GBCT 'Your Voice' Member Questionnaire 2024

This questionnaire is CONFIDENTIAL and ensures your anonymity. We cannot see who you are!

The GBCT Board is seeking full engagement from Guild Members in order to make the case to the relevant external stakeholders that Schedule D/Freelancers are in need of financial support/career development, during different times in their career, as being overlooked is impacting their lives in many ways.

Grade

Region

Excluding being a Trainee, how long have you been working in the Film/TV Industry?

The Downturn

Over the last 12 months, how many days have you worked?

If you've not been working, what are you at risk of losing?

Has your mental health been impacted by not working?

Yes

No

Please state what mental health issues you've suffered, especially during the downturn

Has your physical health been impacted by working?

Yes

No

Not work-related

If applicable, what are your physical health issues in general e,g, back problems

Have you had to downsize or are you in the process of downsizing?

Yes

No

Have you had to uproot your family because you can no longer afford to live where you lived?

Yes

No

Have you lost your home as a result of not working?

Yes

No

Have you lost a relationship as a result of not working?

Yes

No

Additional comments

Have you had to take out a bank loan in order to sustain yourself?

Yes

No

What amount have you had to borrow?

Have you had to borrow from family/friends in order to sustain yourself financially?

Yes

No

What amount have you had to borrow?

Have you used up all of your savings in order to sustain yourself financially?

Yes

No

Have you had to sell much needed or valuable items in order to sustain yourself financially?

Yes

No

Please state what you've had to sell e.g. work tools/equipment

Alternative Skills - Side Hustle

Were you able to utilise any other employable skills in order to generate alternative income?

Yes

No

Please provide details

Have your alternative skills been able to sustain you?

Yes

No

The Future

Do you have any substantial projects coming up in 2024?

Yes

No

Are you considering leaving the Film & TV Industry as a result of the latest downturn?

Yes

No

Early Retirement

If you are considering retiring, please state if it is due to a downturn in work, or if you were due to retire anyway?

If you have been contracted to work, what has production asked you to drop e.g. lower your rate, not charge for travel, no lunch or reduced lunch times, etc? Please provide details of your experiences.

What would help?

Would career development workshops/hands-on camera training be of benefit to you?

Yes

No

Please state what form that would take.

Would regular networking events, including with other organisations (ACO, BSC, etc.), help you to improve your career?

Yes

No

Potential Networking Venue Suggestions e.g, for coffee mornings

Would you be interested in peer mentoring? (e.g. having a peer as your mentor who is a more experienced camera crew member)

Yes

No

Would you be interested in receiving mentoring from a person of a higher grade? (e.g. having a mentor who is doing a role that you aspire to)

Yes

No

What else could the GBCT do to help with your career?

What can you offer the GBCT?

Any other comments you'd like to add

EDI Data Collection

Gender

Sexual Orientation

Trans Identity

Please tick if you identify as a Trans person

Ethnicity

White British

White non-British

Global Majority British

Global Majority non-British

Definition of 'Global Majority'

This is a collective term which refers to people who identify as Black, African, Asian, Brown, Arab, mixed-heritage, are indigenous to the global south and/or have been routinely racialised as 'ethnic minorities'. Globally these groups represent approx 85% of the world's population, currently making them the global majority and are set to remain so for the foreseeable future.

24/7 Mental Wellbeing Support

Please contact The FIlm and TV Charity if you require financial, mental wellbeing and/or legal support.