The TCN was co-founded in 2003 by Jimmy in response to the problems they saw in their industry back then. They wanted to set up an organisation that would address the lack of diversity in the industry, both in front of and behind the camera – lack of diversity, not just in terms of ethnicity, but in terms of social mobility, the lack of representation of people with disabilities and gender disparity.

TCN started with networking club nights where they put talent in front of the decision makers in a social setting and cut out the need for drama schools, money or getting a shot because your relative is in the biz.

Over the past 20 years, the TCN/DandI.org.uk has altered the routes of access for thousands of individuals and affected fundamental change in how the film and TV industry discovers and engages with diverse talent, the impact of which can be seen through the uplift in on and off-screen representation and the talent TCN have supported over the years that now populate the TV & Film industry.

Alongside TriForce Productions, MonologueSlam, WriterSlam and the TriForce Short film Festival, they have delivered on and off-screen talent to the likes of Amazon, HBO, BBC, NBC, Channel 4, Netflix and ITV, and as a vocal champion of inclusion worked with the CDN and PACT to help increase access to talent from all walks of life.

Creative England/Channel 4 Bursary recipient