Find out how we can help you to develop your skills
**Please note, all current Training Funds have been fully committed up until the end of the financial year on 31st March 2010. Therefore we will be unable to accept new applications until the fund re-opens on 1st April 2010.
Screen Yorkshire can still offer support and advice with your training needs and are happy to signpost companies and individuals to potential alternative funding sources. Please contact kim@screenyorkshire.co.uk.
Already working in film, television, games or digital media?
Screen Yorkshire supports regional freelancers and companies with continuing professional development, offering:
• Information, advice and guidance
• Up to 50% subsidy towards the cost of scheduled and bespoke courses (please note, the Training Fund is currently fully committed until 31 March 2010).
• Mentoring, coaching & bespoke consultancy
We support continued professional development across a wide range of learning including courses that are relevant to your job grade e.g. camera or editing skills but also less job-specific courses such as those which might help you run your business more efficiently, whether you are the biggest regional indie or a registered sole trader.
Business development is a priority for Screen Yorkshire and as such, we support company directors, who see strong leadership combined with continuous learning as critical in today's business world, with business mentoring. We also encourage skills development that supports business growth in both the UK and international markets.
Under our current four year programme, we aim to strengthen production and business support by developing the regional skills base. Our business development support offered through company training is vital in making sure that your employees have up to date skills and that you business remains competitive. Training can range from a one off scheduled course to a tailor made package developed specifically for your company.
Hoping to work in film, television or digital media?
Developing new talent is key to Screen Yorkshire's success. We offer a number of opportunities for individuals and companies including:
• New entrant level development schemes such as the Digital Shorts Scheme
• Writer development schemes such as Page One
• Work based learning packages supported by bursaries such as the Richard Whiteley Bursary (co-funded by C4 and True North Productions)
• The Game Republic Academy - the UK's first games academy to bring together the best of industry with the best of academia, offering work based learning, supported by bursaries to the best new talent on post-graduate games courses
For information on training courses coming up soon, click here.
For links to other training providers, click here.
Digital Shorts Case StudyWriter/Director Darren Bolton
The experience of making VIGILANTE was invaluable to me as a filmmaker, and I'd like to thank Screen Yorkshire not just for funding the project, but also for the development, support and encouragement they gave me throughout the process. Thanks to them, I have had the privilege of seeing my work screened at festivals across the world and have picked up two awards for the film in the process. The challenges involved in making a short film are only truly realised when you have a production on the horizon, and I have learnt so much about successful filmmaking thanks to the opportunities afforded me by Screen Yorkshire.
VIGILANTE was commissioned under the 07-08 Screen Yorkshire Digital Shorts Scheme, and went on to win 'Best Yorkshire Short' at Glimmer: Hull International Short Film Festival 2009, and an Accolade at The Accolade Competition. Darren's next short film, SCENT is currently in post-production, and was commissioned under the 08-09 Digital Shorts scheme. Both films were shot in North East Lincolnshire.
