Sickle Cell Warriors Wanted for Paid Media Career Opportunity via The New Black Film Collective

The New Black Film Collective (TNBFC) are currently working on a project called Sickle Cell Warriors

Funded by BBC Children In Need's 'We Move Fund'

TNBFC will recruit a cohort of twenty young people with Sickle Cell Disease or Sickle Cell Trait to raise awareness and create social impact to fight against health inequalities regarding this condition. The twenty young people will be divided into groups to work on different aspects of the project, each lead by an expert facilitator in their field. Fields will include:

Research

Working with a clinician or researcher they will create an original piece of research into an aspect of Sickle Cell which most interests them and is in need of discovery or innovation.

Reporting

Working with an investigative reporter or documentarian, they will learn interview techniques and how to shoot a short film or document their journey, leading to the creation of content on the topic of Sickle Cell.

Activism

Working with an experienced activist or lobbyist to advocate and petition around Sickle Cell to drive policy change and deep social impact.

Marketing 

Working with a marketing expert or publicist they will learn how to devise, build and launch a social media campaign to educate people about Sickle Cell and raise public awareness online of the condition.

TNBFC hope to create a community of young Sickle Cell Warriors who can learn from each other and our expert facilitators to build a package of content across film, research, social media content and activist campaigning to educate, entertain and spread awareness of Sickle Cell. 

If you or any of your friends/family have Sickle Cell or Sickle Cell Trait and are between 15-18 (The New Black Film Collective are willing to work with people a few years either side of this age range), please get in touch so that they can let you know more about the project.

SICKLE CELL WARRIOR's CAN APPLY HERE

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