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Police 

celebrates 

black 

officers 

Beaten 

and 

detained 

In the past three days, at least 5,000 migrants 

and refugees have been rounded up across 

Tripoli by government security forces 

Continued on Page 2> 

PC Bilal Sani-Mohammed 

Personal and unique stories 

of officers proud to work 

for London’s Metropolitan 

Police are being showcased in a 

series of public blogs during 

October to mark this year’s Black 

History Month. 

Each blog will detail a 

different individual’s story and 

tie into the 2021 theme of ‘Proud 

to be’ 

The past contributions and 

achievements of black employees 

throughout the history of the Met 

will also be celebrated, and it is 

hoped that the range of different 

tales will help inspire other black 

Londoners to consider pursuing a 

career in policing. 

Acting Police Sergeant 

Richard Gayle will be one of 

those opening up about his own 

experiences. He embodies the 

link between past and present 

having been impressed when he 

was growing up by older 

relatives who were police 

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News 

Thousands beaten up, detained 

following days of mass arrests in Tripoli 

Continued from Page 1< 

Following five days of mass arrests of 

migrants and refugees from the streets of 

Tripoli, the number of people being held 

in detention centres has exploded; the 

arrests and treatment during detention 

have often been violent, with multiple 

people beaten, injured and even killed; 

people are being crammed into cells – in 

sometimes so little space, they’re forced 

to stand – in disgracefully unhygienic 

conditions; MSF calls on the Libyan 

authorities to halt the mass arrests and to 

release all people unlawfully held; MSF 

also urges the authorities to identify 

dignified alternatives to detention and 

allow the immediate resumption of 

resettlements flights. 

The numbers of migrants and 

refugees held in detention centres 

in Tripoli, Libya, have risen 

dramatically – to more than threefold - 

over the past five days, say teams from 

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF – 

which provides medical care in three 

detention centres in the city – is 

profoundly disturbed by the increase, 

which is the direct result of five days of 

random mass arrests of migrants and 

refugees, including women and children, 

carried out in the city since 1 October. 

In the past three days, at least 5,000 

migrants and refugees have been rounded 

up across Tripoli by government security 

forces. During the raids on their homes, 

many of those captured were reportedly 

subjected to severe physical violence, 

including sexual violence. One young 

migrant was killed and at least five others 

sustained gunshot wounds, according to 

the UN. 

“We are seeing security forces take 

extreme measures to arbitrarily detain 

more vulnerable people in inhumane 

conditions in severely overcrowded 

facilities,” says Ellen van der Velden, 

MSF’s operations manager for Libya. 

“Entire families of migrants and refugees 

living in Tripoli have been captured, 

handcuffed and transported to various 

detention centres.” 

“In the process, people have been hurt 

and even killed, families have been split 

up and their homes have been reduced to 

piles of rubble,” says van der Velden. 

As a result of insecurity caused by the 

ongoing raids, our teams have been 

unable to run their weekly mobile clinics 

across the city for vulnerable migrants 

and refugees needing medical care. The 

raids have also impacted people’s ability 

to move freely around the city and seek 

medical care, as those who have evaded 

arrest are fearful of going out of doors. 

“Armed and masked security men 

raided our house where I was living with 

three other people,” says Abdo*. “They 

tied our hands behind our backs and 

dragged us out of the house. We were 

pleading for them to give us time to 

collect our belongings and important 

papers, but they wouldn’t listen.” 

“We were beaten in the process. Some 

people were beaten on their legs and 

suffered fractures,” says Abdo. “They hit 

me on the head with the butt of a gun and 

I suffered serious injuries. [Later] the 

doctor had to stitch the wound and wrap 

it with 10 different dressings.” 

“The masked men led us all into 

vehicles, then we found ourselves in 

Ghout Sha’al Detention Centre. I was 

there for four days and experienced a 

very difficult time, seeing helpless people 

being beaten with weapons,” Abdo 

continues. “On the fourth day, I managed 

to escape. I am free now. I am free.” 

Those arrested have been taken to 

State-run detention centres and locked up 

in insanitary and severely overcrowded 

cells, with little clean water, food or 

access to toilets. After the violence of the 

arrests, it is likely that many are in need 

of urgent medical care. 

