DOCSLIB.ORG

In This Issue: Get Back to You As Soon As Possible

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
In This Issue: Get Back to You As Soon As Possible Issue 11 December 2014 www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk [email protected] Office: 0117 989 7820 Helpline: 0808 8088 100 Together for Families Helpline 7am-Midnight, 7 days a week 0808 8088 100 [email protected] www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk The Together for Families helpline provides information for families, carers and professionals; and for those calling on behalf of a friend or relative. It is open to anyone who looks after or knows a child or young person with a life-limiting condition. The helpline is open seven days a week between 7am and midnight. Outside of these hours, you can leave a message and we will In this issue: get back to you as soon as possible. Email [email protected] Text Santa to subscribe to Together for Families, or if you would like to contribute to a future edition – Meet the Team we’d love to hear from you. Family Companion Factsheets Follow us and join the conversation! Keir’s Story twitter.com/Tog4ShortLives facebook.com/togetherforshortlives Editors: Julia Hodgson and Claire Hodson Copyright © Together for Short Lives, 2014. The views expressed in Together for Families are not necessarily those of Together for Short Lives. Together for Short Lives is the leading UK charity that speaks for all children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions and all those who support, love and care for them. When children are unlikely to reach adulthood, we aim to make a lifetime of difference for them and their families. Together for Short Lives is a registered charity in England and Wales (1144022) and Scotland (SC044139) and is incorporated as a company limited by guarantee (7783702). www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk It’s been a busy few months at Together for Short Lives Text Santa HQ with lots of exciting Save your seat on the sofa as campaigns taking us up Text Santa will be returning to Christmas! to our screens on Friday 19 December at 8pm! It promises to Text Santa will be returning to our be an evening filled with festive screens on Friday 19 December so delights including a George make sure you save your seat on the Clooney Downton Abbey special, sofa for an action packed evening filled with lots of surprises. We will be live music performances from tweeting live throughout the show so chart topping stars and surprise make sure you’re following celebrity guest appearances! @tog4shortlives for all the latest news. Together for Short Lives has been chosen as The Global Radio Make Some Noise one of six charities benefitting from the funds appeal day took place on Thursday 9 raised during the appeal, which will help October, raising a fantastic £1.1 million us continue our work with local children’s through donations, auctions and hospice services that support and care for seriously ill children and their families. fundraising events. Together for Short Lives was the main beneficiary charity for the appeal – turn to page five for a CITV round up of the day’s events. Throughout December in the lead up to the Text Santa appeal show, Our family factsheets are available to CITV have been broadcasting a series of short films, highlighting download from the Together for Short young fundraisers. Lives website for free. Turn to page three for further information on how One of the short films features an inspiring young girl called Abbi who fundraises for Rainbows these can be used alongside our new Hospice for Children and Young People. Her brother Ryan, who was diagnosed with Duchenne Family Companion. The factsheets Muscular Dystrophy at the age of six, is supported by the service and Abbi also attends the detail further information on a wide sibling support service. variety of subjects, helping to support Abbi and Ryan share a love for art and have both sold paintings to raise money for the hospice. families caring for children with a Abbi enjoys creating canvas art and uses her skills to produce bespoke pictures made from life-limiting or life-threatening condition. buttons. Over the past couple of weeks, she has been producing Christmas cards and selling them at the hospice, raising money for ITV Text Santa. You will see that we are starting a new regular feature in this edition of Together The film shows the family at their home with Tricked magician Ben Hanlin, who stopped for Families called Meet the Team. by to perform magic tricks for the family with Meet the Team will highlight someone buttons! The footage also shows Abbi selling from our organisation, asking them her Christmas cards in the hospice. Abbi is five quick questions to give you some hoping to raise hundreds of pounds selling her bite size information on their role and cards for Text Santa! involvement with Together for Short Abbi told Together for Families: “I really enjoyed Lives. Turn to page four to see our Q&A selling my cards for Text Santa and was so with parent trustee Richard Strawson. pleased to have raised as much as I did. On behalf of everyone at Together for People said they were surprised I had made Short Lives, we would like to take this the cards as they looked so professional and time to wish all of our readers a very that made me feel very proud. It was also great fun when Ben came to our house, that was the Merry Christmas and Happy New Year... best part of the day. He did lots of magic tricks see you in 2015! with buttons, which were brilliant. I have seen Claire Ben on TV so it felt weird and really special to have him in my house.” Center Parcs short breaks Over the past year, ten of our families have enjoyed short breaks courtesy of Center Parcs. We are delighted that Center Parcs have once again donated ten more short break holidays for Together for Short Lives family members. The breaks can be taken at any of the five UK Center Parcs village locations – Whinfell Forest in Cumbria, Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, Elvedon Forest in Suffolk, Woburn Forest in Bedforshire and Longleat Forest in Wiltshire. Accommodation will be in a three bedroom New Style Woodland Lodge. The breaks can be taken either for a long weekend (Friday to Monday) or midweek (Monday to Friday) but excludes school and public holiday periods. We are inviting members of Together for Short Lives’ Family Community to enter a draw to go on one of these holidays. To register your interest, please email your contact details to [email protected] by Friday 9 January 2015. Please include details of your child’s condition and access requirements. Together for Short Lives will contact the lucky families and organise the holiday for a convenient time. All holidays need to be taken by 1 August 2015. Good luck! www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk twitter.com/Tog4ShortLives facebook.com/togetherforshortlives 2 Family Factsheets We’re delighted to launch our updated range of family factsheets that can be used alongside the new Family Companion. There are a total of 17 factsheets available that offer key information in bite size chunks, detailing information on the following topics: To give an idea of the type of information • Parent Support Groups that is included, we have highlighted two • Children’s Hospice Services factsheets to describe in further detail. • Making a Complaint Parent Support Groups (one for each UK nation) This factsheet provides information for • Grants and Wishes families that care for children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, detailing • Short Breaks and Holidays some of the main charities and support • Emotional Support and Counselling groups available for them. It includes links to organisations offering a wealth of information • Care Planning in Advance together with emotional support and/or • Transport practical help. • Aids and Equipment Understanding Siblings’ Needs • Spiritual, Religious and Cultural Wishes This factsheet has been designed to help parents who are worried about talking • Benefits to siblings about their brother or sister’s diagnosis and how this affects them. The • Understanding Siblings’ Needs factsheet also lists some useful organisations • The Child Death Review Process that can support parents and siblings. (England) You can download these resources for free at • The Mental Capacity Act the Together for Short Lives website: (England and Wales) www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk. Special Educational Needs and Share your experiences of childcare Disability (SEND) Reforms The Family and Childcare Trust want to speak to parents of Since 1 September, key parts of the new SEND system, brought about by children with special educational the Children’s and Families Act 2014, have been in place across England. needs and disabilities. The reforms, which include joined-up assessments, plans and services They are making a series of short films and for children and young people with SEND aged 0-25, should be fully written ‘top tips’ with parents of children with implemented by April 2018. special educational needs and disabilities offering advice to other parents about In the next edition of Together for Families, Don’t forget that we provide a number of accessing, choosing and paying for childcare. we will hear from James Cooper, our Public online resources to help make sure children These are funded by the Department for Affairs and Policy Manager, on whether children who need palliative care can benefit from the Education and will be shared on their website, with life-limiting conditions and families reforms: www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk/ through their network of Family Information are benefitting from the new system. In our sendproject/resources. Services and with other partners in the summer 2015 edition, we plan to reflect on Independent Parental Special Need Advice childcare sector.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Download Catch up Content
    Creating change for good ITV Responsibility Corporate Responsibility Summary Report 2017 Contents About us As an integrated producer broadcaster, we create, own and distribute high quality entertainment on multiple platforms globally. Since our first broadcast in 1955, we’ve grown into an integrated About us 1 producer broadcaster with an increasingly global and diversified How we do business 2 operating footprint. We run the largest commercial family of channels in the UK, as well as deliver programmes on demand through numerous Our Corporate Responsibility Strategy 3 platforms directly and on the ITV Hub. 2017 highlights and achievements 4 Our global production business, ITV Studios, creates and sells Did you programmes and formats from offices in the UK, US, Australia, France, People Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordics and Italy. It’s the largest and most successful commercial production company in the UK, and a know… Our commitments 6 leading unscripted independent producer in the US and Europe. In 2017, 54% of ITV Studios revenue was from outside the UK. ITV Studios Global Our website Case studies 7 Entertainment is a leading international distribution business, offering a Find out more on what we do at catalogue of over 45,000 hours of world-class television and film. In 2017, our itvresponsibility.com, including: Planet We reach 80% of the UK’s TV-watching population each week. group external Our commitments 8 Internationally, we’ve continued to grow with operations in 11 countries Reports and more than 6,300 colleagues based across the globe. revenue was over Policies Case studies 9 Toolkits In 2017, we continued to build significant scale in key creative markets £3.1 billion Latest news around the world, creating and producing programmes and formats Partnerships that return and travel, namely drama, entertainment and factual Our commitments 10 entertainment.
