In 2024 we piloted a scheme to tackle both the diversity and inclusion crisis in the UK post industry and the skills gap in one hit by creating a FREE, sustainable employability programme that provides practical, hands-on training and access to the UK VFX and Post Production industry to marginalised and underrepresented communities.
Pixel Pathway
WHY?
Our industry is not known for giving back or for making meaningful investment in diversity and inclusion while a culture of ‘who you know’ has skewed the industry heavily towards white, middle class men particularly in creative & technical role. There is also a widely recognised skills gap which intensified following the Covid-19 pandemic and a huge increase in the demand for content. The Coffee & TV Group is a socially engaged business. We see it as our responsibility to champion change by building a pathway that enables a diverse representation of backgrounds, cultures and lived experiences not just into our business but to the industry overall.
THE OFFERING
Pixel Pathway has been created by post production and VFX specialists. It is attached to our working facility with training provided by people who work within the industry using the tools we work with day to day. Working with outreach partners, w actively seek to get in front of and recruit marginalised and underrepresented communities and provide free, practical training up to an entry level standard. Our scalable and innovated hybrid programme leverages in class, on-demand, online, in person, peer to peer and alumni training models. There isn’t an institution like this that exists yet within the UK.
Our next courses start in 2026, contact us for more details