Future of the BBC Lobby - Tues 24 Nov 2026

Can you join fellow union members from the creative and entertainment sector, to lobby MPs about the future of the BBC?

On Tues 24 November, the Broadcasting, Entertainment and Arts Unions (of which Equity is a member, along with Bectu, Musicians’ Union, National Union of Journalists and the Writers’ Guild) is organising a parliamentary lobbying event about the BBC.

We are at a crucial stage of the BBC's Charter Renewal, and we need members' voices to be heard by their MP, to win Equity's demands to democratise, regionalise and cooperativise the BBC.

How can you help?

We’re contacting a select group of members with an invitation to:

Attend the lobby day at Westminster and ‘green card’ your MP to get a quick meeting
In the meeting we would like you to explain what the BBC means to you and your career
If you have been affected by any BBC cuts or decisions (e.g. moving the Archers out of the West Midlands), please also share what this has meant

We’re asking you to contact your MPs to arrange meetings in the afternoon of Tues 24 November

Use our template tool to send a meeting request to your MP, and we will follow up with details of where to meet the Equity delegation on the day, and a briefing to help guide you through your meeting...