    [Show full text]
  • Roy Williams Avid Offline Editor
    Roy Williams Avid Offline Editor Profile Roy is a fantastic editor with the benefit of having a facilities background and experience across a broad range of genres. With an easy going and relaxed nature he is very easy to work with – nothing seems to phase him. He has a great sense of narrative, he can find a story in amongst hours of rushes and is incredibly organised. Roy is also known for his creative edge. Long-form Credits *Currently Cutting* “Motorhoming” 1 x 60min. The series follows comic couple Paul Merton and Suki Webster as they immerse themselves in the world of Motorhoming bringing the audience the ultimate A-Z guide to having an epic Great British Adventure, on four wheels. Curve Media for Channel 5 “For The Love of Kitchens” In this 8-part series, deVOL, an England-based furniture manufacturer will work with talented craftspeople to design stunning kitchens and interiors for clients. Betty TV for Discovery and Magnolia Network “Weekend Escapes with Greg Wallace” 2 x 60min. (Venice & Rome) Travelogue series which sees Wallace exploring various cities in search of the ideal weekend. In each city he’ll be experiencing the culture, exploring the history and, of course, indulging in the local cuisine. Rumpus Television for Channel 5 “Children in Need: 40 Fabulous Years” Special episode hosted by Ade Adepitan MBE, the programme will celebrate the previous appeal shows in 40 bite-sized chunks, including the funniest and the greatest moments from the last four decades. BBC One “Eastenders” Reversions of Britain’s most famous soap opera.
    [Show full text]
  • Broadcast and on Demand Bulletin Issue Number 308 04/07/16
    Ofcom Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin Issue number 308 4 July 2016 1 Ofcom Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin, Issue 308 4 July 2016 Contents Introduction 3 Broadcast Standards cases In Breach Going Underground RT, 5 and 23 March 2016, 14:00 5 Tables of cases Investigations Not in Breach 31 Complaints assessed, not investigated 32 Complaints outside of remit 38 Investigations List 40 2 Ofcom Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin, Issue 308 4 July 2016 Introduction Under the Communications Act 2003 (“the Act”), Ofcom has a duty to set standards for broadcast content as appear to it best calculated to secure the standards objectives1. Ofcom also has a duty to secure that every provider of a notifiable On Demand Programme Services (“ODPS”) complies with certain standards requirements as set out in the Act2. Ofcom must include these standards in a code, codes or rules. These are listed below. The Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin reports on the outcome of investigations into alleged breaches of those Ofcom codes and rules below, as well as licence conditions with which broadcasters regulated by Ofcom are required to comply. We also report on the outcome of ODPS sanctions referrals made by the ASA on the basis of their rules and guidance for advertising content on ODPS. These Codes, rules and guidance documents include: a) Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code (“the Code”) for content broadcast on television and radio services. b) the Code on the Scheduling of Television Advertising (“COSTA”) which contains rules on how much advertising and teleshopping may be scheduled in television programmes, how many breaks are allowed and when they may be taken.
