The High-end TV Council and industry-led groups – made up of more than 60 industry leaders - decide how the contributions are invested, using their experience and the most up-to-date research to determine the most effective use of the collected funds.
The working groups are:
- Craft and tech
- Production grades
- Producers
- Post and visual effects (VFX)
- Unscripted
- Regions
- Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Make a Move
- Trainee Finder
These are the investments each group is making this year.
Craft and tech working group
- Trainee grips - supporting a total number of 40 (plus 10 via Northern Ireland working group)
- The guiding principle of department budgeting – supporting a total number of 120 (plus 60 via the Film Skills Fund)
- Good work practices - supporting up to 100 (plus up to 100 via Production Grades working group, up to 50 from the Film Skills Fund and 15/20 via the Unscripted working group)
- Electrical bursaries - supporting a total number of 10
- 1st AD Training - supporting a total number of 12
- Start a career in set decoration and props - supporting a total number of 30 with 15 placements
- Stand by art department dressing for camera - supporting a total number of 10 (plus 10 via the Film Skills Fund)
Production grades working group
Production coordinator training - supporting a total number of 30 (plus an additional five from Wales and five from Northern Ireland)
Production accountant training - supporting a total number of 40 (plus an additional 20 from the Film Skills Fund)
Good work practices training - Supporting up to 100 (plus up to 100 via Craft and Tech working group, up to 50 from the Film Skills Fund and 15/20 via the Unscripted working group)
Good work practices in locations - supporting a total number of 40 (plus an additional five/six online in Wales and additional five/six online in Scotland)
Sustainability coordinator training - supporting a total number of 10 with five placements
Line producers (production management route) - supporting a total number of 20 (plus an additional five from Wales)
Line producers (AD/location manager) - supporting a total number of 20, this has been merged into a hybrid course with the LP production management route course
Producers working group
Co-producer placement programme - supporting a total number of eight
Co-producer alumni support (TBC) - supporting a total number of 53
Post and VFX working group
Leading effective teams in post and VFX - supporting a total number of 50
E-learning modules - three or more further modules supporting 200+
Training for VFX editors - supporting 20+
Dolby Atmos training - supporting a total number of 15
Post and VFX bursaries - supporting a total number of seven
Music editor training - shadowing placements for five of last year’s alumni on 10-day placements at £200 per day
Assistant editor programme - supporting a total number of 10
Unscripted working group
Archive researcher - supporting a total number of three (co-funded by the Unscripted TV Skills Fund)
Editor training programmes - supporting a total number of four, number of placements TBC
Bursaries for underrepresented groups - supporting a total number of 12
VFX management programmes - supporting a total number of 20
Regions working group
New regional directors champion programme - supporting a total number of three mentors and mentees
Junior regional engagement manager (12 month contract) – one full time role to work as part of the high-end TV team
New regional writers programmes – ongoing support for 2023/24 cohort supporting a total of 10
Wales working group
Developing HODs in Wales - supporting a total number of five (to include one editor)
Stepping up - supporting a total number of seven
Script editor programmes - supporting a total number of 18
Production management training - supporting a total number of 10 with placements for two
Developing line producers in Wales (production management route) - supporting a total number of five
Production coordinator training - supporting a total number of five
Good work practices in locations - supporting a total number of five to six
Scotland working group
Production script editor placements – placements for two
Early entrant pathways - supporting approximately 120
APOC training - supporting a total number of 20 with two placements
Hair and make-up for textured hair types and deeper skin tones - supporting a total number of 20
Step-up to costume supervisor - supporting a total number of 10
Good work practices in locations - supporting a total number of five to six
2nd AD training - supporting a total number of 10
Steadicam training - supporting a total number of five
Gaining a better understanding of post-production for production roles - supporting up to 15
3rd AD training - supporting a total number of 11
Northern Ireland working group
Trainee grips - supporting a total number of 10
Production coordinator training - supporting a total number of five
Steadicam training - supporting a total number of eight to 10
Clearances - supporting a total number of 40 (plus six to eight via the Unscripted working group)
VFX training (technicians) - supporting a total number of 20-25
VFX training (production team) - supporting a total number of 10
Music supervisor training - supporting a total number of five
Progressing into 1st AD - supporting a total number of five with five placements
Make a Move working group
Make a Move ‘classic’ - supporting a total number of 100
Trainee Finder working group
In-house delivery - supporting a total number of 299 trainees in 2024/25 cohort
For more details about any of the programmes listed, please contact the high-end TV team.
We also provide a number of further support programmes, including bursaries, access coordinator training, Leaders of Tomorrow progression programme, leadership and management training, which includes anti-bullying and harassment sessions. Find out more here.
ScreenSkills also offers free e-learning for those wanting to get into - and already working in - high-end TV and other screen industries.