Freelancers are essential to newsgathering.  Working independently, they are often the first to report on stories, and situations that inform and affect our lives - sometimes at great risk to their own safety.  Many have no support when things go wrong.The Rory Peck Trust was established in 1995, two years after freelance cameraman Rory Peck was killed while filming in Moscow. It was set up by his wife, Juliet and close friends to provide the help for freelancers and their families that nobody else would give. They also established the Rory Peck Awards to honour the work of freelance news cameramen and women.

The Trust has since grown into an internationally recognised organisation that gives direct practical support to freelancers and their families in need.  Widely respected for the role it plays promoting good practice on behalf of freelancers and their right to work safely, with adequate support and protection, it continues to provide a unique source of assistance. 

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The Rory Peck Trust:

• Gives charitable grants to freelance newsgatherers in need, and to the families of those who have been killed, injured or persecuted as a result of their work

• Provides training bursaries to enable freelancers, who otherwise could not afford it, to undertake hostile environment training

• Promotes good practice on behalf of freelancers working in the newsgathering industry and their right to work safely and in freedom

• Provides information and advice on insurance, training, trauma counselling, safety and other issues to freelancers around the world

• Raises the profile of freelance camerapeople in broadcast
  news and current affairs through the internationally recogised Rory Peck Awards.