The Film and TV Charity has launched the second iteration of its landmark financial resilience research titled Money Matters – encouraging widespread industry engagement to help deliver meaningful insights.
In a press release, the charity said: “From unpredictable income and gender and racial pay gaps to rising worklessness, financial insecurity continues to affect thousands of behind-the-scenes professionals across the UK screen sector.
“The Film and TV Charity is calling on all industry professionals to take part in its second Money Matters survey. Widely recognised as the leading study into the financial wellbeing of behind-the-scenes workers, the Film and TV Charity is looking for an even higher response rate than its last survey in 2023.”
The Money Matters survey aims to provide critical insight into the sector’s evolving economic landscape, informing both industry and government responses and driving action toward a more equitable, sustainable future for everyone working behind the camera.
Mark Tweddle, research and insight manager at the charity, said: “The first Money Matters survey gave us a baseline ‒ now we need to understand the trend.
“We know that many in the industry have faced severe pressures in recent years, but it is only by hearing about people’s lived experiences that we can move from assumptions to evidence. That insight is vital if we are to advocate for a fairer, more sustainable industry.”
The first Money Matters report, published in early 2024, laid bare the financial toll of the US strikes, the cost-of-living crisis and a widespread production slowdown.
It also revealed that workers in film and TV were significantly less financially resilient than the broader UK workforce.
For the second full-scale iteration of the survey, the charity is focusing on critical financial issues, such as financial resilience, future confidence, pensions, savings, debt and the strain of freelance vs full-time work.
At its core, the survey is aiming to ask a pressing question: are these financial struggles just bumps in the road, or signs of deeper, systemic cracks that demand immediate attention?
The charity is calling on everyone across the screen industry to take part, whatever sector you work in – from animation to marketing – and whether you’re facing financial challenges or not.
With the industry’s landscape shifting fast, securing widespread participation is “vital to uncover what’s improved and what’s changed, amid what, for many, continues to be a period of uncertainty”.
You can take part in the survey on the Film and TV Charity website now.
