The Film and TV Charity has announced the appointment of Dr Anthony Newton as its new anti‑racism wellbeing adviser, a “specialist, industry-first role created to support Black and Global Majority professionals working behind the scenes in film, TV, and cinema who are experiencing racism, racialised bullying, or harassment”. With over 17 years of experience across … Read more
The Film and TV Charity has launched the 2026 Looking Glass Survey, and is calling on everyone working across film, TV and cinema to ‘take action’ by taking part. “Timed to resonate with the theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, the survey returns as people right across the industry continue to grapple with … Read more
The Film and TV Charity has unveiled a landmark set of Principles for Mentally Healthy Productions to help “address the systemic pressures and poor working practices that continue to drive burnout, stress and poor mental health across the UK screen sector, and which aim to improve culture and conditions on productions”. The Principles have been … Read more
The Film and TV Charity’s second Money Matters report – examining the financial resilience of industry workers – exposes an “urgent truth: the UK’s film, TV, and cinema industry is becoming increasingly unsustainable for far too many of the people who keep it running”. Drawing on more than 2,000 responses from industry workers, the report … Read more
The Film and TV Charity has published its latest Looking Glass ‘24 Deep Dive, focusing on workplace bullying, harassment and discrimination in UK film, TV and cinema. With rates of bullying, harassment and discrimination up to three times worse in the film and TV industry than in the wider working population, the report, which further … Read more
The Film and TV Charity has announced that Oscar-winning sound editor Johnnie Burn, acclaimed actor Ralph Ineson, and BAFTA-winning screenwriter Abi Morgan OBE are the latest prominent industry figures to join its ambassador programme. The new ambassadors “represent the views and voices of the UK creative sector, united by a shared commitment to champion the … Read more
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 … Read more
Following applications for the second round of its Reel Impact funding – the Film and TV Charity’s flagship initiative to elevate mid-senior Black and Global Majority talent – the Charity has unveiled its latest cohort of awardees. This round sees an expansion in awards granted to individuals and organisations based across the UK, spotlighting both … Read more
The Film and TV Charity has added three new members to its Board of Trustees, with the organisation “further strengthening the diverse blend of expertise and industry insight at the organisation’s top table”. The three new trustees are Professor Emily Caston, a research leader in the screen industries, Nadine Marsh-Edwards, an award-winning film and television … Read more
On 5th June, Film Locos hosted a vibrant networking event at the Film & TV Charity Headquarters in Soho, London. This gathering marked another milestone in Film Locos’ ongoing commitment to amplifying Latin American voices within the UK film industry. It celebrated the continued support from the Film & TV Charity’s Reel Impact programme. Victor … Read more
The Film and TV Charity, in partnership with The Centre for Loneliness Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, has published new research into the relationship between mental health and loneliness. It reveals for the first time that disproportionately high levels of loneliness experienced by people working behind the scenes in film and TV is a key … Read more
Following an incredible response to the launch of Reel Impact, applications for the second round of funding from the Film and TV Charity’s programme to support and uplift experienced Black and Global Majority talent are now open. Following feedback from round one, and to respond to the needs of its beneficiaries, the Charity has made … Read more
The Film and TV Charity has published its full assessment of the 2024 Looking Glass Survey. The report follows the earlier release of headline data that showed mental health in the industry has worsened. The full report, available to download here, paints a bleak picture of the state of mental health and wellbeing among professionals … Read more
Following an overwhelming number of grant applications for funding from Reel Impact, the Film and TV Charity’s programme to support and uplift mid-senior talent from the Black and Global Majority, the Charity has announced that five organisations and eight individuals are to receive awards from its first round. The five organisations receiving grants of up to … Read more
With more than 4,300 film, TV, and cinema workers responding to its 2024 Looking Glass Survey over the summer, the Film and TV Charity has released headline data that shows mental health is worsening for many when measured against the 2022 survey. The 2024 survey – the industry’s biggest and most robust dataset on this … Read more
After a protracted period of pressure and uncertainty across the UK screen industries, the Film and TV Charity has launched the latest version of its groundbreaking Looking Glass Survey to assess the mental health and wellbeing of industry workers. Designed for everyone working behind the scenes in film, TV, and cinema – including freelancers and permanent employees, … Read more
On Friday 23rd February, the Film and TV Charity concluded a series of roundtable discussions between senior leaders from all the major UK broadcasters and industry bodies and representatives of the British Muslim, Arab, and Jewish communities working in the film and TV industry. The discussions were based on an exclusive survey conducted by the … Read more
More than 2,000 behind the scenes workers have responded to the Film and TV Charity’s latest financial survey, with the results published in its report, Money Matters: Examining the Financial Circumstances of the Film, TV, and Cinema Industry Workforce, The report draws attention to worrying levels of financial vulnerability among workers ill-equipped to weather financial … Read more
Marcus Ryder MBE has been appointed as the Film and TV Charity’s new chief executive officer, while Claire Tavernier has been appointed as the organisation’s new chair of trustees. Ryder has more than 25 years’ experience working in the media. Most recently he was head of external consultancies at the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for … Read more
A year after its launch, the Film and TV Charity’s Whole Picture Toolkit: for mentally healthy productions is being championed by an increasing number of leading organisations across the industry. After being successfully used on more than 70 productions in the last year, the Toolkit is now being rolled out across every new commission from … Read more