Annual report and accounts
Building on S4C’s partnership with Sgil Cymru, our joint investment alongside Creative Wales enabled the Criw scheme to be formally launched during 2023–24. This scheme aims to provide more apprentice opportunities on S4C productions. By October 2023, four apprentices had been appointed to work on S4C productions around north Wales.
During 2023–24, S4C also joined the Screenskills unscripted fund which aims to offer training and opportunities to develop skills. An amount equal to 0.25% spent of each eligible production is invested in this fund, with the cost split between S4C as broadcaster and the relevant production company.
Opportunities to develop talent in Wales were also provided through S4C’s collaboration with NFTS Wales through the Sinema Cymru initiative. A competitive process was held during the year to recruit the first six individuals who would be provided with training to develop their script-writing skills in the Welsh language. Over time, the hope is to build a pipeline of those developing scripts for consideration as part of the wider Sinema Cymru scheme.