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Engaging with the media: 6 lessons from a small charity

By sounddelivery

Posted on January 30, 2019

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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5 Things we Love about Mencap’s #HereIAm

By Helena Hastings

Posted on December 27, 2016

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 IContinue reading “5 Things we Love about Mencap’s #HereIAm”

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How Cardboard Citizens is using Forum Theatre to engage audiences with the housing crisis

By Jude Habib

Posted on December 17, 2016

Cardboard Citizens are a theatre company I really admire and like to follow their work with interest.  Their mission is to “tell stories that need to be told. Stories from other worlds, stories that help their tellers get a handle on their lives.”  They have been making theatre with and for homeless people for 25Continue reading “How Cardboard Citizens is using Forum Theatre to engage audiences with the housing crisis”

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Sam Smith: The Value of Storytelling

By sounddelivery

Posted on December 14, 2016

For me, sharing my story has empowered me to live each day to make a difference to the lives of young people. I live each day as if it was my last day and if I have not had an impact on someone’s live my life is not worth living.

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Mark Brown ‘Powerful magic: On personal stories’

By sounddelivery

Posted on December 13, 2016

Stories have always been a powerful magic. Human beings are wired for them. The story we choose to tell about ourselves is a kind of spell, a way to write upon the world. But what if the narrative ‘tell your story; change the world’ is itself another story?

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“We all have powerful stories to tell, I’m using mine to be a voice for others.”

By sounddelivery

Posted on December 11, 2016

We all have powerful stories to tell, which we use to be a voice for others. Storytelling has helped me, as part of my recovery from an abusive relationship, to gain confidence and feel empowered as a person. These stories, I hope, will then empower others that are currently, or have been through similar situations to myself.

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