On Wednesday 3 March 2021, Media Trust hosted a virtual graduation showcase for the 116 mentors and mentees graduating from the Media Trust & ScreenSkills Emerging Talent Mentoring Programme. In August 2020, we began recruiting...
Posted 4 March 2021
On Tuesday 24 November, Media Trust’s 25 Creativity Works trainees graduated from the tenth season of the multimedia programme. This year’s Creativity Works began back in March and was paused shortly after whilst the team...
Posted 2 December 2020
Since the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve seen hundreds of media and creative industry professionals step up to support the charity sector in its time of need. This has included registering to become a Media...
Posted 1 December 2020
We’re delighted to announce that Media Trust CEO Su-Mei Thompson has been appointed as one of four new Commissioners to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Board. The appointment, made by the Minister for...
Posted 12 November 2020
Twenty-two-year-old Charly Humphreys from Wandsworth, South London, has been announced as the winner of the fifth annual Vlogstar Challenge competition at Media Trust’s online Grand Final event in partnership with the Jack Petchey Foundation. Yesterday’s...
Posted 4 November 2020
Media Trust won Best Charity Film at the Third Sector Excellence Awards for #WordsTakeYouPlaces, produced for children’s literacy charity Doorstep Library. Doorstep Library are a children’s literacy charity who help families living in disadvantaged areas...
Posted 8 October 2020
This year charities have needed volunteer support with their digital communications more than ever. Media Trust’s Volunteer Platform has matched over 100 charities and volunteers since the Covid-19 pandemic began, including a partnership between friendship...
Posted 2 October 2020
Over the course of three weeks in August, 193 charities joined Media Trust for our pilot Digital Summer School. The programme was run entirely online and combined training and digital mentoring focused on digital communications...
Posted 17 September 2020
Media Trust has been working hard over the past few months to ensure charities and organisations who are struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic have access to the support and resources they need to continue...
Posted 5 June 2020
Rosie Turner, a Digital Producer at the BBC, decided to mark International Women’s Day 2020 by signing up to volunteer at Media Trust’s Women’s Voices event. The event, which took place at Google’s Academy London...
Posted 25 March 2020
