Ahmed Hussain did a Hot Shoes placement with the BBC Outreach Face2Face project in Bradford. He helped young people aged 18-24 put together a short film exploring the media as a career. 315c2n

'I felt challenged, had fun, and I was inspired by the young people!'

My usual day job is on the eighth floor of New Broadcasting House, in London. Whether I’m producing on my regular show on BBC Asian Network, or producing a show at Radio 1 or 1Xtra, it’s a place I am very familiar and comfortable with.

I know the studios like the back of my hand and enjoy working with the staff & DJs across the various networks. This was part of the reason why I chose to work with BBC Outreach – to get me out of that comfort zone, experience a new challenge in areas I wasn’t familiar with but knew I could put my skills to good use.

In my spare time, I regularly teach young people -¬ many of whom are not in education or training – how to get involved in media and more practically within Radio and TV. Hence the similar interests with people who don’t believe the BBC is for them or feel that there are jobs they cannot do. The truth is, they are more than skilled enough to work here.

Face2Face Bradford was a legacy project set-up in the Leeds and Bradford area after 1Xtra had visited for 1Xtra Live in 2015. It was an intensive (but amazing!) week where 15 young people aged 18-24 years were given the chance to chat and meet people from the BBC and other media outlets.

From the start, I had to grasp how BBC Outreach works and spent a few days in Bristol with Jo Sunderland and Shana Rose - who made it super easy!   To sit on a board and interview young people who wanted to gain work experience at the BBC also opened my eyes to the other side of interviewing and how someone could bring something extra to the BBC if they got the opportunity.

In Face2Face, our students found out how careers work at the BBC, visited the BBC Salford offices and, of course, worked on a film of their own exploring whether the media was for them. This was hands-on experience for them.

They managed to turn around a film all within three days! As someone whose job is in radio, working on filming and editing visuals (something I love but get very little time to do) was stimulating and I picked up a lot of new skills. The end product of my group’s project was a parody film exploring the given subject - was the media for them. I felt challenged, had fun, every day was different and I myself felt inspired by the young people!

For both Bristol and Bradford I ran an interviewing skills workshop. It’s something I really enjoy doing and also seeing the reactions of those attending. It’s moments like this that you realise that because of our day-to-day jobs we get so ingrained with how smoothly everything runs and everyone knows how it works, that actually the majority of people out there find this a fascinating thing and once broken down – it involves a lot of skills and patience.

I’ve come back to work more excited to work with visual content, confident to ask to sit on boards and run more open days or similar workshops for my departments. It’s exciting to speak to people who see working at the BBC as an aspiration and really just reiterates how great my job is.

BBC Outreach & Corporate Responsibility brings the BBC closer to its audiences - particularly those audiences we have identified as harder to reach - with face-to-face activity, community and staff volunteering.

Affie Jeerh is one of the BBC’s peer mentors with the Media Trust’s Queen’s Young Leaders programme. She works at the BBC Academy in the Entry Level Talent team.

'It’s so important to have an open and honest conversation about what you both expect'

Agreeing to be a mentor has been a very personal journey for me and I hope it inspires others to do the same. Offering employment advice, which could change the circumstances for someone, is a big responsibility which I embrace - knowing I am part of the journey for them to discover and tap into their full potential.

It’s a good fit for my role – I am part of the BBC Academy’s Entry Level Talent team; we are concerned with attracting people interested in BBC apprenticeship and trainee schemes in Journalism and Engineering.

Across all the schemes we’re really looking to bring in budding new talent. We want the BBC to reflect the wide range of audiences that we serve – everything from Radio 1Xtra’s Fire in the Booth to BBC Two’s Newsnight programme - and everything in-between. The way to do that is by having a broad mix of people who can reflect our audience’s different interests and ions.

My first mentoring session, I met my mentee, Letitia (I've changed her name), 19 years old, who has already been through quite a lot in her family and personal life – she completely blew me away with her resilience.

It is so important for us to build a mentoring relationship of trust, respect and judgement. People don’t want pity but someone who can help them unlock their true potential. Really focussing in the sessions helps us to establish what’s important to her and what is obtainable but also understanding it can’t be done overnight.

I believe keeping things relaxed eases the pressure, especially when meeting for the first time. It’s so important to have an open and honest conversation about what you both expect from the mentoring sessions and agree when setting the goals.

