If you need help, get in touch here. You do not need to be working on an Equity contract to get help, and your conversation with Equity is confidential.
Harassment and Bullying - Phone 020 7379 6000 or contact your Equity official.
Legal Support - Equity members are entitled to free legal advice regarding your work in the entertainment industry.
Tax and Welfare Helpline - Phone 020 7670 0223 or Email helpline@equity.org.uk
If you have concerns about inappropriate casting questions, discriminatory breakdown language, audition feedback, access, or other issues within a casting process, call Equity on 020 7379 6000 or contact your Equity official direct.
For casting concerns in commercials, contact TVcommercials@equity.org.uk
For information on what you can and can’t be asked in a casting, see Equity’s Casting Questions Card
Contact us here to access free legal support.
Access Equity’s mental health support scheme, administered by the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM).
Reporting Bad Practice - What constitutes bad practice? How do you report it? Get more information here. If you experience bad practice, we want to know about it and support you as best we can. The kinds of concerns we want to hear you raise include the following:
Agents
- Discriminatory decisions made which limit or affect your career
Casting
- Discriminatory casting breakdowns
- Inaccessible casting venues
- Discriminatory behaviour during the casting process
- Discrimination in the casting decisions
Rehearsals
Most of the issues you raise will be dealt with by the relevant department which handles the area of work that your concern falls into.
This will be either the Live Performance Department or the Recorded Media Department which you reach via the Head Office contact number: 020 7379 6000.
If your concern is related to London-based work ,contact Equity’s Head Office.
You can contact a different office where your work-related concern falls into the following nations or regions which can be found on Equity's contact us page.
Where you have a general concern regarding an equalities or discrimination matter you can also contact Ian Manborde, Equity’s Equalities & Diversity Organiser on 020 7379 6000 imanborde@equity.org.uk
Harassment and Bullying - Phone 020 7379 6000 or contact your Equity official.
Other Work Issues (Health and Safety, Access, Pay, etc.) - Phone 020 7379 6000 or Email info@equity.org.uk
Click here for a list of regional, national, and industrial staff contacts
Additional Resources
Domestic Violence Guidance on Gov.UK - Find out how to get help if you or someone you know is a victim of domestic abuse.
Financial Support - Find charities and resources for financial support on our Money page.
Homelessness Guidance on GOV.UK - Your council must help if you’re legally homeless, but how much depends on your eligibility and your level of need.
Industry Minds -Award-winning mental health support platform for the creative arts.
Rape Crisis - Rape Crisis England & Wales is the umbrella body for a network of independent Rape Crisis Centres, providing specialist support and services for victims and survivors of sexual violence.
Samaritans - Whatever you're going through, you can contact the Samaritans for someone to listen. They’re available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Saneline - Mental health support charity, whose motto is that no-one affected by mental illness should face crisis, distress or despair completely alone.
TheatreSupport.Info - A comprehensive list of charities and organisations to supports arts and entertainment workers
UK Theatre - UK Theatre is the UK’s leading theatre and performing arts membership organisation, and offers training, events, and support.
Women’s Aid - Women’s Aid is a grassroots federation working together to provide life-saving services in England and build a future where domestic abuse is not tolerated.