In the past two days, MSF teams have 

managed to visit two detention centres in 

the capital where people arrested in the 

recent raids are being held: Shara Zawiya 

and Al-Mabani (also known as Ghout 

Sha’al). 

In Shara Zawiya Detention Centre, 

which normally accommodates 200-250 

people, an MSF team witnessed more 

than 550 women and children crammed 

into the cells, including pregnant women 

and new-born babies. Around 120 people 

were sharing just one toilet, while 

buckets filled with urine were lined up 

near the doors of cells. When food was 

distributed, a commotion broke out as the 

detained women protested against the 

conditions in which they were being held. 

In Al-Mabani Detention Centre, our 

teams witnessed hangars and cells so 

overcrowded that the men inside them 

were forced to stand. Outside the cells, 

hundreds of women and children were 

being held in the open air, without shade 

or shelter. An MSF team spoke to men 

who said they had not eaten for three 

days, while several women said all they 

had received was a piece of bread and a 

triangle of processed cheese once a day. 

Our team found several men in an 

unconscious state and requiring urgent 

medical attention. 

During their visit to Al-Mabani, our 

team witnessed a group of detained 

migrants and refugees attempting to 

escape. They were met with extreme 

violence: our team heard two rounds of 

heavy gunfire at very close range and 

witnessed the indiscriminate beating of a 

group of men, who were later forced into 

vehicles and driven to an unknown 

destination. 

In these very tense conditions and 

with the time of their visits severely 

limited, we treated 161 patients, 

including three for violence-related 

injuries. We also facilitated the transfer of 

21 patients in need of specialist medical 

care to clinics supported by MSF in 

Tripoli. 

MSF recently resumed medical 

activities in Shara Zawiya, Al-Mabani 

and Abu Salim Detention Centres in 

Tripoli after almost three months of 

suspension following repeated incidents 

of violence against migrants and refugees 

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“Instead of increasing the number of 

people held in detention centres, efforts 

should be made to put an end to arbitrary 

detention and close these dangerous and 

uninhabitable facilities,” says van der 

Velden. “More than ever before, migrants 

and refugees are living in danger and are 

trapped in Libya with very limited 

options for a way out - as humanitarian 

flights have been unjustifiably suspended 

for the second time this year.” 

MSF calls on the Libyan authorities 

to halt the mass arrests of vulnerable 

migrants and refugees, and to release all 

people unlawfully held in detention 

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He now hopes to inspire other 

black Londoners to join up. PS Gayle, 

who works in Specialist Operations, 

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Another officer who will share his 

story, PC Bilal Sani-Mohammed, a 

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Professionalism department. 

PC Sani-Mohammed said: “I love 

being a police officer and serving 

London every day. Currently, I’m part 

of the Deputy Commissioner’s 

Delivery Group, where I work to 

improve the Met’s relationship with 

our many communities. It’s a great 

role, where I’ve directly influenced 

change from within the organisation 

and for my community too.” 

This month will see a range of 

internal and external communityfocused 

initiatives to mark the 2021 

event, including one organised by the 

Met’s Black Police Networking 

Strand on Thursday 7 October. “Black 

History in Policing” will involve a 

special exhibition and senior black 

officers speaking about their journeys 

at Scotland Yard. 

Meanwhile the Met’s Black Police 

Association is also putting on a 

variety of talks and special events, 

including a probationer conducting an 

interview with a long-serving black 

special constable who has now served 

for an incredible 42 years. 

There are more than 5,000 officers 

from under-represented groups – 

more than half of all the officers in 

England and Wales – now working in 

the Met – 450 of whom joined in the 

last financial year. Around 1,000 of 

those are black. 

While the Met is pleased at the 

progress made to date towards 

increasing representation in the 

workforce, it acknowledges there is 

still much work to be done to achieve 

its aim of fully reflecting the diversity 

of all the capital’s many communities. 

The force’s latest recruitment 

campaign, ‘Now More than Ever’, 

which launched over summer, hopes 

to aid this process. It foregrounded 

ambassadors from a range of ethnic 

groups who are enjoying varied and 

successful careers in the Met, and 

shared their personal experiences, in a 

bid to both reassure and encourage 

other members of under-represented 

communities to join up. 

