INVESTING IN PEOPLE
Strictly Come Dancing, © BBC
The new Unscripted TV Skills Fund funds a slate of short courses in three strands, aimed at supporting progression, sharing workplace best practice in staying healthy, happy and productive at work, and offering training in a range of areas related to finance, HR and business affairs. Building on the old fund’s track record with the Series Producer Programme, more in-depth training is being offered in shortage areas including production coordinator, shooting PD, researcher to shooting AP, edit assistant/tech operator, development researcher, producer and production secretary – all listed on the website’s training and opportunities directory.
The new fund matches contributions from broadcasters and productions to address skills shortages across genres including specialist factual, general factual, factual entertainment, sport, entertainment, current affairs, arts and classical music, religion and ethics and education.
A minimum of 50% of the fund supports training for beneficiaries based in the nations and regions, rising to 100% in specific shortage areas. A minimum of 50% of beneficiaries will meet at least one industry- recognised diversity and inclusion target.
Sarah Joyce, ScreenSkills’ Head of Unscripted TV
essential scheme to help strengthen and grow diverse and out-of-London talent.”
“Training, adapting and learning new skills are
more important than ever and
ScreenSkills are an industry leader at enabling this.”
Harry Bell Tern TV
Alongside the founding broadcasters, a wide range of indies backed the launch. As Fatima Salaria, managing director of Naked, said: “Having the right people in place to make our shows is crucial and supporting freelancers by investing in training will really help - especially in areas where skills shortages are identified.” Nicola Hill, joint CEO of The Garden, said the fund was “a long overdue investment in our talented unscripted teams” and “a positive recognition of the vital importance and value of training, as well as an
Kate Beal, CEO, Woodcut Media, was one of many who had encouraged her team to take the training and events offered by ScreenSkills during Covid. “To take this further into targeted training in unscripted is an exciting prospect,” she said.
From Alan Clements, CEO of Two Rivers Media, to Cat Lewis, CEO and Exec Producer, Nine Lives, the fund was particularly welcomed for its recognition of the skills needs in the nations and regions as well as London.
Harry Bell, Managing Director, Tern TV, said: “In the nations, things are moving fast as broadcasters are at last waking up to the fact that a more representative, diverse and inclusive culture on screen, and off, will enable all of us to make better programmes. Training, adapting and learning new skills are more important than ever and ScreenSkills are an industry leader at enabling this.”
Jane Muirhead, Managing Director, Raise the Roof, and the chair of the Unscripted TV Skills Council added: “I really welcome this unified approach to training – both in the production community across the UK but also as a collaboration between indies and the broadcasters and SVoDs. It’s really great to see everyone working together to make a difference in unscripted.”
Go to Unscripted TV Skills Fund at
ScreenSkills.com to find out more.
ScreenSkills.com
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