We are committed to transparency in our workforce data. Annually we publish updated figures and we continue to work to develop best practice for monitoring representation to allow individuals to self-identify whilst adhering to our requirements as an Arts Council funded organisation.
The data below is as of 31 March 2021; at this point our workforce consisted of:
- 35 permanent staff (a reduction of 16 staff from 2020)
- 68 casual staff that had worked/furloughed with us during financial year 2020/2021
- 51 freelance creatives and practitioners that had worked with us during the financial year 2020/2021
- 10 Lyric Board Members – at the point of sharing this data we are currently recruiting for 4 new trustees
| Permanent staff | Casual Staff | Freelancers | Board | ||
| ASIAN/ASIAN BRITISH | Bangladeshi | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Chinese | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Indian | 0% | 0% | 8% | 0% | |
| Pakistani | 3% | 0% | 0% | 10% | |
| Any other Asian background | 0% | 3% | 0% | 10% | |
| BLACK/BLACK BRITISH | African | 6% | 7% | 4% | 0% |
| Caribbean | 8% | 7% | 6% | 0% | |
| Any other Black African/Caribbean background | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | |
| MIXED | Asian and White | 9% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Black African and White | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | |
| Black Caribbean and White | 0% | 9% | 2% | 0% | |
| Any other Mixed/Multiple ethnic background | 2% | 4% | 12% | 0% | |
| OTHER | Arab | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Any other ethnic group | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Prefer not to say | 0% | 3% | 2% | 0% | |
| WHITE | British | 63% | 52% | 48% | 70% |
| Gypsy or Irish Traveller | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Irish | 6% | 1% | 2% | 0% | |
| Any other White background | 3% | 13% | 6% | 10% |