    [Show full text]
  • E BULLETIN 2014 VOLUME 2, ISSUE3 P a G E 3 Age UK New Pilot Scheme
    E Bulletin S UPPORTING B LACKPOOL , W YRE & F YLDE 2014 F O R O V E R 7 5 YEARS VOLUME 2, ISSUE3 2 7 . 0 1 . 2 0 1 4 S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F INTEREST: CVS Updates Two funding stream elcome to the new edition of the CVS e-bulletin. We hope you find the articles information useful. INSIDE THIS W ISSUE: Save the Date! The CVS are holding an Information Event on February 20th 2014 at St. John’s Church Wyre Together 2 Community Showcase in Blackpool and we would like to invite you to come along. There will be ten Blackpool Event based organisations waiting to share with you what they do in the community. This is also an Fuserna Foundation 2 excellent opportunity for networking and talking about your own organisation. If you wish to Grants Programme attend please contact us and we will give you more details. Age UK New Pilot 3 Advice Session Park View 4U 3 Simon Lawton will be holding another advice session on Wednesday 29th January here at the Workshops CVS offices. He will be advising you on matters such as funding, governance, or setting up. Blackpool Central 4 PACT Meetings Please give him a ring on 01253 624505 to book a slot. The Zone - Wyre, 4 Social Media and Why It’s Important Winter Programme Thousands of charities in the UK are aware of social media, but aren’t sure what it can do for Coming up at Wyre’s 5 Theatres them.
    [Show full text]
  • WILL ING Writer
    WILL ING Writer Television 2020- CHANNEL HOPPING WITH JON RICHARDSON 2021 Rumpus Media 2019- THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MOVIES 2021 CPL Productions/ Sky1 2018- A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN 2021 CPL Productions/Sky1 8 OUT OF 10 CATS DOES COUNTDOWN Zeppotron, 2012-19 2019- GOLDIES OLDIES 2020 Viacom 2019 WHAT HAPPENS IF Screen Glue 2017 ZAPPED Co-Creator & Co-Writer (with Paul Powell and Will Ing) of a high-concept series Black Dog Television and Baby Cow Productions for UKTV (2 series) 8 OUT OF 10 CATS Zeppotron/More 4 THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE ITV UNSPUN WITH MATT FORDE Avalon (Series 2) BIG STAR’S LITTLE STAR 12 Yard/ITV (Series 4 & 5) A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN CPL Productions/Sky1 FABLE Pilot script in development with Baby Cow/Microsoft LAST IN LINE Co-Creator & Co-Writer (with Paul Powell and Dan Gaster) of pilot script Black Dog Television / Kudos MY FAMILY AND OTHER IDIOTS Co-Creator & Co-Writer (with Paul Powell and Dan Gaster) of pilot script Black Dog Television NICE GUY EDDIE Co-Creator & Co-Writer (with Paul Powell and Dan Gaster) of pilot script Black Dog Television 2015 8 OUT OF 10 CATS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Zeppotron/Channel 4 BIG STAR’S LITTLE STAR 12 Yard/ITV WHAT PLANET ARE YOU ON? BBC Earth 2014 YOU SAW THEM HERE FIRST Three Series, ITV RELATIVELY CLEVER Scriptwriter, John Stanley Productions/Sky LIVE AT THE APOLLO Additional material, Open Mike/BBC COMEDY PLAYHOUSE Writing for Victoria Wood WILD THINGS Additional material, IWC Media/Sky 1 OPERATION OUCH Two Series for CBBC/Maverick LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU STV/ITV HOLLYWOOD SQUARES Non-TX Pilot for Group M MARCEL LE CONT SHOW Non-TX Pilot for BBC, 2014 2013 10 O’CLOCK LIVE Two Series, Zeppotron, 2012-2013 SHOW ME THE TELLY ITV HOW TO WIN EUROVISION BBC WHEN MIRANDA MET BRUCE BBC SECRET EATERS Endemol/Channel 4 FAKE REACTION Two Series for STV Productions/ITV, 2011-2013 AND YOU ARE? Co-Creator & Co-Writer, hosted by Miranda Hart.
