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Company Placement Scheme (CPS) 2008

Film London's Company Placement Scheme (CPS) is supporting nine companies based in London who will each provide one six month paid placement, for a new entrant to the film and moving image sector (including TV and animation).

Each trainee on the scheme will receive:

  • Payment of the minimum wage: £5.52 per hour for 6 months (26 weeks - based on a 40 hour week).
  • 12 days holiday per placement.
  • A structured work plan personal to each placement, based on the Skillset National Occupational Standards.
  • A named experienced supervisor/mentor within the company.
  • Regular monitoring and evaluation of the placement.
  • After-care careers guidance and advice.

Initial Eligibility
In order to be eligible to apply to this scheme you will need to demonstrate the following:

  • You must be a New Entrant into the industry
    You must be over 18 years of age and you must be able to demonstrate a commitment to working in the Film, TV or Moving Image sector: e.g. you may have undertaken paid work experience, though this is not a necessity (up to a maximum of 6 months) or done unpaid work experience (any length) or undertaken training related to this sector.
  • You must be resident within the Film London region
    The Film London region covers all thirty three London boroughs including: Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, and Westminster.

Diversity:
Film London encourages and welcomes applications from individuals from under represented groups including: individuals excluded through economic circumstance, women; people of Black or ethnic minority background and people with disabilities.


The deadline for applications has now passed.

If you have any general queries about the scheme please contact Kevin Dolan or Holly Hawkins on 020 7613 7696 or kevin.dolan@filmlondon.org.uk / holly.hawkins@filmlondon.org.uk.

Find out about the 2006 Company Placement Scheme.