what doesn't get counted, doesn't count 

 This petition has been created by Applied Arts Scotland; 'by makers for makers' and whilst the proposed changes are a devolved issue, we feel strongly that the removal of the term Crafts will have a detrimental effect on the sector as a whole as individual businesses will be put in categories outside of government data on creative industries and therefore the voice of 23,000 craft businesses will no longer be heard; we will be feeding back the results of this petition to the Crafts Council as part of a co-ordinated feedback by the sector.

For more information please see: 
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/about-us/press-room/view/2013/dcms-classification-review?from=%2Fabout-us%2Fpress-room%2F​

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2013/may/07/crafts-creative-industries-dcms​

http://appliedartsscotland.blogspot.co.uk

<!--EndFragment-->