BFI Skills Fund Pilot Projects: Call 1, Professional Development Framework
Funding
Up to £150,000
Deadline
24 November 2026
Location
England
Applications
Deadline: 24 November 2026
Overview
The BFI is offering up to £150,000 to develop and pilot a professional development framework for technical and craft skills in the UK screen sector. Only one award will be made. The framework should help people progress through technical and craft roles, improve worker retention, and make it easier for people from live music and theatre to move into screen. The deadline to apply is midday on 24 November 2026.
Requirements to check
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Organisation must be legally constituted and centrally managed in the UK
- Must be registered at Companies House, with the Charity Commission, or be a statutory body
- Only one award will be made
- Project must develop and pilot a professional development framework for technical and craft skills in the screen sector
- Application deadline is midday on 24 November 2026
Your organisation must be a legally constituted organisation centrally managed in the UK. This includes: limited liability company or partnership registered at Companies House community interest company registered at Companies House combined or local authority or statutory body charity or trust registered with the Charity Commission (including UK universities and colleges)
This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.
This is for UK-based legally constituted organisations working in or connected to the screen sector, including limited companies, partnerships, CICs, local authorities, charities, universities, and colleges. Your organisation must be centrally managed in the UK. Only one award will be made, so your proposal needs to show a clear plan to develop and pilot a professional development framework for technical and craft screen roles.
Regions
No published award history for British Film Institute. Some funders do not publish their grants data.
Full details from British Film Institute
BFI National Lottery Skills Fund - Pilot Projects Awarding National Lottery funding to support bespoke skills solutions for the UK’s screen sector. Between 2026 and 2029, open funding calls will be made to pilot skills interventions that have the potential to create a step-change in addressing the sector’s skills challenges. Funded projects should provide learning and insights into interventions that could benefit the whole screen sector. Funding call 1: Professional development framework for technical and craft skills funding available: up to £150,000 anticipated number of awards: 1 This funding will support the development and piloting of professional development framework and associated pilot training activity to: Professionalise technical and craft skills in screen. Identify the skills needed to progress into and through technical and craft roles, across all associated grades. Aid the transfer and portability of technical and craft skills to screen from adjacent sectors including live music and theatre. Once delivered, the framework should help broaden access to work, aid sustainable work for individuals, and improve worker retention. Who can apply Your organisation must be a legally constituted organisation centrally managed in the UK. This includes: limited liability company or partnership registered at Companies House community interest company registered at Companies House combined or local authority or statutory body charity or trust registered with the Charity Commission (including UK universities and colleges) When you can apply The deadline for applications is midday on 24 November 2026. We expect to make awards within 12 weeks of the fund closing for applications. How to apply You need to read the funding guidelines before you apply. The application link is included in the guidelines. If you have any questions about the fund, email [email protected] Get help with your application We are committed to making our funding accessible to all. You can get help if you need support to apply for funding.
Read the BFI funding guidelines first. The application link is included in those guidelines. Email [email protected] if you have questions before applying.
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