Rates and Fees Useful Links
Equity
Performers and creative practitioners including actors, singers, dancers, designers, directors, stage managers, puppeteers, comedians, voice artists, and variety performers
www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-support
Musicians’ Union
Representing musicians across the UK working in all sectors of the music business
Rates of Pay & Collective Agreements in Music | Musicians' Union | The MU (musiciansunion.org.uk)
National Union of Journalists
Members across the media, from newspapers, broadcasting and book publishing to magazines, websites, mobile devices, social media and PR agencies working in reporting, writing, photography and editing, design, videography, communications and presenting
The NUJ's London Freelance Branch collects anonymous reports of what is actually being paid:
The NUJ suggests rates for many types of journalistic work:
www.londonfreelance.org/feesguide
It also offers a wealth of advice, most of it relevant to creative freelances of all kinds:
www.londonfreelance.org/feesguide/advice.html
This includes a dedicated section for photographers:
www.londonfreelance.org/feesguide/photo.html
Writers’ Guild of Great Britain
Professional writers in audio, TV, film, theatre, books, comedy, poetry, animation and videogames
Rates & agreements - Writers' Guild of Great Britain (writersguild.org.uk)
Writers whose work falls outside WGGB collective agreements (including videogames, animation, musical theatre and more) can find best practice guidelines on rates and rights in their resources section.
Society of Authors
Writers, illustrators and literary translators
Association of Photographers
Professional and Assisting Photographers, Agents, Individuals, those starting out, in education and anyone with an interest in professional photography.
The AOP have a number of resources available to AOP Members only, their publicly accessible information includes:
www.the-aop.org/information/usage-calculator (Licensing and the Usage)
www.the-aop.org/information/copyright-4-clients
www.the-aop.org/information/beyond-the-lens (best practice in photography)
Association of Illustrators
Illustrators, agents, colleges and creative companies.
The AOI resources are on the whole for AOI members only, these include:
theaoi.com/resources/pricing/how-to-calculate-a-fee/
theaoi.com/resources/contracts/writing-a-licence/
Music Metadata
A digital tool for music creators to demystify music metadata produced as a collaboration between the Intellectual Property Office; PRS for Music; The IVORS Academy and the Music Publishers Association. This guide helps to navigate codes within the music industry including ISRC; ISWC; CAE and IPI.
Association of British Science Writers
Media professionals who cover science, medicine, environment, mathematics, engineering and technology
Suggested minimum rates for science journalists
How to become a science writer
ABSW Early Career Science Writer Network
https://www.absw.org.uk/resources/5-suggested-minimum-rates-for-science-journalists
Society of Artists’ Agents
Illustration agents
Other organisations
BECTU
Contract and freelance workers in the media and entertainment industries
Ratecards: find out the rates for the work you do | Bectu
Artists’ Union England
Freelance artists based in England
Rates of Pay - Artists' Union England (artistsunionengland.org.uk)
a.n
https://www.a-n.co.uk/paying-artists/
CRA Member Links
Association of British Science Writers (ABSW)
Association of Authors' Agents (AAA)
Association of Illustrators (AOI)
Association of Photographers (AOP)
Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS)
British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA)
British Equity Collecting Society (BECS)
Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIJ)
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CRA Member Links
Association of British Science Writers (ABSW)
Association of Authors' Agents (AAA)
Association of Illustrators (AOI)
Association of Photographers (AOP)
Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS)
British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies (BAPLA)
British Equity Collecting Society (BECS)
Chartered Institute of Journalists (CIJ)