5As for Freelancers - Accessibility for Recces and Locations

Overview

Understand access requirements on the recce, not the shoot. Stop firefighting on set. Free 2 hour Accessible Recces and Locations training.

Build your understanding of accessible location practices with The 5As: Accessibility for Recces and Locations, an expert-led online training session designed for professionals working across film and TV.

Part of a wider initiative led by the TV Access Project (TAP), this session introduces the 5As framework (Anticipate, Ask, Assess, Adjust, and Advocate) an industry standard supporting the full inclusion of people who are deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent.

Focusing on recces and locations, this session will help you apply the 5As in practice, supporting you to plan ahead, identify barriers, and create accessible production environments through practical adjustments.

Course Outline

• Introduction to the 5As framework
• Applying the 5As to recces and location work
• Anticipating and assessing access requirements on location
• Identifying barriers and making practical adjustments
• Communicating accessibility clearly to production teams

By the end of the course, you will have a stronger understanding of how to embed accessibility into location planning and feel more confident applying the 5As in your work.

Who is this course For?

This session is designed for those working in production across film, high-end TV, unscripted TV and children’s TV.

Relevant roles include location managers, coordinators, scouts, unit managers, production managers, line producers, technical recce coordinators, access coordinators, health & safety coordinators involved in site assessments and people responsible for site assessments

About the course

The course will be interactive, with cameras and microphones encouraged, and participants invited to take part in discussions and activities throughout.

This session is free to attend and delivered online via Zoom. The waiting room will open 10 minutes before the session start time.

Access

We are committed to ensuring all sessions are accessible.

The training uses:

• Live captioning via Otter.ai
• Collaborative tools such as Google Docs

If you have access requirements, please contact Gideon Feldman at [javascript protected email address]

Lead Trainer

Lucy Andrews - Gavin

Lucy is the Access Director at Access All Areas, and brings lived experience of neurodiversity, alongside extensive professional experience working in access across screen and theatre.

She consults, coordinates and trains across major productions and organisations including BBC and Netflix. A sector leader, she pioneered neurodivergent casting, relaxed performance standards and co developed the TAP Access Passport.