Top talent to mentor female execs

Sally Wainwright, Fozia Khan and Sarah Gavron are on board a Women in Film and TV (WFTV) mentoring scheme to help women at the mid-stage of their careers.

The scheme, which is also supported by BBC popular factual boss Catherine Catton, Milk and Honey Productions’ Lucy Pilkington and Wonderhood Studios’ David Abraham as mentors, will help 41 women across six months later this year.

It was already running in England and Northern Ireland and has been rolled out to Scotland and Wales.

Each mentee will be given six hours with their chosen mentor, alongside peer-to-peer training, seminars and networking opportunities.

The scheme in England is in association with ScreenSkills and supported by the BBC, UKTV and Channel 4, while Netflix is supporting the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish schemes.

Channel 4 Indie Growth Fund creative mentor Tracy Forsyth is heading the scheme in England.

“The mentees are already an inspirational group and with the scheme’s help we will empower their careers and lives to even greater heights and impact,” said Forsyth.

Karen Kelly, Hannah Corneck and Sarah McCaffrey will run the English, Welsh and Northern Irish schemes respectively.

England Mentoring Scheme in Association with ScreenSkills:

Northern Ireland Mentoring Scheme:

Scotland Mentoring Scheme

Wales Mentoring Scheme