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Job sharing is providing solutions in the wake of Covid-19

Job sharing is providing solutions in the wake of Covid-19

Written by Shona Smith on Jul 28, 2020. Posted in General Interest / Interviews

Job sharing has long provided solutions for freelance workers with caring commitments and physical or mental health issues – all of which the pandemic has put under a microscope. For creative companies remerging from lockdown into an entirely new landscape, the flexibility that job sharing provides is proving beneficial says Michelle Reynolds of Share my Telly Job an online community built for Freelancers in the Television industry who are hoping to find more flexible working contracts.

UK COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund goes live

UK COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund goes live

Written by Shona Smith on Apr 8, 2020. Posted in General Interest

Emergency fund created by The Film and TV Charity in partnership with the BFI launches today. The fund rallies to help those hit hardest by impact of Covid-19 pandemic after survey finds 74% of film and TV freelancers fall outside government support schemes. The relief fund launches alongside Film and TV Charity urgent fundraising appeal and new repayable grants scheme

Report reveals extent of mental health crisis in Film, TV and cinema industries workforce with nine in ten people having experienced a mental health problem

Report reveals extent of mental health crisis in Film, TV and cinema industries workforce with nine in ten people having experienced a mental health problem

Written by Shona Smith on Feb 13, 2020. Posted in General Interest

Nearly nine people in 10 working in the UK’s film, TV and cinema industries have experienced a mental health problem according to a major study commissioned by the Film and TV Charity. The report also reveals that due to worries about the impact on mental health 63% of workers have considered leaving the industry which already faces skills shortages.

Dracula miniseries shot in horror film hotspots

Dracula miniseries shot in horror film hotspots

Written by Shona Smith on Jan 6, 2020. Posted in On Location

The three-part series inspired by Bram Stoker’s novel filmed in locations historically tied to the horror genre. The three part series was written and created by Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss who have noted Dracula’s importance to the genre, saying “what’s special about Dracula, is that Bram Stoker gave evil its own hero”.

BritBox launches in the UK a week after Apple TV plus

BritBox launches in the UK a week after Apple TV plus

Written by Shona Smith on Nov 7, 2019. Posted in General Interest

As competition heats up in the streaming landscape, BBC and ITV launch joint venture BritBox in the UK. The service is marketed as the biggest collection of British Box Sets available from a single streaming service featuring past, present and original British content. A large selection of drama, factual and films from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 and Comedy Central UK are available on the platform.

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