Industry data highlights pervasive safety concerns and skills gaps across the screen workforce and research indicates the benefits of innovative approaches to safety training: • 76% of performers report having been injured at work, leading to 1 recommendations for industry-wide investment in safety skills development. • 75% of UK crew report that their own safety, or that of a colleague, has been compromised at work, with over two-thirds expressing concern about people 2 being promoted without adequate safety experience or qualifications. • 50% of screen workers are on freelance contracts yet safety incident data is 3 drawn from full-time employees, resulting in systemic under-reporting. • 37% of freelancers plan to leave the industry in the next five years if working 4 conditions do not improve. • 85% of participants in the Set Ready Safety immersive training pilot experienced a significant shift in their understanding of safety on set, with 5 100% recommendation for wider rollout. 1 Injury Prevention Consultancy, The Show Must Go on Safely, March 2025. 2 Bectu and Mark Milsome Foundation, Crew Safety Survey, November 2023. 3 BFI Statistical Yearbook, 2022. 4 Screen Industry Voices, Freelancers: Building Workforce Resilience for Growth in the UK Film and Television Industries, April 2025. 5 University of Glasgow, UofG launches next-generation safety training to transform culture in UK screen industry, June 2025.