Parents are being urged to protest against unsuitable pre-watershed programmes in a campaign being launched in Wales (Wednesday 24th).
They are being asked to send bilingual postcards to the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom to complain about sexualised content and swearing on television and radio programmes that young children watch or listen to.
The campaign is being led by the Welsh branch of the Mothers’ Union and the launch will take place at the Senedd, the National Assembly for Wales. It is part of the Mothers’ Union’s UK-wide campaign called Bye Buy Childhood.
Sheila Jones, a social policy officer for the charity, said, “Having gone around Wales talking to people about the Bye Buy Childhood campaign, we met lots of people who were appalled at the amount of material on television before 9pm which they felt was inappropriate for children. They were unhappy with suggestive moves and songs in staged dances, for example, the dress code of some young presenters and the amount of bad language. Many of them were people who would not naturally turn go online to voice their concerns so we thought a bilingual postcard they could fill in would be the most effective way for them to protest.”
The launch will be sponsored by Janice Gregory, AM, and will take part in the Oriel between 12.30-1.20pm. More than 10,000 postcards will be distributed to members of the Mothers’ Union in Wales to start the campaign.
For more information, please contact Sheila Jones on to sheilaannjones@btinternet.com or tel: 07711505385.
Anna Morrell
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