4 September 2025
Animation UK urges the Committee to prioritise a new approach to funding and to establish a bold, integrated investment model; enhanced support for developing and creating UK animation across all formats; clearer discoverability mechanisms; and a skills and tax environment that can compete globally.
Government Consultations
25 February 2025
Animation UK urges the UK Government to reject a default opt-out system in favour of an opt-in approach that ensures creators retain control over their works, to mandate transparency for AI training datasets, to develop legal mechanisms that penalize unauthorized AI use of copyrighted animation, and to support a licensing ecosystem that enables both animation studios and independent creators to benefit financially from AI training agreements.
AIGovernment Consultations
6 March 2026
The UK government is reviewing the BBC’s current Charter, expiring in December 2027, to ensure its future relevance and sustainability. Here you can view the DCMS Charter Review green paper, UK Screen Alliance's and Animation UK's responses to the public consultation.
10 August 2026
The reforms to EIS address the scale of investment that may be raised, but they do not resolve the underlying structural incompatibility between EIS and the way animation projects are commonly developed, financed and produced. Read Animation UK's proposls.
Current Campaigns
This paper makes the investment case for UK animated features as scalable, globally exploitable screen IP, and proposes that the British Business Bank explore a cornerstone commitment to a specialist UK animated feature film investment vehicle
