Our community media project - Talking About My Generation team has launched a new programme of training. The training is for our existing community reporters and members of the public over the age of 50 across Greater Manchester who are interested in learning new skills. These are the upcoming sessions in the My Gen Community Reporter
Co-founders of Yellow Jigsaw Grace Dyke and Kirsty Day We're celebrating an exciting development here at YJ HQ! We have secured investment to expand our projects that enable people aged 7 to 70 to develop news reporting and media skills. We have been awarded £21,600 from the Access to Growth fund, part of
Our Media and Content Producer Jodie Smith has been with us for six months now. Here she talks about her time in her new role, going from university, interning with us to becoming a much valued employee. "Is it just me or do you sometimes struggle to stop and reflect and instead jump straight into
The Yellow Jigsaw team is passionate about delivering targeted projects that tackle the issue of media diversity. Our vision is a media landscape where the people who consume the news are the same people who make the news. This is why we are so delighted that the team of voluntary community reporters at Talking About My Generation have been
As we close the YJ doors on 2020 and prepare for a break from helping amazing organisations tell their stories and news, we thought we’d share a few of our own. We’ve never felt prouder of being a part of the social enterprise sector as we have done this year. As the pandemic forced organisations
This week, Culture Minister John Whittingdale warned the BBC about pandering to the “metropolitan elite” of Manchester, as part of discussions about the future of the licence fee. Whittingdale told the Commons he was concerned the BBC was not doing enough to reflect the lives of people who live in smaller towns and rural areas
Yellow Jigsaw has launched a new website as a legacy to a project that helped to change the record on growing older in Greater Manchester. The Talking About My Generation news team - made up of community reporters aged 50 and over from across Greater Manchester, have spent the last 12 months causing a big sensation; capturing
Art With Heart team at Eccles Library Salford reporter, Paul Sherlock, paid a visit to Art With Heart’s mobile wellbeing room – SPACE - in Eccles Library for a cuppa, a chat, plenty of feel-good activities and does exactly what it says on the tin – giving you space to unwind and connect. Here he
Bolton born-and-bred entrepreneur Ken Heathcote took to the stage as part of Bolton’s TEDx Talk event – hosted by the University of Bolton - and his talk was met with a standing ovation. The event at the university’s Institute of Management, is part of an international network of talks. Speakers are challenged to share ‘ideas
Our reporters – Paul Sherlock, Jean Friend and Bob Alston, joined dozens of others at Salford Older People’s Day held at Salford Museum and Art Gallery – which had a theme of being Age Proud. The day included creative, sport and tech activities as well as discussions that reflect both the spirit of this year’s
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