At Christie Lites, we are committed to supporting the health and well-being of our employees and the broader industry community. We understand that mental health is an important aspect of overall wellness, and that our industry poses unique challenges by its very nature. We are committed to sharing proper resources and providing support for individuals seeking to learn more.
"By its very nature our industry can impact your physical and emotional health due to long hours, pressure to push your body, and high workplace stress." - Behind the Scenes
Check out the Mental Health resources below if you are in need of support or want more information about the services provided.
The Behind the Scenes initiative offers a variety of tools and resources to support entertainment industry workers
and their families and promote mental health and wellness. They offer many resources including therapy, alcohol and substance use support, suicide prevention, and more.
The charity provides Basic Needs Grants to entertainment technology professionals, or their immediate dependent family, who are seriously ill or injured. Counseling Grants are available to entertainment technology professionals to assist with therapy or rehab. Their Mental Health Initiative provides tools and resources to support all entertainment industry workers and their families and promote mental health and wellness.
Website:
https://wp.behindthescenescharity.org/mentalhealth/
Phone: +1
212-244-1421
Email:
info@behindthescenescharity.org
Backup Tech
Backup Tech (The Technical Entertainment Charity) is the UK’s registered charity that provides financial support to industry technical professionals, crew/production personnel and people working in the technical supply chain across the UK entertainment industry specifically live events, music touring theatre and broadcast.
Backup Tech offers Mental Health counselling, and their
primary and long running remit is to support those who are seriously ill or injured or their surviving family members via a tailored Support Grant and this has always included support for mental health counselling. Over the years, we have been able to help many of our industry colleagues with the wellbeing support that they have needed.
Medical grants are also available
, which may be used for basic living expenses such as rent or mortgage, property taxes, utilities, insurance and transportation. They may be used for all types of medical expenses including health insurance, doctor and hospital bills, medication, physical therapy, mental health and wellbeing support, home health care, crutches or wheelchairs.
They also offer hardship funds, which are tailored to help people who find themselves in financial difficulty, with short-term financial support.
Backup Tech has a 24/7 help-line at +0 300 302 0068 for those in need, any day and any time of the week.
Christie Lites is proud to be a Gold Supporter of Backup Tech and to contribute to the important work they do.
Website: https://www.backuptech.uk/how-we-help/wellbeing-support/
Phone: +0 300 302 0068
