Promoting Excellence in Broadcasting about Religion, Ethics and Spirituality
Documentaries that delve into belief systems around the world deepen our understanding of both other cultures and our own At the Sandford St Martin Trust, we’ve long argued that you can’t truly understand the world without understanding religion. Broadcast programming that explores the values other people hold, how they see their place in the world,
The Sandford St Martin Trust recently collaborated with the University of Leeds, the International Broadcasting Trust (IBT) and the Campaign for the Arts on research which has uncovered significant failings by the UK’s public service broadcasters (PSBs) in making key interest genres – including religion and belief, the arts and international issues – visible and accessible
In addition to a (rather splendid) trophy, the winning production teams in the four categories of our Sandford St Martin Awards competition also receive a modest grant which our trustees hope will be used to support their work and future projects exploring religion or belief. In return we ask them to keep in touch and
On June 17th – a perfect summer’s evening ‘all soft and still and fair’ – the Sandford St Martin 2024 Awards ceremony took place in one of London’s most beautiful and iconic buildings. Nestled on the south bank of the River Thames, Southwark Cathedral is at the heart of what has long been a lively and diverse
The Sandford St Martin 2023 Awards ceremony was held in Manchester University’s Whitworth Hall. This is an excerpt from the printed programme. When John Reith, the first Director General of the British Broadcasting Corporation, took up his appointment at the BBC in December 1922, he brought baggage. The son of a minister with the Free Church
On 29 March, the Department for Culture Media and Sport took significant steps in making good the Government’s intention to update the 2003 Communications Act when it published a draft Media Bill. The draft covers a lot of ground but those working in British broadcasting have been looking for the Bill to: Whether the draft
We’ve just announced that Sir Lenny Henry is to be one of this year’s winners of the Sandford St Martin Trustees Award, in recognition of his ongoing campaigning work to address inequality and under-representation in broadcasting. When we chose him, we didn’t know it would coincide with the launch of the profoundly moving BBC film, My Name