Tag: Events
Get In Get On
June 6, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, 0
Children’s Media Foundation Executive Committee Member Olivia Dickinson discusses Diversity and Inclusion at the Children’s Media Conference At the Children’s Media Conference, we have had an ‘Inclusivity Working Group’ since 2020. I lead the group for now, despite being middle-aged, middle class and white, and have made sure we have a range of different people […]
CMF Industry Chat 1
June 6, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
The first CMF Virtual Industry Chat got us off to a great start in helping the CMF Exec and Board understand what’s going on in the UK kids media supply industries. A dozen people from the widest parts of the industry got together for an hour on the 26th May for a ‘Digital Coffee Morning’. […]
BBC @ the APPG
March 28, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
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 […]
Safer internet Day UK – 2023
February 28, 2023 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
Safer Internet Day began as an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004, and was taken up by the Insafe Network in 2005. It is now celebrated in approximately 170 countries. In the UK, Safer Internet Day is coordinated by the UK Safer Internet Centre (a partnership between Childnet International, Internet Watch Foundation and […]
APPG Meets the PSBs
December 10, 2022 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
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 […]
Is Anyone Listening?
October 5, 2022 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
Greg Childs, Director of CMF, assesses the current issues facing children’s media makers and the young audience. Huge plans for change are under discussion – but are any of the responsible parties listening to the many advocates for young people – or to the young people themselves? The Coroner’s verdict in the Molly Russell Inquest was […]
Fun and Games: Exploring Respect and Relationships on Safer Internet Day
February 20, 2022 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, Event Reports, 0
Tuesday 8 February 2022 was Safer Internet Day. CMF Exec Group member Cecilia Weiss attended the core event Safer Internet Day first started as an initiative of the EU Safe Borders project in 2004. It’s now held across 200 countries. In the UK, Safer Internet Day is coordinated by the UK Safer Internet Centre, made […]
10 years of Celebrating (and fighting for) Children’s Arts and Media
December 9, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) APPG information, CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
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, […]
Inclusivity at CMC 2021 Online
June 20, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
By Olivia Dickinson, CMF Diversity and Inclusion Lead This year the theme of the Children’s Media Conference is ‘Together’. As the exec for the Inclusivity Now video strand, and the member of the executive group responsible for Diversity and Inclusion at the Children’s Media Foundation, I wanted to reflect on how my work for […]
Coming Soon To A Digital Device Near You… The CMF’s Public Service Media Report.
June 20, 2021 The Children’s Media Foundation (CMF) CMF Blog, CMF Newsletter, 0
Colin Ward, CMF’s Deputy Director and Editor of the Report: Our Children’s Future – Does Children’s Media Matter on launch plans. At the end of 2020, the CMF began a major campaign to highlight the failure of government to protect the production, at scale, of UK-originated, culturally-relevant content for our children. The aim of the campaign […]