    [Show full text]
  • Justine Westwood. 07767 707 693. [email protected]
    Justine Westwood. 07767 707 693. [email protected] W.W.W.JUSTINEWESTWOOD.COM Staff Costume and Make up Manager for The London Studios - LWT, Granada, ITV - 17 years Skills: Costume Design/Creation, Styling, Wardrobe Supervising, Make up Professional Training: Make up Diploma Greasepaint. Airbrushing for HD - Hair Cutting Vidal Sassoon short courses. As a Make up, Costume and Styling freelancer I offer: Presenter Styling or Costume Design and Supervising. Strong PR contacts. Extensive knowledge of period costume. The delivery of low cost collections on brief. – The following is a selection of my work for TV—not including many corporate films and events. The Sidemen Antenna Costume Design and Styling Rinderland Pilot So Television Costume and Make up Tenable Initial Wardrobe and Makeup Celebability ITV Studios Costume and Styling Royal Variety ItV Studios Richard Jones Magician The Crystal Maze RDF Costume Designer Alan Carrs Grease Night Monkey Kingdom Costume Designer The Brits 2016 2017 Brits TV Wardrobe Supervisor Meet the Parents ITV Studios Costume Supervisor Surprise Surprise XMAS ITV Studios Make up/Costume for Elves Come Dine with Me Champions ITV Shiver Make up/Stylist, wardrobe Pick Me ITV Studios Make up/Costume Your Nice Life—Davina Pilot ITV Studios Make up and Wardrobe Supervisor Metrropolis—Period Drama recon s Nutopia Period Costume and Make up Surprise Surprise Lionel Richie. ITV Studios VT Wardrobe supervisor Your Back in the Room series 1, 2 Tuesdays Child L E Wardrobe Supervisor and Stylist Text Santa 2014 and
    [Show full text]
  • Hannah Wing – Hair & Makeup Artist/Wardrobe Stylist E: [email protected] T: 07931 906 409 W
    Hannah Wing – Hair & Makeup Artist/Wardrobe Stylist E: [email protected] T: 07931 906 409 W: www.bellusfemina.co.uk Television Alder (ITV) – Hair & Makeup Artist (Main Team) – Director Paul Andrew Williams *IN PRODUCTION Midwich Cuckoo (Sky One) – Hair & Makeup Artist (Main Team) – Director Alice Troughton/Jennifer Perrott *IN PRODUCTION Bridgerton – (Netflix) Series 2 - Crowd Makeup Artist – Director Tricia Brock *IN PRODUCTION Call The Midwife - (BBC1) Series 11 – Crowd Hair & Makeup Artist – Director Annie Tricklebank *IN PRODUCTION Lockwood & Co – (Netflix) Series 1 - Hair & Makeup Artist - Director Joe Cornish *IN PRODUCTION How to Stay Sane In A Mad World – (C4) Hair & Makeup Artist to Rosie Jones – Director Dawn Erick Fargo – (AMC/C4) - Hair & Makeup Artist to Ben Whishaw/ Rabbi Milligan (1 episode - 2020) ARD News – Hair & Makeup Artist to Annette Dittert (Foreign Correspondent) C5 News – Hair & Makeup Artist Sky News (Sky) – Freelance Hair & Makeup Artist ITN News – Freelance Hair & Makeup Artist Rip Off Britain (BBC1) – Hair & Makeup to Julia Sommerville – Director: Ryan Woolmington The Jeremy Vine Show (C5) – Makeup Artist – Directors: Bee Badik & Daniel Wright Naked Beach (C4) – Hair & Makeup Artist for Series 2019 – Director: Samuel Simon Cable News Network (CNN) – Freelance Hair & Makeup Artist – HOD: Joanne Morgan The One Show (BBC1) – Freelance Hair & Makeup Artist – HOD: Liz Beckett Sunday Brunch (C4) – Hair & Makeup Lead – Director: Daver Skinner Made in Chelsea (C4) – Freelance Hair & Makeup Artist –
    [Show full text]
  • Inspiration Is What the Academy Aims to Deliver. British Academy of Film and Television Arts 01 Annual Report and Accounts 2008
