Tome Levi, Founder
Tome Levi is the founder of the pioneering industry role of Injury Prevention Consultant and the creator of the Injury Prevention Consultancy.
As a passionate advocate for safety and wellbeing in the entertainment sector, Tome developed the role of IPC in response to years of witnessing friends and colleagues in film, TV and theatrical production sustain avoidable injuries at work. She created the role in order to serve as a proactive solution to combat this issue, offering the industry an alternative to reliance on reactivity. Since her establishment of the role in 2018, she has consulted for production companies and private clients in film, scripted television, West End shows, national and international theatre tours to support them in telling stories safely. In 2023, her work expanded to serve the media and entertainment insurance sector, working closely with insurance companies, brokers and loss adjusters operating in the entertainment sector to support their ongoing efforts to optimise cost avoidance strategy, provide adequate coverage and reduce claims relative to cast injury.
Her years of research, development and industry experience led to the launch of the Best Practice Guidelines For Injury Prevention In Production. This document sets the standard for best practice in theatre, film and HETV production, and continues to gain support from industry organisations, including Film London, PACT, Society Of London Theatre and the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA).
Safety
The role of Injury Prevention Consultant (IPC) has been described as the missing piece of the health and safety puzzle. IPC was developed in response to the entertainment industry’s reliance on reactivity to cast injury, which would regularly lead to sizeable, avoidable costs and poor health outcomes. IPC offers a proactive alternative to this approach, which supports the industry in delivering on their duty of care obligations, optimising cost avoidance strategy and embedding care into the creative process.
From development to production, IPC provides solutions to promote the safe execution of physical scene material. By ensuring talent are consistently embodying the safest version of what they are being asked to do on stage or in front of the camera, IPC supports creative teams in protecting the integrity of their creative vision while keeping it safe and accessible.
Accessibility
Outdated industry models continue to make the production process largely inaccessible to disabled talent, a reality that IPC is committed to change.
In the process of bridging the gap between the physical demand and sustainability of a production, ensuring the accessibility of directed movement plays a central role.
We are dedicated to supporting creative teams in developing work that is truly inclusive and breaking the boundaries set by inaccessible practices.
Agency
A psychologically safe work environment is a safer place to work. When addressing duty of care obligations through the mental health lens, it is important to consider the implications of injury on the wider production framework.
Central to the role of IPC is the promotion of open lines of communication through the production process, ensuring that talent feel seen and heard, and that any concerns relative to the physicalisation of scene material are discreetly and promptly addressed.
To learn more about the inextricable link between physical and mental health for talent, read our Impact Report here.
