Pictured above: First Light members with Sienna Miller & Jason Isaacs

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.