The Grace Wyndham Goldie (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ) Trust Fund was created in memory of Grace Wyndham Goldie. It provides assistance for people currently or previously in broadcasting or an associated activity, their children and dependants.
At the Trustees' discretion, help may be given towards educational costs or grants to relieve short term domestic hardship not covered by help from other sources.
For help to be given where it is most needed, applicants are asked to give full information (in confidence) about the circumstances supporting their application.
Applications
Applications are considered each September but the Trust cannot provide continuing help over a number of years. Applications must arrive no later than 31 July.
Please note
The scheme closed to applications on 31st July 2024 and will reopen in April 2025
If you are unable to apply on line, you can download a copy of the application form below:
Return to:
The Trustees, Grace Wyndham Goldie (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ) Trust FundPension and Benefits CentreΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Cymru WalesCentral SquareCardiff, CF10 1FT
Telephone: 0303 081 2848
Email: mypension@bbc.co.uk
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Public Media Alliance
Grace Wyndham Goldie (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ) Trust Fund has regularly awarded grants to the staff of The Public Media Alliance (formally known as the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association) member organisations. If you would like to know more, please go to their .
Grace Wyndham Goldie was one of the most influential of television's pioneers, having started her work in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ when the Corporation was the only broadcasting organisation in the country. During her career she helped and encouraged countless people who were working in the medium and excited by its possibilities. It is a happy thought that, through her generous legacy, she is still able to do that.
Grace Wyndham Goldie was one of a small number of female executives in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ during the 1950s and 1960s. She recruited, trained, guided and encouraged many well-known broadcasters at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and independent television. She pioneered the coverage of politics and current affairs on television, and established programmes such as Tonight and Panorama.
In 1950 she became the first to organise television coverage of a general election. Among her so-called 'Goldie Boys' were Alasdair Milne, Huw Wheldon, Robin Day, David Frost, Cliff Michelmore and Richard Dimbleby.
Ms Goldie started working for the corporation in 1935 as a radio drama and entertainment critic for their weekly magazine The Listener, and remained involved after her retirement in 1965, making recommendations on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archiving policy. She died on 3 June 1986 at the age of 86.
Recently a blue plaque was unveiled in her honour at St Mary Abbot's Court in Kensington, where she lived for more than 50 years. Ms Goldie's plaque is among just 14% commemorating women, out of more than 980.
The CEO of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, Deborah Turness, called Ms Goldie a "true pioneer" who had seen the potential of television when it was still considered radical.
"All of us involved in making news on TV and all other platforms are following in Grace's footsteps. It's very fitting this plaque will mark her role in television history, as the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ celebrates its centenary year," she said.
Anna Eavis, English Heritage curatorial director and secretary of the Blue Plaques Panel, said: "The very first televised election broadcast was almost entirely Grace Wyndham Goldie's concept and, while the 'swing-ometer' and giant maps have advanced with technology, the format itself has not changed.
"Though her name is perhaps not as widely known as it should be, her legacy is in every current affairs programme and I hope that this well-deserved plaque might inspire passers-by to learn more about her."
Grace Wyndham Goldie (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ) Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales (no. 212146)