Applications open for 2026 WFTV Four Nations Mentoring Scheme

We are delighted to announce that the applications for the WFTV Four Nations Mentoring Scheme 2026 are now open. The programme is designed for mid-career women looking to take a significant step in their career and we are looking forward to welcoming applicants for our schemes based in England, the North of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Each year WFTV seeks 20 mentees from England and 7 each from the North of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Applications for the 2026 scheme are now open until

Monday 8 September 2025 at 5pm.

The six-month scheme is open to mid-career women in film, television and digital media, and it offers one-to-one mentoring with senior industry professionals, peer-to-peer training, and bespoke career development workshops. Not only that, you'll also become part of a network of your other brilliant fellow mentees for life!

Above: The 2025 cohorts from England, the North of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, respectively. Photo credit: Helen Murray

This year’s mentors are an impressive roster of industry leaders, including Cecile Frot-Coutaz from Sky, writer and actor Charlie Covell, location manager Emma Pill, Bad Wolf’s Jane Tranter, Quay Street Productions’ Nicola Shindler, Merman’s Rebecca Parkinson, Rogan Productions' MD, Soleta Rogan, Cinematographer Sophie Darlington, Suanne Rochester from Wild Child Animation, Hello-Halo’s Wendy Rattray and Netflix’s Senior Manager for Production Training and Industry Engagement EMEA, Alison Small and Content Creative, Jon Mountague among others.

Leading the 2026 scheme will once agin be WFTV’s Director of Mentoring Sarah Wright, former Group Director of Acquisitions and Sky Cinema, UK & ROI, with Mentoring Producers Hannah Corneck in Wales, Hazel Marshall in Scotland, Helen Bullough in the North of England, and Sarah McCaffrey in Northern Ireland heading up their respective nations.

Find out more about this career-changing scheme, including how to apply, here. Good luck!