For me the objective is to listen and when I mean listen, I mean listen and NOT hear what you think you want to hear, if that makes sense!

After our first session, Letitia didn’t waste any time to apply for a recent opportunity for one of the gold-standard BBC training schemes. We will be meeting up soon and I can’t wait to hear what else she has been up to. I’m excited!

BBC Outreach & Corporate Responsibility brings the BBC closer to its audiences - particularly those audiences we have identified as harder to reach - with face-to-face activity, community and staff volunteering.

Karen Sault who works at BBC WM shared her radio skills with a group of young adults developing their on-air presentation in community radio. They are from the dedicated team of radio presenters who volunteer at Unity Radio, a Manchester-based community radio station.

‘I came out smiling, not just because it was a first for me, but because I had spent an evening with a group of people who have the same ion for radio as me’

Back in 1997 I was studying Sound Engineering at college. My favourite module was Radio Production and I couldn’t wait to get to college on those days. But, it wasn’t enough. I wanted to work in a real station. So I approached BBC WM and asked if I could come in and help out. I was shocked to get a “yes” reply and I started working voluntarily on the Saturday sport show.

Nineteen years later I am still at BBC WM (I’m paid now!) and I’ve worked right across the station. I currently produce the Ed Doolan show on a Sunday. The programme showcases Ed’s interviews from an archive spanning 40 years.

When I heard about the planned BBC Outreach workshop at Unity Radio in Manchester, where the presenters are volunteers, I jumped at the chance. I’d been in their shoes - having such a ion for something that they give their time freely.

Unity Radio broadcasts on FM and on the internet and plays a range of local, national and international dance and urban music, with a target audience of 15-40 years.

Justin Bones from BBC Radio 5live planned the workshop and I assisted him on the night. We met at Unity Radio’s premises on a warm June evening and we were over the moon when 20 staff chose our workshop over the beer garden.

It was a very relaxed setting and there was lots of laughter as we discussed ideas for talking points and where to find ideas. We listened to audio I provided from similar radio stations and discussed how to engage the listener in the 20 seconds between music tracks. I took along a short video of a presenter from BBC WM where he explains how he finds ideas for his show.

The group were really enthusiastic; they care about their station and want to do their very best. They asked plenty of questions and threw themselves in to group work. It was a real joy to see.

They obviously know what they are doing and our challenge was to not “teach grandma to suck eggs”, but to help them progress in the right direction they are already going. I think we achieved this, as the group came back for more after their break and were very grateful at the end.

I have never done anything like this before and despite my initial nerves, I really enjoyed it. I came out smiling, not just because it was a first for me, but because I had spent an evening with a group of people who have the same ion for radio as me … the future generation of radio.

Unity Radio was a successful applicant through BBC Outreach's Community Doorway scheme which offers community and voluntary groups and charities the opportunity to apply to work with BBC volunteers on mutually-beneficial projects.

BBC Outreach & Corporate Responsibility brings the BBC closer to its audiences - particularly those audiences we have identified as harder to reach - with face-to-face activity, community and staff volunteering.

Sally Williams from BBC Inside Out volunteered to work with a group of young adults developing their CVs and interview skills at the BBC in Salford. A day long workshop helped them reassess their key achievements to date. They were part of the Queen’s Young Leaders programme, which is for 18-25 year olds interested in working in the media.

‘You could visibly see their confidence soar as they rewrote their CVs’

As a 15 year old at a large Comprehensive School on Merseyside, I was laughed at by the visiting careers officer when I told her my ambition was to work at the BBC. “You’re a pretty girl, have you thought of being a hairdresser?” she said with a waft of her hand. The BBC, it seemed, didn’t employ people from my background or from my school. The BBC wasn’t “for me”.

It took almost 10 years to realise my ambition when I was accepted on the BBC’s prestigious Trainee Reporter Scheme. It took a further 10 years for me to realise they hadn’t made a mistake and I wasn’t going to be found out and turfed out of the Corporation for having been to the wrong school in the wrong city.

The careers teacher was wrong; the BBC was for me, just as it’s for everyone of us. It’s this sense of injustice and anger that young people could be discouraged from pursuing a career at the BBC that made me sign up to help at the workshop. I feel very strongly that if the BBC is to remain relevant, it must be staffed by people who reflect our audience.

