Our pledge to you

 We respect your wishes

Your participation is completely voluntary, and you do not have to answer any questions you don’t want to. Just let your interviewer know, and they will move on to the next question. Whether you decide to take part or not will not have any impact upon your current grant from the Fund or any future applications for grant funding from DCMS.

 We answer your questions

The researcher leading your online group discussion or interview will be happy to answer any questions you have about the study which aren’t covered here.

 We guard your privacy

We will treat the information you give us in the strictest confidence under the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018 and GDPR. The results collected are used for research purposes only.You will never receive any junk mail as a result of speaking to us. We never pass on your details to other organisations for commercial purposes.

To find out more about how your personal information will be used in this study, please see the full privacy notice.