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earlier in the year of the bold 

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News 

Men sentenced for £5,000 bitcoin scam 

Two men who conned a man into from City of London Police, said: 

cash before Oluwasegun ran from the 

handing over £5,000 in a bitcoin “Billions and Oluwasegun conspired to 

hotel and no bitcoins were ever 

scam at a City of London hotel trick the victim into thinking they were 

transferred to him. Billions did not meet 

have been sentenced. 

25-year-old Samuel Billions of 

going to receive a deal on bitcoins, but 

the reality was it was all an elaborate lie 

with the victim at the hotel but arranged 

everything in the background as part of 

Hackney and 24-year-old Samuel to get the victim to hand over his money. 

the conspiracy. 

Oluwasegun of Gravesend, conspired to These two criminals will now pay the 

After a complex investigation, 

falsely lead the victim to believe that he 

was purchasing bitcoins from them. 

The pair were sentenced at Inner 

London Crown Court on September 22, 

2021. Billions was ordered to carry out 

price for their dishonesty. 

“If someone offers you something 

which seems like it is too good to be true, 

the chances are it probably is. Always 

stop and take a moment to think before 

Billions was identified through his profile 

on a bitcoin trading website and 

subscriber checks on his mobile phone. 

Oluwasegun was identified through 

fingerprints left at the scene. 

100 hours of unpaid work over the next parting with your money or information 

The victim went to the hotel thinking 

During police interviews, 

12 months, given a 12-week curfew order as it could keep you safe and protect you 

that he was purchasing bitcoins at an 

Oluwasegun and Billions both answered 

and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of from criminals carrying out fraud.” 

agreed exchange rate and he was told by 

no comment to all questions asked. 

£90. Oluwasegun was ordered to Billions, who used bitcoin trading 

Oluwasegun, who he had had no previous 

Oluwasegun pleaded guilty to 

complete 80 hours of unpaid work over websites, had contacted the victim to set 

contact with, that he was there to collect 

conspiracy to defraud in July 2021 and 

the next 12 months and must also pay a up the trap, but the victim met 

the cash so that the bitcoin transfer could 

Billions was found guilty of conspiracy 

victim surcharge of £90. 

Oluwasegun at a hotel in the City of 

take place. 

to defraud at Inner London Crown Court 

Detective Constable Ufuk Ekbic, London on October 19, 2019. 

The victim handed over £5,000 in 

on August 11, 2021 following a trial. 

Technology 

Digital players shine at Africa Digital 

Manager Award 

The Africa Digital Manager Award 

(ADMA) organized by Inetum 

(formerly Gfi) brought together 

various African digital players and 

rewarded the three winners from 2021. 

Building on the success of this first 

competition, ESN is launching the second 

one, in partnership with the Ecole 

Centrale de Casablanca again, to reward 

companies and managers who have led 

digitalization projects in Africa. 

The 2021 ADMA awards ceremony 

took place on Inetum’s new premises in 

Morocco, in Casanearshore (Casablanca). 

This ceremony closed the first year of this 

competition which brought together 

candidates from all over Africa. This 

event also made it possible to encourage 

digital projects that participate in 

economic development across the African 

continent today and inspire the initiatives 

of tomorrow. 

Saloua Karkri-Belkeziz, President of Inetum in Africa 

The meeting was also a platform for 

discussion on digitalization issues in 

Africa, and the trends revealed by the 

candidates’ projects. Vincent Rouaix, 

Chairman and CEO of Inetum says: “We 

believe in Africa, which is a growing 

continent; digital represents an 

opportunity for its economy. Hosting the 

ADMA and the opening of our FabLab in 

Casablanca are proof of our commitment 

and our desire to shine on the continent. 

We are present in close proximity there, 

to support the digital transition of 

companies, the economy and, more 

generally of society, to make the most of 

digital flow.” 

Saloua Karkri-Belkeziz, President of 

Inetum in Africa announced: “We are 

pleased that ADMA is meeting with such 

enthusiasm. Thanks to this project, Inetum 

is at the heart of a dynamic for the 

development of innovation ecosystems on 

the continent. It is an enriching experience 

thanks to the exchanges we share with 

talented managers around ambitious 

projects carried out by African companies 

and institutions. And we will be keen to 

make this initiative last, so that it 

constitutes a real platform for identifying 

the best digital projects in Africa, every 

year. “ 

At the opening ceremony, Inetum 

announced the 2022 competition. Online 

applications for the new event are now 

open on the ADMA website: . 