The sessions were for young people aged between 18 and 25 years. They came with varying degrees of confidence and experience, but what they did have in common is they all turned up on time ready to learn, and they all wanted to work in the media. The day started with an excellent session led by Alex Dalton who stressed the importance of good storytelling. This was valuable in helping the young people communicate in a powerful way and to really think about their experiences and skills.

The shy young woman next to me who’d insisted she had “nothing special” to offer was soon opening up and telling me how she spent time in her bedroom writing scripts for TV dramas that she hoped would one day be screened by the BBC. Another young man who was a carer for both his parents had set up a radio station at his college and was presenting his own show. He’d been told at the Job Centre to forget any dreams of working in the media.

The highlight for me was when a group of new ers arrived and described how they got their first break at the BBC. Their tales of grim determination and enthusiasm were a real inspiration to the attendees who were given an opportunity to meet and question them afterwards. The lesson here was that hard work and tenacity really do pay off in the end and our young hopefuls mustn’t be discouraged or take rejection personally.

The afternoon session was really rewarding as it was more hands on. As coaches, we worked one to one with the delegates helping them to realise that their existing skills – from working in kitchens and shops to helping backstage in their local theatre - are transferable and relevant to life in the media where organisation and innovation are key. You could visibly see their confidence soar as they rewrote their CVs and deciphered daunting job descriptions with renewed vigour. I like to think that the young people left really believing that, despite what they’d been told, the BBC is for them as it is for everyone.

BBC Outreach & Corporate Responsibility brings the BBC closer to its audiences - particularly those audiences we have identified as harder to reach - with face-to-face activity, community and staff volunteering.

Alice During from Radio 5live shared her programme-making skills with teenagers creating a short film about the online hazards of blossoming relationships.  She worked with the advisory service Brook which was a successful applicant through BBC Outreach’s Community Doorway programme.

In the second of two different blogs from the project, Alice writes about her volunteering experience.

‘It certainly has made me rethink any hesitation I may have felt when working with this age group’

I wanted to volunteer because I wanted an opportunity to connect with harder-to-reach audiences in the community, so working with Brook was the perfect project. They wanted help to make an informative engaging, film that would be made by, and appeal to, young people aged 15 years upwards who were starting out in finding a relationship. And I wanted to try my hand at making a short-form film with this teenage audience.

At the start we scoped the idea with a group of teenagers, who were at first reluctant to open up about their love-lives, but by the end of our afternoon we had possible volunteers to star in the project.

We spent a couple of evenings drawing up an outline and story-board for a drama script and decided to have two parallel stories with different outcomes similar in concept to the film Sliding Doors.

Then we fleshed out the concept and scripted the story and finally had one last meeting to finalise the shooting plan and locations. In the edit, we would be using graphics and on-screen text messages, Sherlock-style.

I was impressed with the enthusiasm and hunger of the young people to throw themselves into the task.

We had 14 teenagers to direct in two separate stories, working multi-location all in one day. The night before filming I was looking forward to it, but with some trepidation.

The day itself was challenging – in a good way. My colleague Becky Bailey and I were filming a fictional blind date on a rainy morning in Ordsall, Salford, at a school, a café and at MediaCityUK.

There was plenty of good-natured banter and the young people took direction well. They didn't complain when asked to do another take or try it a different way next time - even when I was asking them to try it again a different way on a cold rainy morning in the park.

Our teenage team was well behaved, co-operative, patient and enthusiastic - all done with good grace and humour, and I was amazed by their professional attitude – even asking if they were clear so they could go back to class.

I am confident the project has not only produced a film that delivered all that was asked for by Brook, but was a positive and worthwhile experience for all involved.

It certainly has made me rethink any hesitation I may have initially felt when it comes to working with this age group and would gladly do another project.

I certainly learnt a lot about putting together a short-form film from blank paper to final edit. I can’t wait for my next assignment!

BBC Outreach & Corporate Responsibility brings the BBC closer to its audiences - particularly those audiences we have identified as harder to reach - with face-to-face activity, community and staff volunteering.

Becky Bailey shared her production skills with teenagers to help make a film focusing on safety online in romantic relationships. She worked with the advisory service Brook which was a successful applicant through BBC Outreach’s Community Doorway programme.  

In the first of two different blogs from the project, Becky writes about her experience. 

