A campaigner with Tourette syndrome, whose involuntary tics during a February film awards ceremony sparked a public controversy involving Bafta and the BBC, will now attend the Bafta Scotland awards this November. Following an independent review of the incident, the organization has announced changes to its safeguarding and risk assessment procedures. Davidson will observe the ceremony from a designated "relaxed" space, with arrangements made in consultation with inclusion and safeguarding experts. The move reflects Bafta’s efforts to address concerns raised by the earlier handling of the situation.
Decision follows independent review into handling of February ceremony, where his involuntary tics caused a BBC crisisJohn Davidson, the Tourette syndrome campaigner whose outburst at the British Academy film awards in February led to a crisis for Bafta (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) and the BBC, will attend the Bafta Scotland awards and watch the ceremony from a separate “relaxed” space.In a letter sent to Bafta members on Thursday, the organisation’s chair Sara Putt and CEO Jane Millichip said that, after an independent review, Bafta had “strengthened and centralised our safeguarding, risk assessment and compliance processes” and had made arrangements in consultation with “safeguarding and inclusion experts” for Davidson’s attendance at the awards ceremony organised by Bafta’s Scottish branch, which is due to take place in November. Continue reading...
