Safe Space exists to provide a safe space for all musicians to share instances of sexism, sexual harassment and sexual abuse in the music industry.
If you have, whatever your role in the music industry, you can report it in confidence using this service.
All your answers will be treated in the strictest confidence. Only four members of staff will have access to your answers, which we will use to inform our work on making the music industry safer.
We always start from a position of belief. We never blame the victim. We understand that the survivor is never responsible.
We aim for Safe Space to be a safe place for survivors to report without fear of unwanted consequences.
We respect requests for confidentiality and/or anonymity and aim to deliver on this. It is always your choice whether you want us to investigate or follow up in any way.
However, there may come a point where we cannot maintain confidentiality or anonymity in order to act and we will make this clear in order to give you a choice as to whether to move forward or not.
An MU survey in 2019 revealed that 48% of musicians have been sexually harassed at work. Not only have almost half of musicians experienced harassment at work, but:
85% did not report it
58% have witnessed it
61% believe freelancers are at higher risk of being sexually harassed while working
We want to build up a picture of the problems that exist and seek long term solutions. We are campaigning for laws to protect musicians at work, and are on a mission to create cultural change within the music industry.
Safe Space has been receiving reports from survivors since its launch in 2018 and continues to, indicating that this reporting mechanism is still needed by the music industry.
If you support our mission, you can help spread the word:
If you need immediate help and support, please head to our Support Services page where you can find services you can contact now.
We want to hear from you if you do or wish to make all or part of your living from music. You could be a student or a professional. You could be employed, self employed, not working at the moment, or looking for work.
We also want to hear from you if you are an amateur musician. You could be playing in a community orchestra or performing as part of a choir.
We need as many musicians as possible to share their experiences. The more experiences musicians share, the easier it will be for us to spot patterns and identify where we need to focus our work to create meaningful and lasting change.