sounddelivery and the Third Sector PR and Communications Network hosted a Q&A session with Sally Flatman, the producer of the BBC Radio 4 Appeal. She talked about what makes a successful appeal and how she’s now using social and digital media, such as Twitter and audio slideshows, to extend the reach of the Appeals beyond the radio audience.
As part of our ongoing programme of training for the charity sector we brought together a host of experts to share their knowledge on how to get maximum impact from video and audio content. Speakers included: Laura Sleight from the Blue Cross, Simon Carter from the Scout Association and Clare Horton, the editor of societyguardian.co.uk
What do you get if you cram a bunch of social entrepreneurs, charity funders and all round do-gooders into a small room in central London? Well it was all there to see at the People Powered Change Event organised by the Big Lottery Fund and facilitated by David Wilcox and John Popham, aka the social reporters. sounddelivery was invited to join a select group including representatives from UnLtd, NESTA, the Nominet Trust, Your Square Mile and the Young Foundation (to name just a few) to discuss BIG’s challenges for the future.
Attending the recent launch of the London Youth report: Hunch: ‘A vision for youth in post austerity Britain’ I was inspired by one of the charity’s trustees, 21-year-old Francis Augusto. He came to the UK from Angola with his family to start a new life. But life was challenging and at the age of 13 he was going off the rails and was arrested for GBH. However, his life was turned around thanks to a special youth worker who supported him and encouraged him “to be the best he could be”.
The BBC needs you! On Saturday 12th November the BBC is inviting us to be part of a self-portrait of Britain by turning the camera on ourselves and recording something significant in our lives. This footage will then be used to create a time capsule of Britain, as well as a feature-length documentary, which will be screened on BBC2 next year in the run up to the London Olympics.
sounddelivery and the Third Sector PR and Communications Network hosted a Q&A session with Brian Woods and Jezza Neumann of True Vision Productions, the team behind a series of multi-award winning documentaries including Poor Kids, recently broadcast on BBC1. They gave us their top tips on how best to work with production companies and how to work with case studies to get the best stories.
We’re delighted to announce that a project developed and delivered by sounddelivery for Crich Tramway Village has won the “Working with Children and Young People” award at the Derbyshire Heritage Awards. The project involved young people creating an audio trail to guide visitors through the museum’s restored period village streets.
“Power of #Facebook got #colalife on the agenda of Coca Cola, thanks to fb friends and help of BBC. People power counts.” Just one of the many pearls of wisdom shared at Simon Berry’s recent presentation as part of our soundtalks series in partnership with the The Third Sector PR and Communications network.
sounddelivery and the Third Sector PR and Communications Network are delighted to be hosting a Q & A session and exclusive practical masterclass with Simon Berry of ColaLife. The charity started as an online ‘movement’ in April 2008 as a simple Facebook group. It now has more than 10,000 online supporters and is working with Coca-Cola, UNICEF and other key stakeholders to open up Coca-Cola’s distribution channels to carry ‘social products’ such as oral rehydration salts and zinc supplements to save children’s lives.
As I walked along Wood Green High Street on Sunday afternoon surveying the damage of looted sports shops the overriding feeling was of sadness that young people would again be tarnished as yobs. I’ve been meaning to write a blog post on this topic for a while but the disturbances/riots which have taken place over the last few days have intensified my passion about this issue.
