Media Advocacy for UK Children and Young People

Public Service Media Campaign

CMF has launched a campaign focused on the future of public service media for young people. Discover our amazing contributors and join the debate.
 

About PSM Campaign

Campaign Articles

Patricia Hidalgo - a Sense of Mission

The Director of Children's and Education at The BBC on the purposes of public service content.
 
 

Patricia's Article

Campaign Articles

Professor Jeanette Steemers - Taking Children Seriously

CMF Board member - policy makers are failing to listen.
 
 

Jeanette's Article

Campaign Articles

Tom van Waveren - sustainable, affordable and independent

Former CEO of Cake Entertainment and Vice-Chair of European Animation on a future sustained by funding producers.

Tom's Article

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Anne Longfield OBE - the child perspective

Former Children's Commissioner considers the changes in kids' media experiences.
 
 

Anne's Article

Campaign Articles

Greg Childs - What now? What next? What if...?

Director of the Children's Media Foundation draws together the Report themes and proposes possible futures.
 

Greg's Article

Campaign Articles

Our Children's Future - CMF Public Service Report

The Children's Media Foundation has published a comprehensive, multi-authored report into the future of public service content for children and young people, in response to the failure of Ofcom and the DCMS to significantly address the younger audience when considering public service futures.

The report is free to download. Articles are available separately on our special web pages where the report content was originally compiled.

Children's Media Yearbook

The Children's Media Yearbook 2021 is a digital-only publication available to download for just £10

It's packed with articles and research reflecting on the past year in children's media and the future of kids' and youth content.

CMF at CMC 2021 Online

CMF has a major presence at  the Children's Media Conference July 5-9 2021, producing the Opening Question Time policy discussion, and a debate on the future of public service content - reflecting our Public Service Media Campaign.

Supporters and patrons of the Foundation can apply for a code which provides a 20% discount on the full price ticket to CMC 2021 Online.

Small Screen: Big Debate

CMF has warned that the Ofcom report laying the foundations for their recommendations to government on the future of public service media takes insufficient account of young people and their media preferences.

"Children, and the media they use, are frequent topics of public concern and debate. The Children's Media Foundation will stimulate and participate in this debate - across the entire range of media that children experience."

Sir Philip Pullman, Author and Lifetime Patron,