WFTV Launches Forgotten Freelancers Campaign - 18 June 2020 |
On National Freelancers' Day, Women in Film and TV launches a new campaign to highlight the huge number of freelancers and self-employed workers who have been left unable to claim for either of the government financial schemes (SEISS and CJRS), leaving them in genuine financial hardship. Each day the organisation will post across Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn, the story of a freelancer who has fallen through the gaps of the current schemes.
Liz Tucker, Chair and Acting CEO of WFTV said: “We already know from our recent survey that around two thirds of freelancers have been unable to claim under the government schemes, but when you read the individual heart breaking stories of these individuals, the true personal impact of those left with no financial support real hits you. ” The daily social media posts from WFTV will reveal the stories of freelancers in genuine financial and mental distress, facing the risk of losing their homes and their livelihoods. Here are a few of the extracts from some of the upcoming freelancer stories, WFTV will be covering: “The ultimate irony is that these freelancers who have paid taxes for decades are seeing these same taxes used to fund the government support schemes, yet they are excluded from claiming themselves”. << back to news |