Skillset Announces £500 Commitment For Freelancer Training Courses

Skillset has announced a £500K commitment to training courses for freelancers working in the television industry, alongside a £150K scheme for new TV Researcher talent.
If your company's workforce includes people on short term contracts or freelancers, this funding could help you develop them with affordable, high quality training.
The Skillset TV Freelance Fund, which Skillset manages on behalf of the whole TV industry, is supporting a range of training providers UK-wide offering continuous professional development to freelancers at every stage of their career.
This year the Fund is giving high priority to future proofing TV skills in the context of convergence, enabling TV professionals to create content for multi-platform delivery. In response to the growth of High Definition Television (HDTV), there are also Skillset-supported courses for camera operators, make up artists and broadcast technologists.
For new TV Researcher talent, a £150K grant has been pledged to Top TV Academy to fund eight trainee researchers. The trainees will be offered year long paid placements with independent production companies and will benefit from short placements at the BBC and ITN.
Skillset's TV and Film Funds are also supporting New Entrant schemes, run by FT2, for trainee camera operators, sound recordists and other production and technical grades.
The Skillset TV Freelance Fund is also supporting New Entrant schemes across the UK in the North and South West of England, in Scotland and in Wales.
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