The Unscripted TV Skills Fund launches with the support of an initial 11 contributing broadcasters and streamers and specific commitments to the Nations and Regions. Since 2021, the Fund has received more than £3 million in contributions from 259 companies and its specially designed training programmes have seen 80% of its candidates come from the outside of London.
A series of short courses, created by the Fund to allow freelancers to fit training into their working lives, has enabled more than 1,090 people to benefit from bespoke, industry-guided training since its creation.
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The High-end TV Skills Fund creates Leaders of Tomorrow. The three-year progression programme aims to support mid-level career professionals in high-end TV (HETV) by providing them with bespoke training, placements and networking opportunities designed to help them take the next step in their career journey.
Film Forward is launched by the Film Skills Fund with a similar focus on career progression. The landmark inclusion programme is developed with the aim of improving the diversity of productions by developing Black and Asian production talent to enable them to take the next step in their careers. The initiative matches mid-level professionals with paid placement opportunities and provides access to a bursary to assist with expenses needed to enable career progression.
Diversity behind the camera is just as important as it is in front of it. Film Forward is a vital step in the right direction to help improve our industry from within.”
Animation Trainee Finder extends the ScreenSkills flagship new entrant programme to provide a pathway to those looking to join the world of screen animation. The pilot year saw members of the cohort welcomed onto award-winning productions such as Corpse Talk, Kensuke’s Kingdom, Lloyd of the Flies and Supertato. These paid placements were coupled with focussed training that covered 2D and 3D animation, stop motion animation as well as storyboard artist work and roles in the production, art and edit departments.
Read more: How James Boyle used Trainee Finder to start a new career in animation
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ScreenSkills launches the first of two pilot apprenticeship programmes - supporting a total of 57 apprentices from across the country and at different career stages - with seven industry partners and funding from the Departments of Culture, Media and Sport and Education. The pilot is devised to explore how to deliver the benefits of an apprenticeship in the screen – and the wider creative – industries, where work is project-based and contracts typically shorter than the minimum 12 months required.