31 March 2010
Film and television industry guests join FT2 patrons, board and staff tonight in the Haymarket, London to celebrate 25 years of high quality technical, craft and production new entrant training
FT2 patron MIKE LEIGH says:
"How wonderful to celebrate FT2's 25th Anniversary, and how very lamentable it is that this is the last!! I've had the privilege of working with many
FT2 trainees over the years, and I'm really sad that there won't be any more."
BRIAN KELLY, Chair of the FT2 Board, says:
"For 25 years FT2 has been a major force in opening doors for skilled and talented young people to the film and TV industry. Paid traineeships to encourage diversity, great counselling and support, on-the-job learning that the industry prefers - everything that you could possibly want. Not just 'training & development' but 'FT2 training & development'!
Sadly this story is coming to an end. A great story full of imagination, innovation, intelligence and, latterly, a great deal of courage. The silver anniversary should be an occasion for celebration and it will be, but it will also mark the end for a great institution and the loss of a great team of dedicated and gifted people. Nevertheless, it remains true that when you say the words FT2 you can't help be proud of an achievement that will be remembered for a long, long time."
SHARON GOODE, Director of FT2, says:
³It is wonderful that so many people can join us to celebrate our Silver Jubilee. We are so proud of our former trainees and the progress they are making in the industry. This is a day of celebration - but also a day of sadness, as after 25 years FT2 will be closing down next month.
Funding-wise we have been between a rock and a hard place for three years now and it is to be hoped that the industry can put in place a new organisation with a more long term and confirmed funding base.²
Further information from Sharon Goode on 020 7 407 0344
Closure of FT2
On the 14th February 2010, the following resolutions were carried at the FT2 board meeting:
The FT2 Joint Finance & Personnel Sub Committee would recommend to the board that FT2 training activity cease at the end of March and the organisation be formally wound up according to a timetable to be agreed with the Charity Commission, Companies House, landlords and auditors and consistent with all legal obligations.
The FT2 Joint Finance & Personnel Sub Committee would recommend that the Board enter into discussions with the Sector Skills Council and potential partners to ensure the proposed technical and craft centre of excellence incorporates as much of FT2 values and best practise as possible.
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