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3 things I learnt from volunteering with Media Trust

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Throughout her 20-year career including broadcasting, media relations, PR and marketing, Louise Chandler has lived by the phrase ‘pay it forward’. Why? For Louise, volunteering is a chance to empower others with knowledge, insight, and...

Posted 8 December 2022

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Learning how to live happily ever after

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Amanda Edwards, CEO of Explore, examines the influence the media has on young people’s perception of relationships. A rare trip to the cinema to catch Jennifer Lopez’s latest rom-com, Marry Me, made me think about...

Posted 6 October 2022

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Headlining Mental Health helped me to find a supportive network

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Based in Nottingham, Jennie is the Fundraising and Communications Officer for Improving Lives. She took part in Media Trust’s Headlining Mental Health Programme to grow her charity’s media coverage, and ended up coming away with...

Posted 25 August 2022

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