We've launched an urgent Crisis Fund Appeal to help freelance journalists around the world. The UN says there are more conflicts underway around the world in 2024 than at any time since the end of WWII. One consequence of that is a surge in the number of freelancers needing help from the Rory Peck Trust. In fact, so many, that with a third of 2024 still remaining, our Crisis Fund is depleted. This isn't just about freelancers - as important as they are. This is about all of us because of what independent journalism and eyewitness reporting deliver: free, informed and accountable societies. Please help us, help them. Spread the word far & wide! DONATE NOW: https://lnkd.in/eknt8SVf
Rory Peck Trust
Philanthropic Fundraising Services
London, England 1,474 followers
Supporting freelance journalists and their families worldwide.
About us
The Rory Peck Trust was established as a charity in 1995 and remains the only organisation in the world dedicated to providing direct, practical support to freelance newsgatherers and their families around the world. The principal objectives of the Trust are to support freelance newsgatherers and their families worldwide in times of need, to raise their profile, promote their welfare and safety, and to support their right to report freely and without fear. The main areas of our work include: ASSISTANCE GRANTS provide financial assistance to freelance newsgatherers in crisis, and to those who have been seriously injured or are suffering persecution, exile or imprisonment as a result of their work. They also support the families of those who have lost their lives. TRAINING BURSARIES make hostile environment training affordable for freelancers, enabling them to gain the skills and knowledge needed to work in difficult and dangerous environments REGION-SPECIFIC PROJECTS run in collaboration with local and international partners protect and educate freelancers in practical ways that are specific to their needs. ONGOING PRACTICAL ADVICE AND INFORMATION for freelancers and their families – a unique and essential source of guidance, support and referral. This includes our online digital resource pages. THE RORY PECK AWARDS are uniquely dedicated to the work of freelance cameramen and camerawomen in news and current affairs. Established in 1995, they highlight the important contribution that freelancers make to newsgathering and why they deserve support.
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http://rorypecktrust.org
External link for Rory Peck Trust
- Industry
- Philanthropic Fundraising Services
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- London, England
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1995
- Specialties
- media training, fundraising and support, Advocacy, and awareness raising
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Primary
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Somerset House
London, England WC2R 1LA, GB
Employees at Rory Peck Trust
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Sophie Pacellini
Marketing and Development Lead
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Sandhiya Sophie Argent
Founding Member of Creators Counsel/Media Lawyer/International Human Rights/ Writer/
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Tira Shubart
Chair, The Rory Peck Trust, Journalist, Media Trainer, Freelance Human, Space Exploration & Human Space Flight is very cool indeed....
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David Briggs
Business Manager at The Rory Peck Trust
Updates
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LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP!! Just 3 places left for our upcoming Psychological Safety Training Workshop at the The Frontline Club on 18th September - fully funded for freelance journalists. This day-long workshop led by the incredible award-winning journalist Ismail Einashe & Brock Chisholm, Clinical Psychologist, will cover the basics of trauma reporting and offer practical tips on how to cope, with a specific focus on survivors of sexual violence and migrants and their families. Delivered by Dart Centre Europe. More details & register now: https://lnkd.in/eRXhrqzz
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LAST CHANCE TO ENTER! Submissions deadline for the #RoryPeckAwards 2024 is TODAY at midnight (BST). #freelance #JournalismMatters Enter your work or nominate a freelance colleague: https://lnkd.in/dQb9THm
Awards | The Rory Peck Trust
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As requested by our busy newsroom supporters, we are extending the #RoryPeckAwards entry deadline by 1 week. Entries will now close at 11:59PM (BST) on Friday 12th July. Here's a preview from some of the work submitted so far - our thanks to the global freelance community for sharing their important work with us. More details & enter here: https://lnkd.in/dQb9THm
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We're recruiting! An exciting opportunity is available for a Programme Assistant to join our small, friendly multi-national team. If you're interested in human rights and media freedom, this is a rare chance to develop your career in this area. Your work will have a direct impact on the lives of freelance journalists working all over the world. Deadline for applications is next Friday 12th July. More details here: https://lnkd.in/e4FRzjG
Job Opportunities | The Rory Peck Trust
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Time is running out to enter the news industry's most celebrated awards for freelance journalism, the Rory Peck Awards. There's never been a more important time to recognise the work of freelance journalists around the world. Submit your work or nominate a colleague - fee waivers available to those who need it. Prizes include a chance to attend the Awards in London, highlight your work on a global level and network with an influential audience of journalists, commissioners and newsroom leaders. Winners receive a cash prize of £1000 and all finalists take away £500. The 30th annual Rory Peck Awards will take place on Thursday 28th November at the BFI Southbank in London. DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: FRIDAY 5TH JULY https://lnkd.in/dQb9THm
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We're seeking riders to help fundraise for the Rory Peck Trust this autumn! Follow a scenic 280km, 3-day ride, with much of the trip taking place on an official Velo route. The cycle begins the morning of Monday the 7th, culminating in a gala dinner in Bayeux on the evening of Wednesday the 9th. The Prix Bayeux War Reporters’ Memorial Service will take place on Thursday the 10th. All overseas riders are welcome to join the start of the cycle in Paris or meet in Bayeux. More details & how to sign up on the link below!
Cycle Paris to Bayeux | The Rory Peck Trust
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ONLY 2 WEEKS LEFT TO ENTER THE #RoryPeckAwards 2024! There’s never been a more important time to recognise the work of freelance journalists around the world. Enter your work or nominate a #freelancer here: https://lnkd.in/gXMbcw27
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Come work at the Rory Peck Trust! An exciting opportunity has become available for a Programme Assistant to join our small, friendly multi-national team. If you're interested in human rights and media freedom, this is a rare chance to develop your career in this area. Your work will have a direct impact on the lives of freelance journalists working all over the world. More here: https://lnkd.in/e4FRzjG
Job Opportunities | The Rory Peck Trust
https://rorypecktrust.org
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Today we and our #mediafreedom partners are calling on whoever is wins the UK General Election to provide safe refuge for journalists forced to flee their home countries. A letter to the party leaders from our Executive Director:
This week, political leaders are unveiling their manifestos for the UK General Election on July 4th. By law, non-profits like the Rory Peck Trust must remain impartial. It is not our place to pick sides. However, we are allowed to continue to campaign for the causes we believe in. Today, Rory Peck and the Committee to Protect Journalists, along with Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Index on Censorship and International News Safety Institute (INSI) are calling on the next UK Government to provide safe refuge for journalists forced to flee their home countries in fear their lives. The UN says there are more armed conflicts around the world today than at any time since the end of the Second World War. Media, including freelanders, are often victims of these conflicts as they try to report without fear of favour. We want the UK to reserve a small number of emergency visas that can be issued at short notice to journalists who escape, fearing death or imprisonment because of their work. It is a proposal which was made in Britain, the recommendation of a High-Level Panel of Legal Experts convened by the UK as the original co-chair of the Media Freedom Coalition of 51 countries committed to improving the safety of journalists. But while countries including Canada, Germany, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have adopted the plan, the UK has not. As we write in our letter to the party leaders which you can read below, journalism and journalists are an indispensable pillar of democracy. But too often it can cost the truthtellers, many of them freelancers, their lives or their livelihoods. So, as British democracy takes centre-stage, we ask that whichever party forms the next government, they heed the words of the legal experts commissioned by the UK four years ago: “states that believe protecting journalists and championing their work constitutes a vital pillar of a free and democratic society, need to act.” I couldn’t put it better myself.
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