Table Talk: The impact of COVID-19 on Parents & Carers in Film & TV

“Most (9 out of 11) parent/carer screen sector workers experienced a negative direct impact on their caring arrangements from COVID-19.”

- ‘Back from the Brink: A Scoping Study’ March 2021, Raising Films*

We’ve all experienced the impact of various lockdowns with COVID-19 entering our lives back in March 2020. This research, conducted by Raising Films reveals how huge the pressure of the past year and a half has been for those who are a parent or carer as well as freelancers and the self-employed.

In this session, we’re looking at what the pandemic has done to those who are already working within these precarious working environments. Our Table Talk conversation will be hosted by WFTV CEO Katie Bailiff, and our guests for this session are:

· Natalie Grant, freelance Series Producer and co-director of Share My Telly Job and the job-sharing and flexible working officer for Bectu unscripted

· Endy…