We believe in a confident social sector able to develop and amplify lived experience stories and expertise to address social inequalities.
We want to see people in positions to use their lived experience of social injustice so they can influence change on that issue.
We work towards greater representation and diversity of the voices we hear in the media and beyond.
Find out more about what we do and who we are.
Our programme creates a network of confident spokespeople, who have direct experience of social injustices. Developed collaboratively with a network of leaders with lived experience, it aims to diversify the voices we hear in the media and in rooms with policymakers and other decision makers. Through training, mentoring, peer support and speaking opportunities, we tackle the barriers that prevent these experts from engaging with the people and platforms that have the power to influence national conversations. Meet the network.
"Being the Story is an amazing platform for those who are working for social change. Not only did it give us a platform, the team behind it pushed our story into the mainstream media where it has been given a lot of attention, enabling us to gain funding to support the countless young people in our communities faced with issues of knife crime."
Simeon Moore, DatsTV
Once a month, for two hours, supervised in the community, was my legal right to a meaningful relationship with my children. Christmases meant giving their gifts to them on a cold park bench within my allocated time.
When Hull-based hip-hop artist and youth mentor Steve Arnott saw how powerful creativity could be in changing young lives, he decided to take that energy on the road. He co-founded Beats Bus, a mobile recording studio and youth project. It brings together the elements of hip-hop, MCing, DJing, breakdance and graffiti, to help young people find their voice and express themselves freely.
In 2019, Steve joined the very first Spokesperson Network programme, created to support people with lived experience of social injustice or inequality to become more confident and visible. For Steve, it was the spark that helped transform his confidence, amplify his voice and help Beats Bus Records grow into the movement it is today.
I applied to Sounddelivery Media’s Spokesperson Network because I wanted to learn how to engage with the media and make our work more visible. Mothers Uncovered supports every mother, not just a demographic of mothers, and sometimes that can make it harder to get attention. I hoped the Spokesperson Network could help me find the right routes to get our message across.
Claire Fisher discusses the government’s Keep Britain Working report and how disabled people need to be at the table when decisions are being made. Read the full article.
Hameeda Khan talks about her experience of racism in the workplace and calling out discrimination. Read the article here.
Rowan Humphries-Massey writes about how the crisis around ADHD/Autism diagnosis rates or lack of clinical consensus, dangerously misses the point. Read the piece here.
