Inspiring Volunteers: A Guide to Recruitment and Communications

Inspiring Volunteers aims to inspire small to medium sized charities and community organisations who may struggle to effectively market
volunteering to a wider, more diverse audience and is full of ideas on recruiting, communicating with and retaining volunteers.

 

 

Download Inspiring Volunteers: A Guide to Recruitment and Communications

 

Meeting the news needs of local communities

This report, commissioned by Media Trust and written by Goldsmiths Media Research Centre, highlights the inextricable link between a vibrant local media and proper accountability and democracy.

 

 

 

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Marketing & Communications Needs of Charities

A significant piece of research, commissioned by us as part of the 'Marketing and Communcations' work-stream of Capacitybuilders Improving Support Services.

It provides a unique insight into the capacity and capability for marketing and communications amongst front line and support organisations of all sizes and sectors across England.

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Reporting Human Rights

A guide to the Human Rights Act that is both accessible and plain speaking. The guide includes quotes and opinions from leading journalists and human rights organisations.







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Reporting Poverty in the UK

A practical guide to reporting an issue that is either not reported at all or is hidden by the fog of debate that it aims to demistify.








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Reporting Diversity

This guide offers advice and practical help to journalists about how to rise to the challenge and avoid the perils and pitfalls of reporting community issues.







Download Reporting Diversity (PDF, 369.4Kb)

 

Download the Media Trust Annual Report and Financial Statements (for the year ended 31 March 2009)

Download the Community Channel Annual Report and Financial Statements (for the year ended 31 March 2009)

Download these guides from Changing Faces, the UK's leading charity supporting and representing people with disfigurements to the face, hand or body from any cause:

Guidelines for Broadcasters on portraying and representing people with disfigurements

Guidelines for Journalists on reporting the experiences of people with disfigurements

To view the Annual Review PDFs you may need to download Adobe's free Acrobat Reader™.

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