Film and TV Charity Unveils Mental Health Toolkit

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K.J. Yossman U.K. philanthropic body The Film and TV Charity has published a toolkit promoting mental well-being within the screen industry.Titled “The Whole Picture Toolkit: For Mentally Healthy Productions,” it aims to “support and enable healthy working practices” within the industry and to destimatize poor mental health caused by working in the industry.The toolkit, which is part of a 12 month campaign to change the industry’s working culture, was developed alongside leaders of the industry dubbed “the change makers” (some of whom are pictured above).

They’re comprised of industry partners and bodies, individual trailblazers, mental health experts, and sector practitioners who are trying to engender within the industry.

The toolkit offers guidance, expert advice, resources and best practice guides via a free-to-use website and the hope is that by the end of 2022 at least 100 productions will commit to incorporating it into their projects.Subjects within it include:    • Creating a wellbeing plan and mental health risk assessment • How to include wellbeing messages throughout production • How to support a team’s training needs • Planning for rest and time off • Debriefing senior leadersLast month the Film and TV Charity published the Looking Glass ’21 report, which showed that bullying, harassment and discrimination were rife within the industry.“Our recent release of Looking Glass ’21 shows that there is still a long way to go to improve the industry’s mental health, but The Whole Picture Toolkit represents a pivotal moment on that journey,” said Alex Pumfrey, CEO of The Film and TV Charity. “Those who adopt the toolkit as a whole or in part are immediately grasping the challenge of changing behaviours, adopting.