ScreenSkills invites training providers or industry professionals to tender for new training designed to address skills shortages and gaps and to help build a more inclusive workforce in high-end TV.
Training for the UK high-end TV industry is supported by the ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund (with contributions from productions companies, broadcasters and SVoDs in the UK).
The High-end TV Skills Fund is looking for an organisation or individual/s who can design and run a Shadowing/ Taster programme for young people in the Regions to give them an idea of what it is like to be on a production.
Who can apply?
ScreenSkills welcomes applications from individuals, partnerships or organisations that have a proven track record of delivering successful industry-standard training projects.
We particularly welcome applications from providers based in the UK nations and regions, including partnerships between organisations and/or in partnership with freelancers who have a sound understanding of HETV production.
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate their understanding of HETV training requirements, including the diversity challenges facing the industry and must clearly demonstrate that they have the resources to track the career progression of participants beyond the life of the programme.
If applicants are already delivering similar training and can expand their offer to include the scope outlined below, they are also welcomed to apply.
Applicants must:
- demonstrate evidence of appropriate, recent engagement with the industry in the design and delivery of the programme
- meet critical diversity aims as outlined in this tender, including:
- making reasonable adjustments to the training (whether face-to-face, content or online and including during the application process) to make it accessible to a diverse audience – we will ask for evidence of your approach and implementation.
- having an equality policy in place as an employer
- providing diversity and inclusivity training to facilitators – (see free ACAS online training).
- gather long-term destination data from the delegates to prove impact of training utilising the ScreenSkills monitoring questionnaire.
- develop a clear structure for the training, ensuring that it is outcome focused.
- discuss and agree with those taking part in the programme that they will provide feedback on the training if requested which could include providing ScreenSkills with a quote on their experience of the training.
Key requirements
The applicant must design, manage, market, recruit and deliver a Shadowing/ taster programme for young people 18+, focusing on people from underrepresented groups & lower socio-economic backgrounds, to give them an idea of what it is like to be on a production and show them the varying roles and departments.
The training provider would be expected to run a regional outreach session out of which they would identify 10 people living in the regions who would be supported with tips on what it is like to work on a production and would then find them a week’s paid shadowing opportunity on a regional HETV production.
The HETV Skills Fund is interested in hearing interpretations of how this programme can be delivered and encourage applicants to recommend further topic areas to enhance this training. We would expect the trainer to have a clear understanding of what other organisations in the regions are delivering, so as not duplicate or overlap with other regional entry level initiatives.
Participant aims
The training should be for a minimum of 10 young people based in the Regions from underrepresented groups & lower socio-economic backgrounds.
The following are the minimum diversity aims for this programme:
- 100% of beneficiaries based in the Regions
- 10-30% minority ethnic (ethnicity aim)
- 45-55% women (gender aim)
- 12-20% disability (disability aim)
- 100% lower socioeconomic background (social inclusion aim)
ScreenSkills aims to go beyond legal diversity requirements and considers additional measures of inclusivity, including:
- employment status
- whether a person is returning to work following leave
- geographical location (including representation of nations and regions)
Providing access to diverse crew and talent is key to our delivery objectives. All trainers and companies delivering programmes that are funded by the High-end TV Skills Fund must meet the identified diversity requirements. If they fail to do so, they must show robust evidence of why a target has not been met.
We require all Skills Fund-funded programme participants to set up a ScreenSkills profile via our website which allows us to gather data and track beneficiaries.
Participants must complete their profile and diversity data before the training begins.
How to apply
At this stage we are requesting an expression of interest. Please complete this brief document outlining the key aspects of the proposed programme, how the key requirements of the training sessions will be met, information about the company and the provider’s capacity to deliver training.
If you have access requirements and would like an alternative way to submit your application, or would like any support in completing the expression of interest form, please email jacqui.tauntonfenton@screenskills.com who will be happy to help.
How much can you apply for?
We are looking for bids of up to £60,000
All our funds are treated as grants and therefore are not applicable for VAT.
Deadlines
Please save your completed form with this naming convention: ‘EOI –Regional Shadowing/ Taster programme' and send it via the register interest button to jacqui.tauntonfenton@screenskills.com by 25 July 2025
If you are successful in being shortlisted, you will be required to submit an online application form and a budget.