The British Film Commission is eyeing a new London screen skills training hub as a model for a potential rollout of academies across the UK.
Funded by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s £44m programme to tackle London’s skills shortage, the Creative Academy Hub will offer skills training and education for the film, TV, animation, VFX and game sectors.
The hub will support a diverse range of people from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds, including Black and ethnic minorities, disabled people, young people, the over-50s, single parents, caregivers, those earning less than the London living wage and the unemployed.
It has been established by Film London and the Capital City College Group (CCCG), with support from Middlesex University and London Higher, and will be run by CCCG member Westminster Kingsway College.
Film London and British Film Commission chief executive Adrian Wootton said: “With London serving as the test bed, this initiative also has the potential to be scalable, offering a blueprint for similar screen skills academies to meet the needs of production hubs across the UK.
“The academy will be working closely with ScreenSkills and the BFI, and its direction will be complementary to the BFI’s forthcoming Skills Review.”
