We believe in a confident social sector able to develop and amplify lived experience stories and expertise to address social inequalities.
We want to see people in positions to use their lived experience of social injustice so they can influence change on that issue.
We work towards greater representation and diversity of the voices we hear in the media and beyond.
Find out more about what we do and who we are.
Our programme creates a network of confident spokespeople, who have direct experience of social injustices. Developed collaboratively with a network of leaders with lived experience, it aims to diversify the voices we hear in the media and in rooms with policymakers and other decision makers. Through training, mentoring, peer support and speaking opportunities, we tackle the barriers that prevent these experts from engaging with the people and platforms that have the power to influence national conversations. Meet the network.
"Being the Story is an amazing platform for those who are working for social change. Not only did it give us a platform, the team behind it pushed our story into the mainstream media where it has been given a lot of attention, enabling us to gain funding to support the countless young people in our communities faced with issues of knife crime."
Simeon Moore, DatsTV
Many people think that marriage is equal for everyone now. However, this is not the case if you are disabled.
Disabled people are often not able to get married because they would be financially penalised if they were. This is another way that disabled people are unable to have ordinary lives like their able-bodied counterparts.
I’ve spent much of my life and career working with people who have something vital to say, but don’t always get the opportunity to be heard.
I’ve had my own experience of this as Black woman working in social justice. And I see it in the people we work alongside. People living closest to poverty, discrimination, injustice and failing public services who are invited to share their stories, but rarely asked to analyse why the problem exists, challenge the decisions or propose solutions.
In the space of just a few weeks, two national newspapers have published articles questioning the growing visibility of disability among young people – particularly young women.
Our CEO, Monica Tyler, writes for The Voice about how DEI is not dividing Britain, the weaponisation of race is.
Deborah Jones appeared on Channel 4 News to talk about plans she put forward for a proximity system to protect survivors of domestic abuse.
Karina Graham speaks to The Modern Mann podcast about her experience of when her children were removed from her care and her fight with the system to get them back.
