Category: APPG information
September 16, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information,
Brief digest of the topic discussed at 5th September 2023 APPG Meeting The first of this session’s Children’s Media and the Arts APPG meetings took place on the 5th September – the day after Parliament returned from the summer recess. Chaired by Baroness Benjamin, this third in a series of meetings to inform Parliamentarians about […]
March 28, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
BBC Director of Children’s and Education Patricia Hidalgo spoke to an All Party Parliamentary Group meeting in the House of Lords on 27th February, hosted by Baroness Floella Benjamin DBE OM. The meeting also welcomed representatives from Ofcom and the DCMS, Animation UK, the Children’s Media Foundation, academics, media strategists and children’s and youth TV producers. Patricia outlined a new […]
Events Industry Policy
December 10, 2022 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports,
CMF acts as the “clerk” to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Children’s Media and the Arts, which we co-founded with Action for Children’s Arts over ten years ago. An APPG is a cross-party grouping of MPs and peers interested in a particular issue or set of issues – who want to hear the latest […]
Events Industry Policy
March 19, 2022 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
CMF political liaison representative and clerk to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Children’s Media and the Arts, Jayne Kirkham, reports on the latest activity in Parliament associated with the campaign to save the Young Audiences Content Fund from closure. Since it was announced (rather quietly over a weekend in January) that the Young […]
Industry Policy
December 9, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
60 children’s specialists from across the creative industries gathered in the House of Lords on 25 November 2021 as guests of Baroness Floella Benjamin to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children’s Media and the Arts. Guests included Sir Tony Robinson, Julian Lloyd-Webber, BBC Director of Children’s and Education, […]
CMF Updates Events Industry Policy Research
March 14, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
By Jayne Kirkham, CMF Board Member and Political Liaison The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children’s Media and The Arts held its Annual General Meeting on 1st March 2021. This was a short event to elect officers and plan for the year ahead. Julie Elliott MP and Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham were re-elected as co-chairs with […]
Policy
April 28, 2020 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Farewell to a Friend APPG organiser Jayne Kirkham pays tribute to a supporter of Children’s Media and the Arts It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Lord Gordon of Strathblane after contracting coronavirus. He was a long standing supporter of the APPG for Children’s Media and the Arts and was […]
Policy
April 28, 2020 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter,
Online Harms: Not Written Off, but Written Down By Jayne Kirkham CMF Board member and Clerk to the APPG for Children’s Media and the Arts Age Verification (AV) for commercial online pornography sites was passed into law in the Digital Economy Act 2017. It was a hard won amendment so you can imagine the dismay as the Government […]
Industry Policy
April 10, 2020 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog,
The All Party Group for Children’s Media and The Arts Co-Chairs: Julie Elliott MP, Baroness Floella Benjamin Vice Chairs: Andrew Rosindell MP, Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall, Public Enquiry Point: Jayne Kirkham Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, the Children’s Media and the Arts APPG meeting to discuss Age Verification and the Online Harms Bill had to […]
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