIPA at ITC AGM
We were privileged to be invited to hold a session at the Independent Theatre Council AGM last w...
PIPA at Royal Opera House HR Event
Last week PIPA had the privilege of being invited to do a presentation at the quarterly HR Forum...
PIPA on London Live TV
This week London Live invited PIPA to talk about the recent ground breaking relaxed performance ...
Industry responds to our calls for action
There has been and continues to be incredible support within the theatre industry for the PIPA c...
Equity Childcare Motion
EQUITY MOTION PRESENTED AT TUC SEPTEMBER 2015. It was passed unanimously and seconded by Rick Fi...
PIPA Launch
Over 400 people, including 70 kids, attended the PIPA launch at the Young Vic on 16th October
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