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In 2007 there was a Third Sector article which featured an interview with the chief executive of a large grant funder. In the article he talked about the role of funders in encouraging storytelling within the projects they supported – an area very close to my heart.
Jude Habib
The Standard’s literacy campaign with Volunteer Reading Help is an inspiration
On behalf of all those who are passionate about reading, I want to offer huge congratulations to the London Evening Standard for working in partnership with the national charity Volunteer Reading Help to put a spotlight on literacy among Londoners.
We need to be sharing stories
I don’t know whether it is the grey days or the early nights or the challenges of running my own organisation but I have to be honest, I’ve been feeling out of sorts recently and in search of inspiration.
Get involved with Britain In A Day
The BBC needs you! And I wanted to give you the heads-up on an exciting film-making project that you should all know about which launches today.
On Saturday 12th November the BBC is inviting us to be part of a self-portrait of Britain by turning the camera on ourselves and recording something significant in our lives. This footage will then be used to create a time capsule of Britain, as well as a feature-length documentary, which will be screened on BBC2 next year in the run up to the London Olympics.
Switching Off for the New Year
I’m switching off my mobile phone. I’ve shut down my Facebook and Twitter accounts. And I’m turning my computer off. I am now officially out of the office and out of contact and will be for the next few days. This is the only time of the year that I can truely say that I am unreachable. Even when I am on ‘holiday’ that is not true. In our ‘always on’ lives there is no escape from online and offline distractions. I check and respond to emails and even receive telephone calls.
Why aren’t young people’s voices being heard?
As I walked along Wood Green High Street on Sunday afternoon surveying the damage of looted sports shops, the overriding feeling was of sadness that young people would again be tarnished as yobs. I’ve been meaning to write a blog post on this topic for a while, but the disturbances and riots that have taken place over the last few days have intensified my passion about this issue. And it was a tweet from a youth project called Shed on Monday morning to remind people about positive youth projects that made me question where the collective voice of youth charities was at this time. Is it just me, but I don’t seem to be hearing it.
You still have to go that extra mile to convince people to support a cause
It’s my very special friend Mandy’s 40th birthday this week. And to mark her birthday, she asked me to let it be known that she didn’t want any presents but if friends did want to get her something then she wanted people to donate to a charitable cause.
People who inspire me: Modupe Debbie Ariyo
Last week I was privileged to attend the 10th anniversary celebrations of the charity AFRUCA.
The evening turned into a double celebration as the founder
and chief executive, Modupe Debbie Ariyo, was awarded an OBE in the recent
Queen’s birthday honours.
What can charities learn from my appearance in Good Housekeeping magazine
If you grab a copy of this month’s Good
Housekeeping, you’ll be in for a bit of a surprise. On page 61 there is a feature about me. It’s not work-related at all and just
documents a series of 40 challenges that I set myself in the run up to my 40th
birthday recently.
Journalists don’t want your press releases – they want your multi-media content
I had an interesting meeting recently with
Clare Horton, the online editor of Society Guardian.
She told me that Twitter
has become one of her main sources for news stories and she’s more likely to
turn to social networking sites than traditional press releases when
considering ideas. She also says
she’s crying out for charities to offer her stories with multi-media elements -
whether video, audio or photography – and is especially interested in stories
from the perspective of service users. She’s not alone.
