# BBC MEDIA ACTION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1076235
- **Other names:** THE BBC WORLD SERVICE TRAINING TRUST, THE BBC WORLD SERVICE TRUST, BBC WST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 23, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1076235


## Contact

- **Address:** British Broadcasting Corporation, Wogan House, Portland Place, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W1A 1AA
- **Phone:** 02036144272
- **Email:** media.action@bbc.co.uk
- **Website:** www.bbcmediaaction.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF JOURNALISTS AND ALL OTHERS ENGAGED IN THE BROADCAST MEDIA IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF JOURNALISM, PROGRAMME PRODUCTION, BROADCASTING AND RELATED MEDIA SKILLS INCLUDING ETHICS AND CODES OF CONDUCT, TECHNICAL PRESENTATION AND WRITING SKILLS, INCLUDING ETHICS AND CODES OF CONDUCT, TECHNICAL PRESENTATION AND WRITING SKILLS, INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES, PRESS AND NEWS CONFERENCES, RELEVANT LAW AND NEWSROOM ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES SO AS TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF BALANCE, FAIRNESS, INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM; AND  2. THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES INCLUDING HEALTH, LAW, SOCIAL POLICY, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, HISTORY, POLITICS, ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, LANGUAGES, AND IN THE AVAILABILITY OF EDUCATION, AND IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PRODUCTION AND BROADCASTING AND OTHER DISSEMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL FILMS AND RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES AND THE PUBLICATION OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

**Activities:** BBC Media Action uses media and communication to reduce poverty and promote human rights, thereby enabling people to build better lives. We work in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East and Central Asia.  We have three main thematic areas: health, governance and humanitarian, and two subsidiary areas: education/livelihoods and climate.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Bangladesh
- Burma
- Cambodia
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Georgia
- India
- Indonesia
- Kenya
- Moldova
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Vanuatu
- Zambia



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £32913000 | £33033000 | £1430000 | 469 |
| March 31, 2024 | £32025000 | £33782000 | £1550000 | 506 |
| March 31, 2023 | £34969000 | £35823000 | £3307000 | 531 |
| March 31, 2022 | £34229000 | £34514000 | £4161000 | 561 |
| March 31, 2021 | £39949000 | £40028000 | £4446000 | 625 |



## Trustees

- **Professor Myles Antony Wickstead** (Chair) — appointed July 12, 2019
- Gavin Alexander Mann — appointed July 10, 2017
- Hannah Jones — appointed Feb. 12, 2026
- James Mark Brady — appointed Oct. 23, 2025
- Jonathan Mark Zilkha — appointed Oct. 23, 2025
- Julia Ruth Rank — appointed July 1, 2018
- Lindsey North — appointed Jan. 24, 2022
- Naomi Wass Ms — appointed Feb. 12, 2026
- Nicholas James Pickles — appointed Oct. 1, 2017
- Rhodri Talfan Davies — appointed April 30, 2025
- Shirley Cameron — appointed July 12, 2019