Dear Supporters of the Arts and Entertainment Community,

Behind great performances, vibrant productions, and captivating stories brought to life in the entertainment industry lies a harsh reality that often remains unseen — the toll it often takes on the mental and emotional wellbeing of those who dedicate their lives to their craft. What’s worse, there’s a profound lack of accessible resources at industry workplaces or outside them, and the impacts are costing people their health, their time, their creativity, and even their lives.

Enter Wellbeing in Entertainment and Creative Arts (WECA) — we are a nonprofit catalyst toward a future where health, safety, resilience, and thriving are industry norms. WECA’s mission is to ensure the entertainment industry is guided by trauma-informed principles, by which the health, safety, and wellbeing of artists and entertainment workers are prioritized throughout the entire creative process. WECA is committed to decreasing mental health stigma, increasing access to supportive tools and resources, and establishing baseline standards for wellbeing-certified productions.

For over a year, WECA has been convening a collective of mental health and wellbeing professionals, entertainment workers, and HR leaders to collaborate on new visions for health and wellbeing in the industry. Our work has revealed there is a critical need – and market gap – for resources, training, and support.

WECA is ready to build the first US-based equitably-driven platform for mental health & wellbeing resources designed for the entertainment industry. But we need your support.

Our vision for WECA includes:

Expanding our Online Learning Hub
Growing our Trauma-informed Certification Courses
Developing Safe and Healing Support Groups
Providing custom-tailored Tools and Training

Your Donation's Impact

$100 enables us to provide toolkits to one production

$250 enables us to host a live group counseling session

$500 supports wellbeing fundamentals training for 10 production crew & talent

$1500 ensures a small-to-medium-sized crew can receive Mental Health First Aid support

$5000 ensures one production can receive a trauma-informed assessment and recommendation plan

As a registered 501(c)3, your contribution to WECA is tax deductible.

Discover more about WECA and how you can get involved by visiting our website. Join us in creating an entertainment industry where everyone’s mental and emotional health is supported and wellbeing is the cornerstone.

With heartfelt gratitude,

Shaina Fawn, LCSW

Founder, Therapeutic Bridges

Co-founder, Wellbeing in Entertainment and Creative Arts (WECA)

WECA Board of Directors

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