In partnership with Safe to Create.

This event, which encourages participation and discussion, is for professionals creating literature events at festivals, venues, libraries, or any organisations, to gather information and share experiences. This year’s event, in partnership with Safe to Create, will be an information session followed by open discussion around embedding dignity and respect in the workplace, ensuring inclusivity and diversity of marginalised communities – focusing on LGBTQ+ – managing different voices, navigating challenging situations that arise, and more. This workshop event will be facilitated by Ruadhán Ó Críodáin.

This is a free event. Alternatively, by choosing a donation ticket to any amount, you would be contributing towards keeping DBF events accessible for all.

Please note we may be capturing candid imagery at this event for use on our social media and website.

Ruadhán Ó Críodáin (he/him) is the Executive Director of ShoutOut. Since 2012, ShoutOut has been working to promote inclusion for LGBTQI+ communities through storytelling, dialogue, and instilling empathy in young people. Ruadhán oversees the charity’s educational programmes which work to end homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools. Outside of ShoutOut, Ruadhán is a member of the Board of Directors of GAZE International LGBTQIA+ Film Festival.

Safe to Create: A Dignity in the Workplace Programme arose from the Speak Up: A Call for Change Report published in October 2021. The report’s stark findings confirmed that there is a culture of harmful workplace behaviour throughout the Irish arts sector, and a worrying lack of supports to tackle this issue. In October 2022, Speak Up was re-branded and launched as Safe to Create.

Safe to Create is a collaborative programme of supports looking to transform workplace culture and practices, and to provide safe and respectful working conditions for those working in the arts and creative sectors.

AMPLIFY: A Call for Transformative Action arose from the recognition that Speak Up: A Call For Change, published in 2021, did not adequately capture the experiences of specific communities within the arts and creative sectors.

AMPLIFY sheds light on sectoral and systemic discrimination faced by LGBTQIA+, racially and ethnically minoritised, and disabled artists and arts workers. Through both quantitative and qualitative analyses, identity-based discrimination, including ableism, homophobia, racism, and transphobia, is pervasive in the arts and creative sectors.