Our Impact
Our impact at a glance, 2023-2024
We worked with 58 people …
… through 450 hours of workshop activity
We directly supported 590 hours of paid filmmaker placements
We brought together 42 cultural and creative leaders to learn about how to make our workforces more inclusive.
We regularly survey our members to find out how we are doing. Here are the results of our survey from January 2024.
The top three reasons why people come to Beacon Films are:
To become more confident in my own abilities
To work as a team
To make and be with friends <> To become better at filmmaking (joint 3rd)
Skills Development
89% of respondents rated the extent to which they felt Beacon Films was helping them to develop filmmaking skills as 7/10 or above.
78% of respondents rated the extent to which they felt Beacon Films was helping them develop work and volunteering skills as 7/10 or above.
“Beacon Films has given me the confidence to be able to follow my own career path”
“Beacon Films can be therapuetic as I am always keeping myself busy with them making films”
Confidence and wellbeing
78% of respondents rated the extent to which they felt Beacon Films was helping them do other things outside of Beacon Films as 7/10 or above.
84% of respondents rated the extent to which they felt Beacon Films was helping them feel better about life as 7/10 or above.
“Beacon films means everything to me. It makes me feel better in myself and friends are always there when I need them”
“Beacon Films has really helped me develop the confidence to do filmmaking on my own as a Freelancer”
Goals Mentoring
90% of people who had received Goals Mentoring rated the quality at 4/5 or above.
“[The goals mentor] has been helping me to write emails that I have been sending off to people to ask for work.”
Our Annual Reports to the CIC regulator, and full accounts
2022-23 Full Accounts
2022-23 Report to the CIC Regulator (In Easy Read)
2021-22 Full Accounts
2021-22 Report to the CIC Regulator
2020-21 Full Accounts
2020-21 Report to the CIC Regulator
2019-20 Annual Report
2019-20 Full Accounts
2018-19 Annual Report
2018-19 Full Accounts