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15 Mar, 10 tweets, 5 min read

@PressPadUK

“So when Olivia Crellin, the founder of the PressPad Charitable Foundation (⁦@PressPadUK⁩), heard that Prince #HarryAndMeghan were interested in supporting her cause to diversify the media, it was only natural that her reaction was one of disbelief.” hellomagazine.com/royalty/202103…

@PressPadUK

"It's been so surreal," Olivia told HELLO! shortly after it was announced that #HarryAndMeghan's #Archewell Foundation had teamed up with @PressPadUK as one of its donors. "I'm still in total disbelief, just thrilled.”

@PressPadUK

“"It's been such a crazy week for so many people who have been touched by the issues that came up in the Sussexes' Oprah interview, & here we are at @PressPadUK, doing our thing as a small social enterprise...”

“and now a charity, trying to survive in the pandemic and keep supporting young under-represented people in media… I just didn't believe it when I saw their email, but I replied to them straight away and here we are now."

“It's been a really lovely moment," she added. "We're really grateful. The message they're sending is so powerful and they're helping us get to our vision faster. A lot of work still needs to be done so every donation really helps."”

@PressPadUK

“@PressPadUK started off as a social enterprise focused on mentoring young, aspiring journalists from less-privileged backgrounds. Integral to its mentoring and networking scheme is its affordable accommodation for those who have secured work experience or internships”

“Its mission is to diversify the newsroom and throw out the 'pale, male and stale and posh' stereotype the British media industry often embodies.” presspad.co.uk/the-presspad-c…

@PressPadUK

“At the heart of @PressPadUK is compassion, therefore it's little surprise that #HarryAndMeghan, whose #Archewell non-profit slogan is 'compassion in action', cherry-picked PressPad as a UK charity to support. Archewell.com

@PressPadUK

“"One of the areas the Sussexes were looking to support thru #Archewell was media diversity, & delivering news in a more compassionate way. I think @PressPadUK was 1 of the options that was put before them, apparently the team had heard about us for a while, & they picked us."”

“Nothing has been arranged yet but I'd love [a video call introduction] if that were the case. That would be really cool. I'm just thrilled to be able to continue our work through this donation from a foundation whose values are so aligned with ours."

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