Media Cymru Report

Who gets to build a sustainable creative career in Wales and who is left behind?

In 2025, DeCLASSified Cymru, supported by Media Cymru, set out to answer this question through one of the largest surveys of working-class creatives in Wales.

With over 285 responses, the research paints a clear picture: talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not.

From unpaid labour and financial precarity to lack of access, networks, and regional inequality, the findings reveal a system that continues to exclude those without economic safety nets.

This report does not just document the problem, it provides the evidence needed to build something better.

It now underpins DeCLASSified Cymru’s mission to create paid, practical, and sustainable pathways for working-class creatives to develop and thrive.