To compete, participants must submit 

projects carried out internally or in 

partnership with third parties 

(laboratories, universities, subsidiaries or 

other partners). Candidates can also 

present a managerial method used to 

effectively lead one or more projects 

based on agility, change management or 

any other performance measure. The 

nature of innovation or managerial 

excellence will determine the best 

dossiers selected by the jury. 

The first edition ADMA brought 

together 52 candidate projects with 10 

finalists from 7 countries: Mali, Benin, 

Senegal, Cameroon, Congo, Morocco and 

Celebrating Africa's digital players 

Algeria. The 3 winners were able to 

receive their trophies: 

• Maghreb Accessoires for the North 

Africa region, for the digitization 

project addressing the entire 

organization, with the aim of 

optimizing management processes and 

modernizing the customer experience. 

• Orange Cameroun took home the 

ADMA award for Central Africa, 

through the MyWay + platform, which 

consists of innovation and 

modernization of the customer 

experience. 

• La Caisse de sécurité sociale du 

Sénégal (IPRES) won the ADMA 

award for West Africa, for the project 

aimed at modernizing and 

harmonizing the information systems 

of this public administration. 

The winners will benefit from dual 

support with substantial added value. 

First, consulting support for the winning 

company provided by Inetum’s expert 

consultants. In addition, Six Sigma Green 

Belt certification training provided by the 

ADMA competition partner, l’École 

Centrale de Casablanca, for the managers 

who helmed the winning projects.


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Science 

Scientists discover why some 

individuals have stronger natural 

defences against SARS-COV-2 

Anew study has revealed key 

insights into the natural human 

antiviral defences against 

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes 

COVID-19. 

The research, published in the 

journal Science and led by a team of 

scientists at the MRC-University of 

Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, 

sheds new light on why some people 

are naturally more resistant to serious 

SARS-CoV-2 infection – and how, in 

the future, the coronavirus might 

overcome this resistance. 

COVID-19 is spread from person to 

person after the virus, shed by an 

infected person, infects the cells of a 

new host. Once infected, our cells try to 

fight off the invading virus and 

scientists already know that this works 

better in some people, making their 

experience of the disease less severe. 

However, until now, that anti-viral 

response – and its effect on the virus 

SARS-CoV-2 – hasn’t been wellunderstood. 

In the study, the scientists reveal that 

some people have a version of a gene, 

called OAS1, that potently inhibits 

SARS-CoV-2. 

The study showed that, while some 

people can express a more protective 

‘prenylated’ version of the OAS1 gene, 

other people express a version of this 

gene which does not detect SARS- 

CoV-2. 

Inside cells, coronaviruses hide and 

replicate inside vesicles coated with 

Some individuals have stronger natural defences against SARS-COV-2.. 

lipid (fat). Prenylation is the addition of 

a single molecule of lipid (fat) to a 

protein – and it’s this technical 

difference that allows prenylated OAS1 

to ‘seek out’ the invading virus and 

‘sound the alarm’. 

The study found that, in hospitalised 

patients, expression of a prenylated 

version of this gene was associated with 

protection from severe COVID-19, 

which suggests this antiviral defence is 

a major component of a protective 

antiviral response; and is likely to have 

offered protection to many people 

during the course of the pandemic. 

The study also found that 

hospitalized COVID-19 patients with 

the ‘bad’ form of OAS1 had worse 

clinical outcomes compared to those 

who expressed the protective 

prenylated version of OAS1. Severe 

disease was significantly more frequent 

with ICU admission or death being 

approximately 1.6 times more likely in 

these patients. 

Interestingly, the researchers also 

found that, approximately 55 million 

years ago, there was a removal of this 

protective gene in horseshoe bats – the 

presumed source of SARS-CoV-2) – so 

therefore SARS-CoV-2 never had to 

adapt to evade this defence. 

As the protective prenylated OAS1 

gene is widespread in animals, the 

billions of people that lack this 

protective gene could make humans 

particularly vulnerable to the spill over 

of coronaviruses from horseshoe bats. 

Sam Wilson said: “We know viruses 

adapt, and even SARS-CoV-2 has 

likely adapted to replicate in the animal 

reservoir(s) in which it circulates. 

