Writing Organisations

Please note that some organisations offering workshops or membership may cost money.

National

Arts Council England
BECTU
The British Film Institute
Shorts International
Broadcast
Cultural Diversity Network
Pact
Royal Television Society
Raindance
Writers' Guild of Great Britain

Regional

Lighthouse - National media resource centre based in Brighton
New Writing North - Development agency for Northern writers
New Writing South - Open to all creative writers in the South East
New Writing Partnership - Development agency for the East of England
Northern Screenwriters - Based in Manchester and concentrating on the North West
North West Playwrights - Developing and promoting new theatre writing in the North West
Playwrights Studio, Scotland - Initiative to engage the people of Scotland with new playwriting
Scottish Arts Council - Championing the arts for Scotland
Scottish Society of Playwrights - Represents, develops, and promotes the interests and craft of playwrights working within Scottish theatre
Southwest Scriptwriters - Bristol-based organisation for dramatic writers
Theatre in Wales - Theatre news, events, and opportunities in Wales
Theatre Writing Partnership - the East Midlands regional development agency for the encouragement and promotion of new writing for the theatre
The Writing Centre - For writers and writing in Cornwall and the South West
Script Yorkshire - Supporting new writing for performance and broadcast media in Yorkshire
Script - West Midlands agency for dramatic writers

Screen Agencies

East Midlands Media
Film London
North West Vision and Media
Northern Film and Media
Northern Ireland Screen
Scottish Screen
Screen East
Screen South
Screen West Midlands
Screen Yorkshire
UK Film Council
Wales Screen Commission