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The Star Outside My Window: How can we put a spotlight on difficult themes for Children
Following the success of her debut children’s book The Boy at the Back of the Class, award-winning author, Being the Story speaker, member of our spokespersons network and dear friend of sounddelivery Onjali Rauf has just released her second book. Like her first book, The Star Outside My Window is told through the eyes of a child, it is a story that explores the subtle faces and endless impacts of domestic violence and ‘celebrates the power of hope and resilience’.
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A Tribute to Joan Laurance Co Founder of the Family Holiday Association
Last week we heard the sad news of the death of Joan Laurance who co-founded the charity The Family Holiday Association with her late husband Patrick. She was 98. The charity, which was founded in 1975, was the first charity I worked with when I had left the BBC and set up sounddelivery. The Family […]
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Engaging with the media: 6 lessons from a small charity
Sophia Parker is the Founder and Chief Executive of Little Village, a London-based charity that acts as a foodbank, but for clothes, toys and equipment for babies and children up to the age of five. In this guest blog she shares 6 lessons she learnt from engaging with the media from filming a documentary, featuring on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and a double-page spread in the Observer. At this year’s Social Media Exchange Emily Wilson from Channel 4 News, Miriam Wells from the Bureau for Investigative Journalism and Dan Dewsbury from 72 Films will be coming together to lead an interactive Masterclass on engaging with the media to demystify the process and answer all your questions exploring how charities and the media can come together to tell powerful stories.
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Abandoning Labels, Sharing your Impact, BFI Film Fest and More in our Storytelling Highlights
Grab yourselves a cup of tea, a pair of headphones and enjoy our newest Storytelling Highlights.
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A Give Blood NHS/MOBO Collaboration, #HereIAm, A Child of the State and more in our Storytelling Highlights
Welcome to our weekly Storytelling Highlights. Here we share our weekly dose of things we’ve spotted that are great examples of storytelling. This is a list of things we’ve seen, heard or read about and would like to share with you.
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5 Reasons We Should All Be Telling More Stories
In this guest blog Jessica Southgate shares her insights and take-aways from sounddelivery’s Being the Story event which took place on Friday 16th September.
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5 Things we Love about Mencap’s #HereIAm
Mencap’s new campaign Here I Am is making huge strides in challenging stereotypes around learning disabilities. Its cross-channel approach has been gaining reach and engaging wider communities to not just support the campaign but to join in and be a part of it. Here are our five things that we can learn from Here I […]
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Harness the Power of Digital Storytelling – Tips on how charities can give a voice to the people they support
We need to be braver at telling our stories. This is a phrase people often quote me on. Storytelling is the essence of a charity, it is at its core. Not an add on. It is an area that I am passionate about. Unfortunately, all too often I have come across barriers within my work […]
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#WhiteRibbonDay, End of the Line, Breaking the Silence and more in our Storytelling Highlights
Welcome to our weekly Storytelling Highlights. Here we share our weekly dose of things we’ve spotted that are great examples of storytelling. This is a list of things we’ve seen, heard or read about in the worlds of charity communications and digital storytelling and would like to share with you. A little heads-up that Early-Bird […]
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#WhiteRibbonDay Why We Need to Speak Out to End Violence Against Women
Today marks #WhiteRibbonDay the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The theme this year – #BeHerVoice illuminating the importance of sharing stories around violence against women to create widespread, global change. Many celebrities have already taken to Twitter to show their support for the cause and raise awareness. This year mainstream media has […]