    British Academy of Film and Television Arts Annual Report and Accounts 2008 Inspiration is what the Academy aims to deliver. British Academy of Film and Television Arts 01 Annual Report and Accounts 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Arts 195 Piccadilly London W1J 9LN Tel: +44 (0)207 292 5842 www.bafta.org Company Registration no. 617869 Charity No. 216726 BAFTA Companies: British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA Management Limited BAFTA Productions Limited British Academy of Film and Television Arts 02 Contents Chairman’s Statement 3 Report of the Trustees 2008 1 Structure, Governance and Management 4 1.1 About BAFTA 4 1.2 The organisational structure 4 1.3 Related parties 4 2 Review of 2008 and plans for the future 5 2.1 BAFTA 5 2.2 Learning & Events 5 2.3 Archive 6 2.4 Awards 6 2.5 Other initiatives 7 2.6 BAFTA Management Ltd 8 2.7 BAFTA Productions Ltd 9 2.8 Key Performance Indicators 9 3 Financial Review 12 3.1 Review of financial position 12 3.2 Risk management 13 3.3 Financial policies 13 4 Administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisers 14 4.1 Charity details 14 4.2 Sector committees 14 4.3 Methods adopted for recruitment and appointment of new trustees 14 4.4 Policies and procedures for induction and training of trustees 15 4.5 Register of interests 15 4.6 BAFTA advisers 15 4.7 Auditors 15 4.8 Sponsors and donors 15 4.9 Corporate partners 15 5 Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities 17 Annual Accounts 2008 Independent Auditors’ report 18 Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities 19 Consolidated and Charity Balance Sheets 20 Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 21 Notes to the Financial Statements 22 British Academy of Film and Television Arts 03 Chairman’s Statement This has been a significant year in our development, with The formulation of our Communications strategy allowed our support of the Film, Television and Video Games us to focus on raising awareness of our charitable aims.
    [Show full text]
  • View Annual Report
    ITV plc Annual Report and Accounts 2018 December 31 ended year the for ITV plc Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018 Welcome to the 2018 Annual Report We are an integrated producer broadcaster, creating, owning and distributing high-quality content on multiple platforms. This is so much More than TV as we have known it. 4 ITV at a Glance 18 28 Market Review Key Performance Indicators 6 32 Chairman’s Operating and Statement Performance Review 1 Strengthen Integrated broadcaster 8 24 producer Chief Executive’s Our Strategy 2 3 Grow Create UK and global Direct to Report production consumer 26 46 54 Our Business Model Finance Risks and Review Uncertainties Contents Strategic Report Strategic Key financial highlights Contents Group external revenue1 Non-advertising revenue2 Strategic Report 2018 Highlights 2 ITV at a Glance 4 Governance £3,211m £1,971m Chairman’s Statement 6 Chief Executive’s Report 8 (+3%) (+5%) Investor Proposition 14 (2017: £3,130m) (2017: £1,874m) Non-Financial Information Statement 15 Corporate Responsibility Strategy 16 Adjusted EBITA3 Statutory EBITA Market Review 18 Our Strategy 24 £810m £785m Our Business Model 26 Key Performance Indicators 28 (-4%) (-3%) Operating and Performance Review 32 (2017: £842m) (2017: £810m) Alternative Performance Measures 44 Financial Statements Finance Review 46 Adjusted EPS Statutory EPS Risks and Uncertainties 54 15.4p 11.7p (-4%) (+15%) Governance Chairman’s Governance Statement 64 (2017: 16.0p) (2017: 10.2p) Board of Directors 66 Management Board 68 Dividend per share p (ordinary) Leverage4 Corporate Governance 70 Audit and Risk Committee Report 80 8.0p 1.1x Remuneration Report 92 Additional information (+3%) (2017: 1.0x) Directors’ Report 109 (2017: 7.8p) Financial Financial Statements 117 Statements Independent Auditor’s Report 118 Primary Statements 125 Corporate website ITV plc Company Financial We maintain a corporate website at www.itvplc.com containing Statements 189 our financial results and a wide range of information of interest to institutional and private investors.
