#NewsroomsForAll

Here’s the latest news on our first public fundraiser

Please donate so that our work to make newsrooms in the UK more diverse and inclusive can continue

AND WE’VE MADE IT: THANK YOU!
21 November 2020

£25,000

Our target

116%

of target reached

£29,040

Total raised (incl Gift Aid)

187

excellent and generous donors

£2

smallest gift

£5,000

Largest gift

Kay Burley

So what makes the Trust worth supporting? It’s the work that it does to open up newsrooms and journalism generally to a wider range of young people, people who aren’t always posh white middle class graduates

Julie Etchingham

I support the John Schofield Trust because they are aiming to make our newsrooms better places full of people from different walks of life… bringing all perspectives to the stories that we tell, helping us serve our audiences better

Krishnan Guru-Murthy

I support the John Schofield Trust because of the brilliant work it does in mentoring and developing young journalists and pushing the cause of diversity in British newsrooms

Clive Myrie

We need more diverse newsrooms because we want to to tell everyone’s story, not just the privileged…. Why wouldn’t you want the brightest and best from across society telling our story?

#NewsroomsForAll

To see more testimonies, visit Our champions page

Why we need your help

Last year the John Schofield Trust:

  • helped 75 young people access a career in journalism through mentoring and training
  • delivered masterclasses to over 400 young and aspiring journalists
  • sponsored the RTS Young Talent of the Year Award

To do this, it took:

  • 115 volunteers
  • 1,500 volunteer hours
  • a small charity team working with newsrooms, schools, colleges, universities and other partners

We want to do more to help young people from a wide range of backgrounds become journalists and develop their careers, making UK newsrooms as diverse as the audiences they serve.

With £25,000, we will fund:

  • more places on face to face mentoring scheme
  • more masterclasses
  • more online mentoring
  • additional management of enhanced activities

This is our first public fundraising appeal. We need £25,000 to bring our vital work to more aspiring young journalists. Anything you can donate will help us.

If you share our vision, please donate today. Your help is greatly appreciated. To see who has already given, please follow this link to Our donors page