'I use my improved understanding of this audience every day'  

Last month I found myself shooting a scene in the drizzle with a team of talented teens intent on getting everything just right. I’ve had some limited experience as a self-shooter, but my portable little Canon XA10 was a far cry from the thoroughly professional XF305 I was having trouble lifting.

I was freezing, sneezing but glowing with happiness. This was it, I thought to myself. I love my job but this is something else. A change is certainly as good as a rest!

At the time, you would usually find me comfortably indoors. I entered the BBC as a team assistant with Bitesize, which required me to re-code content and migrate it to the new website.

However, I saw the advert for the Outreach programme and immediately wanted to chip in, if only for a day. Outreach have been working alongside Brook, the young people’s sexual health and wellbeing charity, to create something entirely new - a piece of online video content focusing on safety in online relationships. This was content that would make a real difference to someone’s life and, most importantly, might keep them safe.

The wonderful thing about this kind of project was that Outreach and Brook decided it should be created by the very audience it tries to reach. Nearby teenage students in Salford made the project possible with some fantastic creative ideas for Outreach to flesh out and some indefatigable acting to boot.

I do love a challenge and I feel really gratified when I have pushed myself, so learning a new skill, such as handling a new camera, and working with a new team of colleagues and audiences seemed ideal.

I got stuck in with writing the script, assisting Allison Hinds the Outreach project manager and staff volunteer, Alice During from Radio 5live - they both had a wealth of experience in creating content.

As I had only just ed the BBC, I was very keen but had limited experience of bringing a larger project together and so I learned a great deal from them both.

I’ve never worked so closely on a project with young people and their energy and enthusiasm for the short film really spurred me on to do the best job I could. BBC Outreach are incredibly ive and friendly. Not only do they want the best for the young people involved, but they want their volunteers to be 100% comfortable and happy with their work, too.

By the end of the day, I was absolutely exhausted but I knew we had enough footage to create something special. It was a real team effort. The young people involved made the entire project completely worthwhile; they had a new way of approaching certain narrative problems and were a constant source of inspiration - we just couldn't have done it without them. They should be very proud of their contributions to the project throughout.

Since volunteering, I've taken the next step with my BBC career and I am now a researcher with Childrens Interactive. Needless to say, my work with the teenagers has been so valuable.

I use my improved understanding of this audience everyday as I strive to make exciting content for the CBBC website and I think volunteering has given me an edge, both in of creating online content and in understanding our audiences better.

BBC Outreach & Corporate Responsibility brings the BBC closer to its audiences - particularly those audiences we have identified as harder to reach - with face-to-face activity, community and staff volunteering.

David MacNicol worked with The Proud Trust in Manchester to help a group of young people, who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and/or Trans-gender to make a short film about exploring identity. The Proud Trust was a successful applicant through BBC Outreach’s Community Doorway programme.

‘The volunteering experience helped me to learn that I need to challenge my understanding of areas I assume I know a lot about’

I volunteered to work with older LGBTQ+ young people to explore my understanding of them and the issues which affect them.

I am an Assistant Producer on Newsround which means I make content across our TV and Online platforms, working with an audience aged 6-12. years old. Before that, I worked in the Arts department at BBC Scotland for a very long time. I worked on big BBC One and Two programmes like, The Culture Show, Imagine and The Review Show. It meant I got to work with and meet all sorts of amazing people, from Grace Jones to Joan Rivers, Antony Hegarty (the artist who is now known as Anohni), Tracey Emin and many other queer artists who I respect.

My job opened the door to a world I had always cherished when growing up. The Arts, via my TV, was the only place I could catch a glimpse of people I identified with, but didn’t see around me day to day. With the proliferation of images that bombard us now, you don’t need to set your video player to record Top of the Pops to watch your favourite singer over and over again.

This volunteering opportunity felt like a good way to find out if LGBT+ millennials still encounter the same ignorance and stigma that I and many of my friends and peers did growing up. I was charged with making a short film with a group called The Proud Trust in Manchester which works with Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Trans and any other young people who feel they need their . It was pretty much a blank canvas to create a piece of work that would benefit me, the young people and both organisations involved: the BBC and The Proud Trust.

Even though I live happily as a gay man, and assume that I am pretty clued up, I learned that there are still aspects of LGBT+ life that I need to learn more about. I realised that I needed to increase my understanding of issues which affect trans people. Commonplace things like, the pronouns I identify with: he/him/his, and take for granted, are actually far more important to a trans person – I totally underestimated that.