Cross-species transmission to humans 

exposed the virus SARS-CoV-2 to a 

new repertoire of antiviral defences, 

some of which SARS-CoV-2 may not 

know how to evade. 

“What our study shows us is that the 

coronavirus that caused the SARS 

outbreak in 2003 learned to evade 

prenylated OAS1. If SARS-CoV-2 

variants learn the same trick, they could 

be substantially more pathogenic and 

transmissible in unvaccinated 

populations. This reinforces the need to 

continually monitor the emergence of 

new SARS-CoV-2 variants.” 

The study, ‘A Prenylated dsRNA 

Sensor Protects Against Severe 

COVID-19,’ is published in Science. 

The study was predominantly funded 

by the Medical Research Council, 

Wellcome, and UKRI. 

A link to the study can be found 

here: 

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s 

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VIN Club fundraises 

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Philanthropic organisation - VIN Club 

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UK registered charity that supports orphans 

and vulnerable children in Nigeria. 

Known for its charitable activities in the 

United Kingdom and Nigeria, VIN Club 

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club’s interest are Investments, 

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In previous years, VIN club raised a 

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At the start of 2021, the club voted to 

continue with the “Charity begins at home” 

approach it adopted in 2019, by supporting 

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UK charity commission governance. 

Heritage Outreach has an orphanage in 

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production, industry traineeships 

designed to immerse students in the 

creative and cultural industries, and 

opportunities to manage creative projects 

to develop key skills. Alongside this, it 

will offer Kickstart Wraparound Support 

to creative and cultural employers, 

aligned to the government Kickstart 

Scheme, combining students’ on-the-job 

learning and unique opportunities for 

personal development in a workplace 

setting. 

The latest opportunity is a new 15-day 

training academy developed in 

partnership with Laing O’Rourke, Ryder 

Architecture and other companies who 

are working to bring The Factory to life. 

Students will discover what goes on 

behind the scenes at an innovative 

construction project, receive first-hand 

guidance from industry experts and 

develop new skills for working in 

construction. The course, which takes 

place 11-29 October, is fully funded, with 

no cost to participants, and is open to 

anyone in Manchester or Greater 

Manchester aged 19-24 and on Universal 

Credit. On completion of the academy, 

students will have the chance to apply for 

a six-month paid Kickstart role with 

organisations working on the design and 

construction of The Factory. 

Last year, over 150 Greater 

The launch of the Cultural Consortium 

Manchester residents benefited from the 

Factory Academy – its first year as an 

independent training provider. Despite 

the challenges of the pandemic period, an 

average of 50% of students have 

progressed into work or further study 

within three months of completing the 

Factory Futures Academy course in the 

past year. In June 2021, The Factory 

Academy was awarded the Marquee 

Award at the inaugural Manchester Adult 

Education and Skills Awards. 

Ten students graduated from the 

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Earn money as a Trumpet Ambassador 

campaign. 

Sale of Banner Adverts, ‘Highlights’ and 

Mail-shots our in Email Newsletters. 

With rates ranging from £100 to £500 per 

insertion, we pay Ambassadors a 15% 

Commission. 

Sale of Advertising on our Social Media 

channels. 

With rates ranging between £100 to £200 

per channel per post, we pay a 15% 

Commission. 

Sale of Sponsorship, Advertising, 

Exhibition spaces and Tickets for GAB 

Awards and Trumpet Connect. 

With most products and services ranging 

between £100 and £20,000, we pay a 15% 

Commission. 

Engagement Status 

Our freelance Ambassadors run their own 

business, work from their own home or 

office, and choose the amount of time 

they devote to the programme. They work 

towards the amount they want to earn. 

They choose their legal status in terms of 

whether they operate as a Self-Employed 

individual or a Limited Company or any 

other appropriate status depending on the 

country they operate, but we suggest you 

take professional advice on this. 

Ambassadors are fully responsible for 

ensuring their tax affairs and other related 

issues fulfil the legal requirements of their 

country of operation. 

Incentives 

From time to time, to incentivise our 

Ambassadors, we may run special 

promotions, or reward achievements, 

milestones and introduction of other 

Ambassadors to the programme through 

cash or advert credits. 

