My journey into accessibility in the film and television industry began through my work in environmental sustainability.
While working to improve crew engagement with environmental sustainability initiatives, I repeatedly encountered the same challenge: many people simply didn't have the mental capacity to engage.
This led me to explore the concept of the "window of tolerance" — the range within which people can effectively manage stress, process information, and participate in change. I realised that low engagement with environmental sustainability was often not a lack of interest or commitment, but a reflection of the pressures, demands, and working conditions many crew members face.
As I dug deeper, it became clear that there is often a disconnect in existing sustainability initiatives between environmental and social sustainability. While the industry increasingly discusses carbon reduction and environmental responsibility, there is far less joined-up thinking around the human factors that influence our ability to engage with these goals.
This exploration led me into accessibility, mental health, neurodiversity, and workplace inclusion. I became increasingly aware of the gaps in our industry's understanding of, and top-down, industry-wide solutions to, how factors such as burnout, psychological safety, neurotype, and neurodivergence affect people's experiences at work.
I recognised that there is a lack of a consistent, top-down, and industry-wide approach to mental health and accessibility initiatives across the UK wide film & television industries, which I believe is problematic for all of crew members as individuals, productions and their ability to have smooth running processes in their creation of film & tv, and the onward negative impact that has on the planet and future generations.
To help start to join up existing initiatives working towards greater accessibility and better mental health in our film & tv industries, and to start to more directly connect social and environmental sustainability initiatives with one another, I created the ‘Accessibility in the UK & Ireland Film & TV Industries Resource Map’.
This map directly intersects with the industry wide ‘Sustainability in the UK Film & TV Industries Resource Map’ that I have also made.
Accessibility in the U.K. & IRELAND FILM & TV INDUSTRIES RESOURCE MAP
In August 2025, I created an Accessibility in the UK & Ireland Film & TV Industries Resource Map.
The map includes links to resources for; Charity Support, Industry Specific EDI Resources & Tools, Flexible Working, Education, Training & Consultation, Legal Rights & Reasonable Adjustments, Research & Development, Accessibility Focused Production Companies, Psychological Support, Talentpools, and Accessibility Representation in Screen Content.
CREATOR
August 2025 - Present
Accessibility in the U.K. & Ireland Film & TV Industries Resource Map
July 2025
Flexible Working Resource Map for U.K. Film & TV Industries
Work
June 2020 - Jan 2021
Forgotten PAYE Campaign
Speaking Events
June 2026
Our Built Heritage Podcast
July 2025
Topic: Action Prop Buying and Job-Sharing
Filmbase U.K.
November 2024
Warner Brother Job-Share Training Panel Event
Hosted by Michelle Reynolds, Reeltime Media
January 2023
Topic: “How Filmmaking, Environmentalism, and Equality Intersect with the Screen Industries”
From the Making It: Women Podcast Series
Bonnie & Braw, LS Films
Contributor
May - June 2026
Article: Agents for Change
British Cinematographer Magazine
June 2023
Documentary: “I Am Andrew Tate”
Channel 4
March 2023
Article: “Andrew Tate Built An Empire on Bullshit. Here’s The Real Story”
Rolling Stone Magazine
Education & Training
June 2026
Structuring and Presenting Your Job-Share
Crew HQ via Reeltime Media
June 2026
Addressing Unconscious Bias: Basic Awareness in the Workplace
Screenskills
March 2026
Psychologically Safe Workplaces
60Forty Films for Apple TV
January 2026
Inclusive Awareness for HODS in HETV
Gritty Talent Group for Screenskills
November 2024
Warner Brothers Job-Share Training
Reeltime Media & Crew HQ
January - February 2024
Embrace Autism
National Autistic Society Scotland
October 2023
Building Futures in Rural Scotland
Scottish Ecological Design Association
June 2023
Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Vanessa Linden, Prospect
March 2023
The Campaign for Pardoning Witchcraft
University of Dundee
November 2022
Autism Understanding & Awareness
BECTU Vision
November 2022
Managing Conversations & Conflict
BECTU Vision
August 2022
Dyslexia Awareness
BECTU Vision
February 2022
The Wellbeing Economy: Creating Thriving Communities in a Changing Climate
Keep Scotland Beautiful
January 2022
Disability Awareness in Film & Television
thinkBIGGER!
October 2021
Intimacy Coordinators Roundtable
BECTU Intimacy Coordinators Branch