Disability Access Outfit TripleC Wins BAFTA Honor, Mel Giedroyc to Host Craft Awards Ceremony – Global Bulletin
variety.comNaman Ramachandran TripleC, a gateway organization that helps deaf, disabled, and neurodiverse people access the arts and media, will receive a BAFTA TV Craft Special Award during the British Academy Television Craft Awards.
Actor Cherylee Houston (“Coronation Street”) founded TripleC and with a group of friends including Melissa Johns (“Grantchester”), they have built a platform for making the creative screen industry more inclusive.Johns and Houston said: “When we set up this organization five years ago, we were just a group of disabled and non-disabled creatives coming together to see if we could make a change.
I don’t think we ever knew the size of impact that that seed of an organization would have on the lives of so many deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent creatives.
The recognition from BAFTA will support our drive for change and help ensure accessibility and inclusivity is high up on every agenda.” Sara Putt, chair of BAFTA’s television committee and deputy chair of BAFTA said: “Cherylee and Melissa have used their platform for deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent creatives in the arts and have gone above and beyond to improve access, opportunities, and representation.
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