The 5As: accessibility for casting contributors and talent

This course is part of a wider effort led by the TV Access Project (TAP) to build awareness of the 5As and achieve full inclusion by 2030.

The 5As: Anticipate, Ask, Assess, Adjust, and Advocate, is an industry standard that supports full and equal inclusion of people who are deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent.

This session is focused on casting contributors and talent and will build on your understanding of access by helping you embed the practice of the 5As within networking and events, audition call, advertising, auditions, negotiating and offer.

This session is free for attendees and is funded by the TV Access Project.

Who it's for

This session is for anyone who is involved in finding and working with on-screen talent and contributors across HETV, unscripted TV, and children’s TV, animation and film.

This could include roles such as: casting directors and assistants, content or development producers, talent managers, bookers or executives, and researchers working on talent discovery.

This session is part of a wider series with each session tailored to the responsibilities and job roles of a different area of the UK TV industries. We kindly ask that you only apply to the session that best fits your working responsibilities. The areas of production covered by the other sessions are:

• Production management
• Team leaders
• Recruitment
• Recces and location
• Live studio and broadcast

Access:

We are committed to ensuring all our courses are accessible to everyone. This course is designed to be as interactive as possible and is delivered over Zoom, using Otter. Ai for captioning and Fig Jam as an interactive whiteboard.

If you have access requirements you would like us to be aware of to ensure you can engage with this training, please email Alix Burgess at: training@creativediversitynetwork.com 

Eligibility:

Participants will be required to have, or have completed:

• Three recent credits, including programme title and role
• Knowledge of the Social Model
• ScreenSkills e-learning, CDN or Triple C Training

Note: credits do not need to be in the same area as the session focus to be valid but please do only apply for the most applicable session.

What it covers

This session will offer attendees the chance to learn how to:

• Improve your casting process with the 5As framework.
• Anticipate barriers within the casting process.
• Ask and have access conversations, implementing adjustments throughout scripted and unscripted casting.
• Explore accessible practices that help you support disabled contributors and talent.

What to expect:

CDN and AAA training sessions are online interactive workshops of up to 20 people to facilitate deeper learning.

• Each session will have an introduction, breakout discussion rooms, interactive activities, use of collaborative software, and call-out questions to the room.
• We encourage videos and active discussion in these sessions and ask that you are in an environment where you will be able to speak freely.
• If you do not want to be on video or speak, video off and interaction through chat is also an option.
• We encourage active participation in any form for the full benefit of the session.

Please be aware this session is designed to enable people already working in the UK TV industries to embed the practice of the 5As and is not a session offering advice on how to enter the industry, or for new entrants.

Trainer

All training sessions will be co-led by Access All Areas’ Access manager, Lucy Andrews-Gavin.

Lucy will work alongside a cohort of CDN trainers and co-facilitators; Olivia Renshaw, Chris Pike, and Access All Areas’ associate artists, all bringing a range of lived and professional experience.

Learn more about the 5As for Freelancers Project on the CDN Website.

How to apply

This session will take place online via Zoom. Click ‘apply now’ at the top of the page and follow the instructions to apply for your place: you must login or register before you are able to complete your application.

If you need additional support to complete your application or require the application form in an alternative format, please contact training@creativediversitynetwork.com

If you are no longer able to attend, we ask you to please use the “decline ticket” function on the right-hand side of the page so that we can release your place. Our sessions are often oversubscribed, so we’d like to give other freelancers the opportunity to fill available spots. Thank you for your consideration.