Open Door Awards
The Skillset Open Door Awards ran from 2005-2007 and provided a passport of media skills training and networking opportunities for London media talent who are disabled or from minority ethnic groups seeking their next step up the career ladder.
The scheme provided 40 talented people from across London with an Award to develop their skills and knowledge within their chosen field. Projects covered New Media, Radio Journalism and HD Video Production.
The beneficiaries completed their training and delivered their projects to a high standard and have since secured employment or gone on to study within their specialist area at Further and Higher Education institutions.
Diversity is at the heart of Skillset's work. By helping to develop the talent who will be creating content that will attract and build the new audiences of the future, we are hoping to help redress the current representational imbalance in our industries.
Check out the work of the Open Door Awardees
Skillset's Open Door Awards provided 40 Londoners who are disabled or from minority ethnic groups with a career boost - now you can find out more about the awardees and their work
Read MoreOpen Door Awards success stories
Skillset's Open Door Awards did exactly what it said on the can, and threw open those hard-to-prise media industry doors to bright new talents from London's minority ethnic groups.
Read MoreDiversifying Radio
Diverse radio audiences need diverse radio programmes. Skillset found a way to encourage the radio industry to open its doors to talented, progressive practitioners by creating the Skillset Open Door Awards.
Read MoreMillennium Awards
Between 2001 and 2004, Skillset gave 120 grants to individuals from the UK's black and minority ethnic communities to support them in developing media skills that could be used in a project that would benefit their community.
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