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PGGB Celebrates First Year of Membership Mentoring Scheme

Wed 22nd Jan 2025

On Monday 15th January 2025, we celebrated the first year of our Membership Mentoring Scheme and honoured our fifteen pairs of mentees and mentors with an event at CVP in Fitzrovia.

Our Membership Mentoring Programme launched in summer 2024, and is designed to expand on the work we do to support and develop our industry leading Membership, and to give both mentors and mentees the opportunity to further their careers, upskill and reflect on their journeys so far.

At the event, some of our mentees and mentors told us about their experiences and how they have benefitted from the Membership Mentoring Scheme.

Stuart Jerome Learmonth, 1st Assistant Director (AD), who was paired with Marcia Gay, also a 1st AD, said that he was looking for guidance in his transition into the role: “Having Marcia’s support - someone who is supremely experienced in her role as 1st AD - made that transition much easier.”

Stuart also mentioned how he has generally benefitted from the programme: “The Membership Mentoring Scheme provided a sense of community, a sense of belonging and support at a time in our industry where a lot of people out there were struggling. I can say, hand on heart, that this has been something that's really boosted me in my career and makes 2025 something to really look forward to and to really relish as a member of the Production Guild.”