Tag: Channel 4

Channel 4 teams up with We Are Parable for a second year of mentoring programme for Black film and content creators across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 is renewing and expanding its partnership with award-winning organisation We Are Parable following a successful first year of Momentum – a mentoring and training programme for Black TV, film and content creators across the UK. Channel 4 will work with We Are Parable to help progress the careers of people keen to work in the TV and film sectors in cities including Leeds, London, Bristol, Glasgow and Birmingham, and will also expand across Scotland and the Midlands this year. The mentorships offer participants the opportunity to receive one…

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Channel 4’s Paralympic Production Training Scheme offers 19 disabled people the chance to launch careers in TV production

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4’s Paralympic Production Training Scheme will give 19 disabled people the chance to launch their broadcast careers with 12-month placements at independent production companies across the UK – and some will go on to work on the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Successful applicants will spend a year working as trainee production co-ordinators or as researchers working on sport, entertainment, factual entertainment and factual productions at indies based throughout the UK – Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Chepstow, Glasgow, Leeds, London and Manchester. Disabled people interested in a career in broadcasting can…

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Me, My Autism and I: Vanish unveils its Channel 4 Diversity In Advertising Award-Winning campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Vanish, the garment care brand committed to helping clothes live longer lives, today unveils its Channel 4 Diversity in Advertising Award-winning campaign, Me, My Autism and I. Backed by £1 million worth of commercial advertising airtime across the whole Channel 4  network, it aims to nurture a conversation to broaden public understanding of autism – particularly in girls, who are three times less likely to receive a diagnosis than boys(1). As a brand, Vanish is committed to helping clothes last longer – and for most autistic people, familiar and consistent…

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Channel 4 launches period policy and partnership with WUKA

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 has announced the launch of its first ever period policy, alongside a brand-new partnership with pioneering sustainable period-proof underwear brand, WUKA. The policy, created by Channel 4’s gender equality employee network 4Womxn, has been designed to enable employees who are experiencing difficulties with their periods, including health conditions such as endometriosis or polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), to get the support they need in order to manage their symptoms at work. Research suggests that 89% of people who menstruate have experienced stress or anxiety at work because of their…

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Channel 4 and Prime Video Survey shows 1 in 4 offices in TV are physically inaccessible to Disabled talent

Stuart Mitchell

A survey for Channel 4 and Prime Video UK into the TV industry’s accessibility for Disabled talent has revealed that 1 in 4 offices operated by broadcasters, streamers or production companies are physically inaccessible, and that 1 in 4 have no functioning accessible toilet. The Access Into Action Report highlights the areas where improvements are needed, and creates a three step action plan for organisations to implement some relatively speedy change, while more structural changes are put in place at an industry-wide level. The results have been gathered from 105…

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