[UK TV Freelancers] 1) BECTU freelance network 2) mentoring places 3) barriers to BME workers
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- To: "'UK TV Freelancers updates mailing list'" <uktvfreelancers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:27:06 -0000
Dear TV Freelancer,
1.) Attention BECTU members! Next weekend sees the launch of the 'BECTU
Freelance Learning and Skills Network', a significant new initiative which
is looking to use the resources and potential of the internet to empower and
bring together freelancers from around the UK and Ireland. The network will
play a proactive role in influencing the quality and provision of training
and development for freelancers in the audio-visual industries, and we urge
you to get involved! The launch includes a workshop which TVFL is
contributing to.
Date: Saturday 11th February 2006
Venue: Friends Meeting House, Euston London (opposite the mainline
station)
Time: 12 noon - 4.00 pm
NB. All travel, accommodation, meals and refreshments expenses will be
reimbursed. Please note this is an event for BECTU members only. More info
here:
http://p206.ezboard.com/fuktvfreelancersfrm4.showMessage?topicID=355.topic
2.) Mentoring and technical training programmes: Founded in 1982,
Connections Communications Centre is a registered charity dedicated to
promoting cultural diversity and new opportunities in the media industry.
They provide training, mentoring and job assistance to help open doors to
the media industry for those excluded through lack of training and economic
or social deprivation. They currently have places available on business
mentoring and technical training programmes, which are free of charge to
Freelancers who are either working or living (or who have worked over the
last two years) within their allotted areas within West London. They have a
limited time scale within which to offer this free training, in fact they
must sign people up by March 2006.
For more details, see the posting on our forum at:
<http://p206.ezboard.com/fuktvfreelancersfrm4.showMessage?topicID=354.topic>
http://p206.ezboard.com/fuktvfreelancersfrm4.showMessage?topicID=354.topic
3.) Over the last year, the Working Lives Research Institute at London
Metropolitan University has been conducting research into barriers to
employment for black and ethnic minority (BME) workers in the audio-visual
industry in London.
The research team at London Metropolitan University is keen to find BME
workers in the industry to complete a questionnaire about their experiences
of working and finding jobs in the audio-visual sector. They also would like
to conduct some confidential face-to-face interviews. More info here:
http://p206.ezboard.com/fuktvfreelancersfrm4.showMessage?topicID=356.topic
That's all for now,
Best wishes,
www.tvfreelancers.org.uk
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