Screen Yorkshire Restructure (30/03/2011)
Many of you will be aware that Screen Yorkshire has been facing challenging times due to public funding cuts and the abolition of our two key funders - Yorkshire Forward and the UK Film Council. We have had to restructure in order to put the organisation on a strong and stable footing for the next 12 months. Regrettably this has meant a number of staff have been made redundant as of 31st March, for our new staffing structure please visit: www.screenyorkshire.co.uk/about-us/departments
With existing funding we will continue to offer locations and crew support; cultural sector support (festivals and independent cinema); as well as managing a number of other contracts including the national Revitalising the Regions film archive project, the Rural Cinema Pilot Project and the pan-northern Triangle film development scheme. However we will be unable to offer the same level of business support as in recent years. For specific information on individual services please visit: www.screenyorkshire.co.uk
Game Republic, Yorkshire’s industry network for games developers, will now be run independently. For further information contact Jamie Sefton at Jamie@gamerepublic.net
The decisions around what services we continue to offer has been determined by the funding available but we will continue to examine new sources of funding.
Screen Yorkshire has also moved to Studio 29, 46 The Calls. The new temporary switchboard number is 0113 320 8228.