Challenging my own perceived notions of gender, and learning to use pronouns which differed from the gender a person is born into, was hard to get to grips with. The young people were very understanding when I slipped up.

The volunteering experience helped me to grow my own confidence, to learn that I need to challenge my abilities and understanding of areas I assume I know a lot about. My team on Newsround will also benefit from the first-hand knowledge I gained which will help us to address these stories better, in the newsroom, when they come up.

I was left with the impression that The Proud Trust was an organisation which had helped the young people who use it to transition from being fearful of their identity to being proud of themselves, whatever they identify with. I hope they were left with a similarly positive impression of the BBC.

I wish that there had been a similar resource for young people when I was growing up. I went to school in the '90s in a seaside town in the West Coast of Scotland. There was nothing where I lived for young people. British society has come leaps and bounds since those days but, constantly addressing the challenges and concerns which affect young queer people is still really important to safeguard and protect them and ensure their positive contribution to society.

BBC Outreach & Corporate Responsibility brings the BBC closer to its audiences - particularly those audiences we have identified as harder to reach - with face-to-face activity, community and staff volunteering.

All the children at Judy Cowgill’s school have learned to play an orchestral instrument under a scheme called In Harmony. Ninety children performed at a concert whose final piece was Tuba Train, composed by Stephen Deazley, for BBC Outreach and Corporate Responsibility.

‘Every day I can see how their confidence is growing and they are beginning to believe in themselves and understand that they can do anything they set their minds to’

It was in 2014 that we first heard that the BBC Outreach and Corporate Responsibility Team were interested in commissioning a piece of music for our children to play. I’d heard of the department and knew that creativity and learning were two of their essential principles so this sounded like a wonderful idea.

Little did I know how this would develop.

For the last four years children at our school have been learning to play instruments, inspired by El Sistema of Venezuela. Here in England, In Harmony is a national programme for social change, using the learning of musical skills and performance as a way of raising self-esteem for the children and their families, and giving them new aspirations for the future.

For two years the children have met with the composer of Tuba Train, Stephen Deazley, on many occasions; he has run workshops for them in composing, percussion, they have sung and played their instruments, and for the very first time been involved in composing their own music.

As a champion for music and music education for children and young people Stephen was the perfect choice. He inspired the children to stretch their imaginations and motivated them to reach new heights in their playing.

The name of the piece Tuba Train came after a group of children had been to London to meet up with other In Harmony projects from around the country. After travelling on the Underground to the venue a child asked if they were going back on the “Tuba Train”. An accidental but delightful play on words that stuck with everyone.

After some performances of various movements of the piece – including and most fittingly at Newcastle Central Station to entertain train travellers –we finally got the go ahead to perform the whole piece – and not alone. The Royal Northern Sinfonia agreed to perform the whole of Tuba Train with the children.

When the day came, the stage at the Tyne Theatre and Opera House was packed with musicians aged seven years upwards! The stalls were packed with parents, ers and fans, some of whom had travelled across the country to see this amazing performance.

We listened in awe as the Royal Northern Sinfonia played to us, then the orchestras swopped over and we heard two great pieces from Hawthorn Primary Symphony Orchestra – including the Muppets theme which went down a storm with the audience.

The main event – Tuba Train - starts with voice-overs that the children recorded when they interviewed people at the train station. Each movement is different and demands different musical skills.  The children were totally focussed throughout, their faces full of concentration and looking like the real and wonderful musicians they are.

I wept unashamedly at the back as I saw these children, who come from very challenging backgrounds, holding their own with the professional orchestra – you couldn't tell them apart. The audience were enraptured throughout, and there was standing ovation at the end. I can’t begin to express my gratitude to the BBC Outreach team for making all this happen.  Our children have had an experience they will never forget; every day I can see how their confidence is growing and they are beginning to believe in themselves and understand that they can do anything they set their minds to.

BBC Outreach & Corporate Responsibility brings the BBC closer to its audiences - particularly those audiences we have identified as harder to reach - with face-to-face activity, community and staff volunteering.

Rem Conway is one of six BBC mentors giving advice and insight in a pilot scheme with the National Mentoring Consortium. The NMC was a successful applicant through BBC Outreach’s Community Doorway programme. NMC s equality and diversity in graduate recruitment, enhancing the employability of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicity students, and students with a disability or dyslexia. It works with 300 UK employers who provide volunteer mentors.

