Why The Trust?

We have long talked about employers accepting a shared responsibility for the freelancers they commission. It has been heartening to see the response by colleagues and employers to the deaths of Paul Moran, Nazir Darwazeh, Kaveh Golestan, Jeremy Little and James Miller. Precedent has now been set by ABC Australia, APTN, BBC, Channel 4, HBO, ITN and NBC who have all rallied round the families with financial and emotional support, and real practical assistance.
Does this mean that the Trust is no longer needed?

For Louis Rincón Solano, Pablo Medina Motta, Roddy Scott and Richard Wild, no major employer waited in the wings. For every freelancer working on commission there will be 2 or 3 working alone, some following a story which they will later try to sell, others recording events, bearing witness. Many of these will be local-based freelancers for whom no safety net exists and who are unaware of the help we can offer.

The funding from The Sigrid Rausing Trust provides us with a unique opportunity to increase the awareness and application of our work in the developing world. In Melanie Anstey, we are fortunate to have a project director who has considerable experience as a freelancer setting up overseas projects. This makes her the perfect choice to head up this new project.

The Trust is hugely grateful to all those who, in their time of grief, can still think of others. The generosity of injured BBC producer Stuart Hughes, and the families of Jeremy Little and Roddy Scott has been quite extraordinary. Having raised sufficient donations to help a family in need, the Scott family have now turned their attention to the Rory Peck Training Fund. At an event held in Yorkshire this June, money was raised to fund the first Roddy Scott Nidderdale Bursary, which has already been awarded to a freelancer from Zimbabwe. In June, Toby Astridge organised a charity bike ride and raised money for a further bursary. The family, friends and colleagues of freelance sound recordist Jeremy Little have been equally generous, and their donations will help many others.

Many hands make our work possible. We are delighted to welcome our new Assistant Director, Nadine Jurrat, who comes to us from the UN and speaks German, English and Spanish. Nadine replaces Melanie Brooks who has begun a new career, and for whose hard work and valuable contribution we are very grateful. This year, for the first time, we are lucky to have the services of a dedicated and experienced events organiser, Fenella Henderson, to help with the increasing workload in organising The Rory Peck Awards. My special thanks go to the truly bright Edye Taylor, intern from the American University in London, who saw a gap - and filled it with the idea of this issue.

Tina Carr, Director, The Rory Peck Trust

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