The PressPad Charitable Foundation is an organisation founded in 2021 to improve social mobility in the media. We created this organisation to work alongside, and not in place of, the pre-existing social enterprise PressPad Ltd founded by Olivia Crellin in 2018. It was following great interest from multiple donors that we decided to create a hybrid structure with clear governance, oversight and transparency in both organisations to best carry out our mission and purpose. The foundation will allow charitable activities carried out by the social enterprise previously (including PressPad Remote) to be funded for by grants and donations, and overseen by a board of trustees. The existence of the charitable foundation will also better enable us to pass on funding to smaller and more niche organisations whose missions align with ours in order to strengthen and raise up other organisations to join a coalition of projects working in this space.
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Our mission and vision
Our mission is to help improve social mobility within and diversify the media industry; to advocate for, financially support and educate those from lower socio-economic backgrounds who aim for a career in the media.
Our vision is for the UK media to provide real opportunities and representation for those from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Our charity actively seeks to include underrepresented communities in our programme planning and delivery to ensure that people with direct experience are supported and safe to co-design and lead on the work we do.
What does The PressPad Charitable Foundation do?
The PressPad Charitable Foundation was created to:
- deliver educational and access-driven webinars, networking and training (i.e. PressPad Remote),
- provide smaller grants to niche and intersectional media diversity charities and groups,
- award bursaries for mentorship and subsidised accommodation, primarily but not exclusively, through a service agreement with our sister social enterprise, PressPad.