Our research and findings

This work underpins the Charity’s efforts to influence and to drive cultural change in the industry. It is also available to help inform our operational activities and the support we provide to individuals. Ultimately, our research should help us refine our ideas about who we are trying to help, how, and why.

Supporting individuals through research and insights

All our research – whether fieldwork, internally focused, or action research – is trying to build a dynamic picture of the industry. This is because just as the industrial, creative and commercial conditions of the industry are constantly and rapidly evolving, so is the workforce which we serve. We seek to understand the changing experiences and needs of those who work behind the scenes in film, television and cinema, and to relate those changing experiences and needs to changes in the industry and changes in the professional and demographic composition of that workforce. 

Addressing wellbeing: mental, financial, and physical health in the industry

In accordance with the Charity’s Objects, we attend in particular to the mental, financial and physical wellbeing of those in the industry – and always through the prism of equity, to better understand the structural and systemic issues which underpin deficits in wellbeing.

We draw on input from those working in the industry and running it. We also try to make our evidence and analyses available to everyone with a stake in the film, TV and cinema industries – especially those whose purposes align with ours. The goal of sharing our work with industry stakeholders is to aid understanding and help positively influence practices.