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The specialist charities division of
chartered accountants Clement Keys has won the contract to provide audit
services to Birmingham-based charity
First Light
, the
UK
’s leading initiative enabling young people to realise their potential
via creative digital film and media projects.
Clement Keys specialise in services
to the not-for-profit sector, providing both accounting and business
advice to ensure charities comply with the requirements of the Charity
Commission and the Charities SORP.
First
Light
is funded through the UK Film Council and
directly from the Department for Children, Schools and Families
administering over £5m each year.
Since launching in 2001,
First Light
has helped over 20,000 young people make over 1,000 short digital films
taking part in every stage of the process from initial idea to script
writing, filming, editing and screening. Renowned producer Barbara Broccoli,
best known for the James Bond film franchise, is chairman of the board of
directors of
First Light
. Alongside the grant element
of First Light’s work, it also organises the
UK
’s biggest celebration of young creativity in the form of the
First Light
Awards held annual at the
Odeon Leicester Square
. The Awards are a
permanent fixture in the film awards calendar attracting an impressive
list of industry partners and celebrity endorsements including Daniel
Craig, Kate Beckinsale, Sienna Miller, Orlando Bloom, Joseph Fiennes,
James Franco, Danny Boyle, Michael Sheen and Kevin Spacey.
First
Light
is currently spearheading the new UK-wide
film education strategy Film: 21st Century
Literacy, which aims to co-ordinate film education to help children
understand and enjoy the moving image.
Clement Keys already has significant experience in the
film world, having worked with Screen West Midlands for a number of years.
The lead agency for film, TV and digital media across Birmingham
and the Black Country, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire,
Warwickshire and Worcestershire, Screen West Midlands develops media
literacy and education initiatives, promotes involvement in media
production, develops local talent and promotes career opportunities in the
digital media, interactive and games sectors. |
