What makes the team at Yellow Jigsaw smile? To celebrate World Smile Day (October 6) we’re sharing what makes us smile! What makes you smile? Grace Dyke - Strategic Director “The people we work with make me smile on a daily basis. It is a privilege to

Grace at Elevate Gamechanger awards with winner and disability rights advocate, Alex Winstanley Yellow Jigsaw announced as a founding member of Elevate We are thrilled to announce that Yellow Jigsaw has become a founding member of Elevate, a dynamic and forward-thinking business network dedicated to fostering collaboration, diversity, sustainability, and

Older generation reporters in Sunderland upskilled in broadcast interview techniques Our older people’s led news project, Talking About My Generation, based in Greater Manchester, has inspired another group to form in Sunderland, with the help of Sunderland City Council and Sunderland Ageing Well Ambassadors. The We’ar Shining the Light news team,

Capturing the Wigan Council Holiday Activity and Food Programme 2023 As well as upskilling over 1200 young people across Greater Manchester, our Media Cubs project has been busy capturing all of the fun across Wigan as part of the council’s Holiday Activity and Food programme. The programme provides healthy meals and

'Broadcasting confidence’ media training with Cumbria Wildlife Trust The Yellow Jigsaw team took a trip to a beautiful part of the world to deliver media training to staff from Cumbria Wildlife Trust to increase their confidence when giving broadcast interviews and creating social media video content. The team, made up of

Why you should totally get behind social enterprises Did you know that Yellow Jigsaw is a social enterprise? Every time you partner with us, take one of our training sessions, or request work from us, you’re making a difference and supporting something good. In case you didn’t already know, a social

Top tips: Using Canva for social media creation Eye-catching graphics and engaging designs are essential for grabbing the attention of your audience and conveying your message effectively online. We recommend Canva - a free, versatile and user-friendly graphic design tool that empowers both professionals and beginners to create stunning visuals for

A return for Grace, a trip to the Big Smoke and one big question… Having spent the past six months immersed in my new role as a Mum, I was perhaps more excited than the average person to dust off my ‘work hat’ and resume my role as a director of Yellow Jigsaw

My work experience with Yellow Jigsaw: from TikTok to Talking About My Generation Sixth form student – Archie Day – joined Yellow Jigsaw for a week of work experience with a set of skills he had in mind that he wanted to increase including communication, IT, teamwork and building confidence. Here, he

Yellow Jigsaw project expands for Summer 2023 with new staff, partnerships and activities on offer We're excited to announce that our Media Cubs project is expanding once again this Summer. Our 'pop-up TV studio and newsroom' workshops will be transforming even more young people into mini reporters and movie makers, thanks to