About Us 

Trumpet Media Group is an 

international media organisation with 

various media products, services and 

events targeting Africa, Africans and Friends 

of Africa in the Diaspora and on the 

Continent. 

Its first media venture - Trumpet Newspaper 

started 23 years ago - in 1995, closely 

followed by the founding of the prestigious 

Gathering of Africa’s Best (GAB) Awards in 

1999. There are a number of other niche 

products, services and events - with plans to 

grow our portfolio over the coming months 

and years. 

Sales Ambassadors 

Our planned future growth has given rise to 

the need to take on talented and ambitious 

Sales Ambassadors who share our vision of: 

promoting the positive image of Africa and 

Africans, and are able to sell some (or all) of 

our growing number of products and services 

on a freelance basis. 

Products and Services 

We are introducing our portfolio of products, 

services, and events below on to the Trumpet 

Ambassadors Programme (TAP) in phases. 

Print Newspapers: The Trumpet Newspaper 

and Trumpet Ghana Newspaper. 

Website: www.TrumpetMediaGroup.com 

Email Newsletters: Trumpet Newsbreaker, 

Trumpet Kenya, Trumpet Nigeria, Trumpet 

Sierra Leone, Trumpet Gambia, Trumpet 

Ghana 

Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, 

Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+ and WhatsApp. 

Events: GAB Awards and Trumpet Connect. 

The Opportunities 

Opportunities to earn revenue through 

Commissions are currently available by 

way of: 

Sale of Subscriptions to any (or both) of 

our Print Newspapers. 

With Annual Subscriptions starting from 

£60, we pay a 10% Commission. 

Distribution and Sales of bulk copies our 

Newspapers. 

We pay a 35% Commission - split between 

the Ambassador and the Sales Outlet. 

(Outlets will usually take between 15% 

and 25% depending on its type and your 

negotiating skills.) 

Ambassadors may choose to sell directly 

to their clientele or at events and keep the 

entire 35% Commission. 

Sale of Advertising Spaces in our Print 

Newspapers. 

With most Advert Spaces ranging from 

£80 to £4500 per edition, we pay a 15% 

Commission. You receive a Commission 

on all editions in the campaign in line 

with the Client’s payment - for example, if 

an advertiser books and pays for six 

editions, you get a Commission on all six 

editions. 

Sale of Banner Adverts on Website 

With Banner Adverts ranging between 

£50 and £200 per week, we pay a 15% 

Commission for the length of the 

Payments 

Commission Payments to Ambassadors 

are made by the 15th day of the month 

following payment of Clients - For 

example, Commission on Clients’ 

payments in January will be paid by 15th 

February. 

Distribution and Sales of bulk copies of 

Newspapers (4.3) are excluded from the 

payment arrangement above (7.1). 

An Ambassador buys and pays for bulk 

copies in advance at a discounted rate 

with the TAP Commission deducted upfront. 

For example, if an Ambassador 

orders bulk copies worth £100 in advance, 

the Ambassador only pays us £65 

(deducting the 35% Commission upfront). 

We operate a No-Returns policy on 

Newspaper Sales. 

Joining the Programme 

It currently costs £100 per annum to join 

the Trumpet Ambassadors Programme 

(TAP). 

Introductory Offer - Join the programme 

by 31 August 2018 and accumulate sales 

of at least £1000 across any or all of our 

products by 30 September 2018; and we 

will reward you with 100 TAP Points 

worth £100 - which you can spend on any 

of our opportunities (4.2) - (4.8). 

To join the programme, please request the 

Trumpet Ambassadors Programme Form 

and via email: info@the-trumpet.com

TheArts 

Free creative training for 



Halima a Creative Venue Technician 

apprentice at the Royal Exchange 

Theatre - Photo by Chris Payne 

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Manchester residents 


Broadcast and Film Production 

Traineeship in April, a partnership with 

Toasted Productions, Near-life, Dock 10, 

Jist, Title Role, The Gate Films, Delaval, 

Vision in Colour and Eight Engines. To 

date, six of the ten graduates have 

progressed into paid employment with 

organisations such as Badger and 

Combes, Toasted Productions, MIF and 

BBC Studios. 

