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Updated notions of gender
David MacNicol worked with The Proud Trust in Manchester to help a group of LGBTQ+ young people to make a short film exploring identity. The Proud Trust was a successful applicant through BBC Outreach’s Community Doorway programme.
Talking music
BBC Radio Scotland Music Extra was a pop-up digital station showcasing the diversity of Scottish music and artists leading up to St Andrew’s Day 2016. Station manager Sharon Mair ensured audiences were at the heart of its plans.
Disability matters to us all
Ruth Malkin at the Trafford Centre for Independent Living made a successful application through BBC Outreach’s Community Doorway scheme. The resulting project provided Trafford CIL with a new bank of photographic images of people with disabilities for its website, and a masterclass for BBC staff.
Volunteering with BBC Outreach
A volunteer in Bristol talks about his time with BBC Outreach.
Stepping through the doorway
James and users of the Booth Centre discuss their experience of working with BBC staff volunteers on a project created through the Community Doorway programme.
Recruiting future talent
Thomas Martin talks about his experiences meeting teenage applicants for the Summer Work Experience Scheme, which offers work experience placements in different departments across London.
Being a voice that young people aspire to
BBC Asian Network, Trainee Assistant Producer, Amrit Matharu, is on an internship through the charity Creative Access which supports BAME graduates with paid work placements in the media.
Working outreach
Mathew discusses his time working with BBC Outreach on a one week work experience placement.
Albert - born at the BBC and now helping green the TV industry
Aaron Matthews is a member of the BBC Sustainability team, which works across the BBC to minimise the impact of our operations on the environment, and to ensure we use our resources wisely. Here he discusses Albert, the industry wide carbon calculator born at the BBC.
A model volunteer
Francesca, who recently joined the BBC, talks about a recent day volunteering in the community local to BBC Bristol and what she learned from it.
Remembering the past
Jonathan talks aout a project he's working on with BBC Outreach & Corporate Responsibility that remembers WW1 in Hartlepool.
Media on the Move
Maria McGeoghan attended the Media on the Move conference in July with BBC Outreach, the Rural Media Company and Travellers' Times magazine. She and other media industry delegates found out more about Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, working with them on informed portrayal.
Farewell from Alec
Alec McGivan, outgoing Head of BBC Outreach, talks about the work of the department and its value to BBC audiences.
Sharing our STEM career success stories
50 teenagers from across Greater Manchester learn about STEM careers at BBC North
Getting to the STEM of careers in the BBC
Marvin McKenzie, the BBC's volunteering manager, and small army of BBC volunteers, brought STEM challenges to 32 schools in Birmingham, Salford and Glasgow.
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From Elstree to Manchester, through football and Outreach
I didn’t bank on my audience outreach workshop near BBC Elstree sparking an inspirational football exchange to Manchester between teenagers at risk of serious offending.
Technology which engages hard to reach audiences
BBC Sport Broadcast Assistant, Shajan Miah brought his digital expertise to the BBC UK-wide initiative - ‘Make It Digital’, while working with Outreach on a six week attachment.
