Episode 32: Tolerable Risk - E032 - Rachel Erskine - Ethical storytelling and fundraising

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Rachel Erskine, an ethical storytelling advisor and co-chair of the BOND People in the Pictures Working group, and they discuss the importance of ethical storytelling and fundraising in the third-sector.

Resources for this episode:
Practical guidance

• The Dignified Storytelling project (2022)
• Guidelines for ethical communications around child marriage: Principles, best practice and tools, Jess Crombie for Girls Not Brides (2022)
• How to Write About Africa in 8 Steps: An ethical storytelling handbook, Rebecca Pointer for Africa No Filter (2021)
• Putting the people in the pictures first: Ethical guidelines for the collection and use of content, ‘People in the Pictures’ working group for Bond (2019)
• A Practical Guide For Communicating Global Justice & Solidarity: An alternative to the language of development, aid and charity, Framing Matters for Health Poverty Action (2019)

Research

• Who Owns the Story? Live financial testing of charity vs participant led storytelling in fundraising, Jess Crombie and David Girling (2022)
• Time to Decolonise Aid: Insights and lessons from a global consultation, Peace Direct and partners (2021)
• The People in the Pictures: Vital perspectives on Save the Children’s image making, Jess Crombie and Siobhan Warrington for Save the Children (2017)

Blogs

• Introducing the first free library [of] non-stigmatising images of people experiencing homelessness, Centre for Homelessness Impact (2023)
• Seeing and Being Development’s ‘Other’: Representations of Africa and Diaspora Audiences, Dr Edward Ademolu for the London School of Economics (2018)
• Why I Hate The Word “Beneficiaries”, Pete Vowles for BRIGHT Magazine (2018)

Podcasts

• It’s a Continent
• The Photo Ethics Podcast

Books

• How to Read Now, by Elaine Castillo (2022)
• Africa Is Not A Country, by Dipo Faloyin (2022)
• Photography: Race, Rights and Representation, by Mark Sealy (2022)

And finally, Fairpicture, who produce lots of useful resources and run free, open events.