‘Having this role has stretched me, as I have had really to take the time to understand the person I am mentoring’

On a day-to-day basis I am usually working on BBC One’s daytime drama, Doctors, but for the past six months I have been mentoring Matt (I've changed his name), an undergraduate student from Birmingham University.

Mentors have always been a huge part of my own journey and a massive asset to my development in business and production so I have always had the desire to offer that development to somebody else.

Over the course of the scheme my mentee and I have met every fortnight to discuss a combination of different things that will develop his employability skills and prepare him for the big bad world of work.

What was interesting about being a mentor is that my mentee actually has all the skills he needs to be employed he just didn't know how to use them, and because of a lack of confidence in himself he could put barriers in his own way.

So for the early meetings we went through the usual documents and tools you think of – CV, job interviews, applications, and so on. And then once we’d been through those we focused on more of the personal things that might hold him back from reaching his goals.

I was then able to arrange some visits for him to the BBC so he could get a clear understanding of the industry and what he might do after university.

Having this role has stretched me, as I have had really to take the time to understand the person I am mentoring.

Things that are second nature to me may not be second nature to him so I had really to pay attention to how my mentee learns and what it is going to take to get him from where he is to where he wants to be.

It has been a pleasure working with the BBC Outreach team, before working for the BBC I only ever saw the things that transmit – programmes, radio shows, online videos, but it has been a great experience for me to get involved with the community outreach that the BBC does and which isn't always publicised.

From the from my mentee and his university, I am glad that they are all taking away a positive attitude towards BBC Outreach work, too.

BBC Outreach & Corporate Responsibility brings the BBC closer to its audiences - particularly those audiences we have identified as harder to reach - with face-to-face activity, community and staff volunteering.

A-level student Nia Dalton volunteered at the BBC’s recent Talent Ticket Roadshow in Bristol. Talent Ticket is designed for year-9 students across 10 of the most disadvantaged schools in Bristol, and aims to present students with an alternative career path in TV.

I benefitted from the week massively, and it confirmed I am eager to pursue the path of journalism.

I am currently studying English Language, Media Studies and Geography in my second year of A-Levels at the CLF Sixth Form Partnership, Bristol. I wish to pursue an under-graduate degree at university, followed by a post-graduate degree in journalism.

I was familiar with many of the programmes produced from BBC Bristol, such as ‘DIY SOS’, ‘Antiques Roadshow’, ‘Springwatch’ and ‘Deal or No Deal’. I quickly learnt how different jobs work together to create a final programme. The workplace was as professional and organised as I expected, and so relaxed that I felt comfortable and accepted. I was taken aback by the time, money and skills needed to create the kind of short programme that I simply sit back with a coffee and watch at home. I felt that I could speak openly to three of staff; my previous BBC tutor Katie Ellis (from the Talent Ticket scheme), and our supervisors Jo Sunderland and Shana Rose. They guided and ed us throughout the week.

From my experience of the ‘BBC Talent Ticket’ scheme this year I was eager to return on work experience with a group of year-10 students. Although they were many years younger than me we all quickly became friends and a team under the guidance of BBC staff.

I attended for five days and experienced different jobs and activities. We were constantly on our feet interacting and learning. One minute I was the director for our Radio 4 show, and then I switched to being a news sports presenter. I learnt many things that just cannot be taught in a classroom. My favourite moment was pitching our own natural history show idea to producers. We had spent the morning brain-storming and gathering inspiration from pitches the BBC were working on. Our target audience was our own age. Our idea was based around sending mis-behaved teenagers into badly affected areas of natural disasters. Not only would this give the teenagers a reality check into difficult, life-threatening situations, but it would also challenge their ability to adapt and help communities. We would give the presenters a task to fulfil (such as building a school), balancing a budget and then film them helping the community. The BBC Bristol production team were ive and enthusiastic about our idea - filling us with relief and adrenaline!

I benefitted from the week massively as it confirmed I am interested and eager to write in the media eye, and pursue a journalism path. I would like to thank everyone who was a part of my work experience placement.

BBC Outreach & Corporate Responsibility brings the BBC closer to its audiences - particularly those audiences we have identified as harder to reach - with face-to-face activity, community and staff volunteering.