Aims and Principles

Aims

  • Establish CAIRN as a permanent, effective and influential organisation

  • Build a united, active and growing membership

  • Empower our members in having a strong voice in their workplaces

  • Work with members to resolve workplace grievances and disputes

  • Provide educational and vocational opportunities for members

  • Improve the working conditions of members through campaigns and advocacy

  • Recruit a membership that is reflective of the diversity of performance professionals in Scotland.

  • Cultivate collaborative communication and solidarity between members

  • Build alliances with other organisations and causes that share CAIRN’s objectives

  • Appoint paid staff when financially possible and deemed necessary to assist with the duties of Cairn

Principles

  • Our member-led status is at the heart of our work and Cairn will uphold independence, democracy, transparency and accountability in all of our dealings

  • Cairn believes that all artists and their work are essential to a healthy society

  • Cairn believes that all performance professionals should receive a comfortable living wage for their work

  • Cairn believes that our members have the necessary experience and expertise to lead change in our sector

  • Cairn is cognisant of cultural and geographical diversity and believes that full participation in the artistic life of our society is beneficial for all