One of the graduates, Daniel 

Goodchild said: “The access and the 

resources that The Factory Academy 

gives to be able to apply for these jobs is 

just so important. I completed the 

Broadcast & Film Training Academy and 

got a BTEC out of it, was selected for a 

placement at Toasted Productions and 

then they invited me back so I’m working 

here full time now. There was nothing else 

that I had on my resume that could even 

get me close to a job like this.” 

Simon Marsland, Director of 

Toasted Productions said: “It’s had a 

really positive impact. Businesses should 

get involved in The Factory Academy 

because everyone wins out of it.” 

Madison Freeman was one of ten 

graduates who completed paid 

internships at Manchester International 

Festival in the lead up to and during the 

2021 festival. Speaking about her 

experience, she said: “The contacts that 

I’ve made that can help me in the future 

has definitely boosted my confidence. It’s 

just proved to me that there are no 

boundaries and I can do whatever I want 

- and think big!” 

Gary Briggs, Acting Head of Skills 

and Training at MIF said: “The Factory 

Academy creates unique opportunities 

that aren’t offered elsewhere through the 

partnerships we’ve developed with 

employers and the support we offer to 

help open their doors to trainees. Our 

courses are bespoke, not off the shelf, 

developed with industry experts with 

specialist knowledge and experience from 

a range of sectors, from illustrators to 

military trainers, sustainability experts to 

musicians and arts technicians. 

“Our aim is to reach people that 

wouldn’t usually consider a career in the 

cultural industries and to remove some of 

the traditional barriers, including 

offering open recruitment days instead of 

written application forms, giving the 

highest quality experience with a focus on 

experiential learning and selfdevelopment. 

All the skills and 

knowledge you’ll acquire at a Factory 

Futures training programme align to 

employment within the creative industries 

and beyond and are transferable across 

the sector.” 

Randel Bryan, Executive Director at 

Manchester International Festival, said: 

“The Factory Academy is a key part of 

our vision to put skills and training 

opportunities at the heart of The Factory. 

From 2023, The Factory will become a 

major training centre for local people 

wanting to work in a huge range of roles 

in the creative industries, meaning people 

can pursue careers, working alongside 

world-class talents, without having to 

leave the region. There will also be 

opportunities for local artists to develop 

and grow with the support of the MIF and 

the partners of the Cultural Skills 

Consortium.” 

According to research by the CBI 

published in the months just before the 

pandemic hit in March 2020, Manchester 

is the second largest creative city in 

Europe after London, at that time 

bringing in £1.4bn to the city’s economy. 

Sir Richard Leese, Leader of 

Manchester City Council, said: “In 

Manchester, we’ve never doubted the 

power of culture and creativity to help 

change lives and this is why we continue 

to invest in it, and why the city has been 

recognised as the second largest creative 

city in Europe after London. 

“By providing new and innovative 

training and development opportunities 

for local people in the cultural and 

creative industries, the Factory Academy 

has a key part to play in helping us grow 

our own highly skilled workforce here in 

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the city and in supporting the continued 

growth of the sector.” 

Applications for the 2021/22 

programme open from September. For 

more information, please visit mif.co.uk 

Factory Academy - putting skills and training opportunities at the heart of 

Manchester’s landmark new arts space 

The Factory Academy Apprentices - 

L-R - Louis Fryman, Eloise Bickle, Halima Arteh, Arber Binjaku - Photo by Chris Payne


We are recruiting: 

Independent Sales Consultants 

Trumpet Media Group - an 

international media 

organisation targeting Africa, 

Africans and Friends of Africa 

in the Diaspora and on the 

Continent was founded 24 

years ago - in 1995. 

Our growth has given rise to the need to engage the services 

of self-employed Independent Sales Consultants and 

organisations to sell some (or all) of our growing number of 

products and services on a Commission-only basis. 

The Opportunities 

Opportunities to earn revenue through Commissions are 

currently available by way of: 

· Sale of Subscriptions to our Print Newspapers. 

· Distribution and Sales of bulk copies our Newspapers. 

· Sale of Advertising Spaces in our Print Newspapers. 

· Sale of Banner Adverts on Website. 

· Sale of Banner Adverts, ‘Highlights’ and Mail-shots in Email 

Newsletters. 

· Sale of Advertising posts on our Social Media channels. 

· Sale of Sponsorship, Advertising, Exhibition spaces and 

Tickets for GAB Awards and other events. 

To apply, please email: info@the-trumpet.com


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