Newspaper Education Trust closes after 15 years of newsroom taster days
30,000 school students visited the centre during the charity's lifetime
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The Newspaper Education Trust , a charity that arranged for young people aged 10-19 years old to write and design their own front page in a day, marked its closure with a small gathering at West Ferry Printers on the Isle of Dogs in London on Monday evening.
In September 1999, guided tours of the print works - Europe's largest - became available three times a day for schools, universities and other organisations. In May, however, the charity's chief executive, Anna Pangbourne, announced that the charity would cease to operate with effect from July 31 2009.
"In the current financial climate, we have found it increasingly difficult to attract funders, with the result that funding for our own project, as with many charities, has decreased significantly. This therefore makes it no longer viable to operate for the long term future," she said in a statement.
"We are tremendously proud of our considerable achievements and the fact that we have attained our goals beyond all expectations. Over 30,000 young people have visited our newsroom in the last 15 years."
- Martin Cloake comments on the charity's successes on the Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog.
- A video showing the charity's work below:
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