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
Last Thursday, Media Trust brought together over 100 volunteers from across the media and creative industry with 30 charities that support, campaign and advocate for women and girls, for our fourth annual Women’s Voices event...
Posted 11 March 2020
Carly Radford from The Telegraph Media Group decided to try something new and volunteer at Media Trust’s Speed Mentoring event on Wednesday 5 February. A bit like speed dating, fifteen volunteers from across the media...
Posted 13 February 2020