    [Show full text]
  • After Dinner Speakers, Conference Hosts, Presenters & Entertainers
    After Dinner Speakers, Conference Hosts, Presenters & Entertainers stablished in 1988 The Right Address is an experienced, professional and friendly speaker and entertainment consultancy. EUnderstanding the challenges that can arise when you are organising a conference, dinner, or any business event, has been the key to our success over the years. What can you expect from The Right Address? We offer you the best in after dinner and business speakers, If you would like to browse through more ideas before cabaret and musical entertainment. From well known names speaking to one of our consultants you can do so by visiting to those you may not have heard of, we pride ourselves our website www.therightaddress.co.uk in getting the perfect speaker for your event. The right speaker, or presenter, can turn a routine annual dinner The website enables you to search for a speaker by name, into a memorable occasion, or your awards evening into or category and provides more details on each speaker, a glamorous high profile event, which your guests will be performer or comedian listed. speaking about for weeks to come. Whilst browsing the site you can create your very own You can expect from The Right Address the top business wish list as you go. This can either be saved to refer to and keynote speakers, from captains of industry, at a later date or sent to us to request more information politicians, experts in the economy, technology, on your chosen selection. Alternatively there is an enquiry banking and the environment, to the most vibrant up form to complete and send to us if you have additional and coming entrepreneurs.
    [Show full text]
  • Creating Change for Good
    CreatingAt the hear changet of every forthing good we do ITV Responsibility Corporate Responsibility Summary Report 2015 Corporate Responsibility Summary Report 2015 A message from Adam Responsibility ITV Responsibility Contents A message from Adam At ITV, we pride ourselves on being at the heart of 1 popular culture. At the core of our business is a focus A message on creativity and content. from Adam 2 To continue to be commercially successful, it’s essential that we make and broadcast programmes in a responsible and Corporate website About 4 sustainable way. We maintain a corporate us responsibility website at Our We want to create world class content through our production itvresponsibility.com approach business and attract the largest possible audiences to our family containing a wide range of of channels. To succeed we must make sure we employ the best information including: 6 talent and produce content that appeals to our audiences. How we • Reports do business As a broadcaster, we recognise our privileged position; an ability • Policies 8 to reach over 40 million people a week, and we believe that our • Toolkits social purpose is to harness the influence of our most-loved and • Latest news 2015 most-watched programmes to create change for good. Whether highlights and that’s through mainstreaming a social topic on daytime TV, being 10 inclusive in our game shows, raising millions for charity, or raising achievements the bar on reducing the environmental impact of the world’s ITV Responsibility longest-running soap. The combination of these efforts is to use Corporate Responsibility People our significant presence in millions of homes to bring about Summary Report 2015 20 positive change.
    [Show full text]
  • Continued Strong Operating Performance Full Year Results for the Year Ending 31St December 2018
    Stock code: ITV Continued strong operating performance Full year results for the year ending 31st December 2018 Carolyn McCall, ITV Chief Executive, said: “ITV’s operational performance across 2018 was strong despite the uncertain economic and political environment, with total external revenue up 3%, including total advertising revenues up 1%. We delivered great viewing figures on air and online with ITV setting a host of new records and achieving an impressive 3% growth in total viewing. “ITV Studios continued to show good growth producing a range of great shows including The Voice, Bodyguard, Love Island and a host of other hits. “ITV is making good progress as we invest in our More than TV strategy – repositioning the ITV brand, developing our data and digital capabilities, increasing our ability to offer addressable advertising and expanding our direct to consumer activities. Cost savings, which will partly offset this essential investment are on track. “We are in the concluding phase of talks with the BBC to establish a strategic partnership to bring BritBox, an exciting new SVOD service, to UK audiences. This will provide an unrivalled collection of British boxsets and original series in one place. We have agreed a joint vision for the service and are now working on a formal agreement. We anticipate that other partners will be added to BritBox and we will both speak to regulators and the wider industry about our proposals. “We have started 2019 with strong onscreen and online viewing. However, the economic and political headwinds for the UK will have an effect on the advertising market and while ITV is increasingly diversified, we remain sensitive to this.
    [Show full text]