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Mediabox Announces Big Funded Projects
Mediabox has announced the next raft of organisations that will share £411,095 of government funding.
Twelve youth organisations and media companies have been awarded ‘Big Mediabox’ grants for creative youth-led projects using a variety of media including photography, radio, film, online, print and advertising.
Mediabox is a Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) fund offering disadvantaged young people the opportunity to create their own media projects. The fund enables young people to gain new skills, express themselves and get their voices heard.
'Big Mediabox' is the largest grant available, designed for organisations with a strong track record of developing media projects with young people.
To date, Mediabox has funded 379 projects, giving out £6,317,049 million in funding and over 9,000 young people in England have benefited.
Successful organisations include:
National Schizophrenia Fellowship – will work to support the recovery of young people from across the East Midlands and the South West who are affected by mental health problems. The project aims to enable young people to share their stories and tackle the negative stereotypes surrounding mental illness using print, film and digital media.
BBA Media – ‘My Life’ is a radio drama project, highlighting the real issues faced by young people in their everyday lives. Over 60 young participants will receive accredited training during the project and their completed dramas will be broadcast on Westside FM, Ealing’s only youth FM community station.
Signal Film and Media – Based in the Furness peninsula, an isolated area of Britain, Signal Film and Media is offering a group of young people who’ve faced significant challenges in their lives the opportunity to gain hands on experience of filmmaking. The young people, who include those not in education or training (NEET), young parents or those living in care, will come together to produce a film that expresses the obstacles that the face as well their hopes for the future.
Groundwork Coventry and Warwickshire – ‘Picture of Health’ will give over 100 young people living in Coventry the chance to explore the health issues they face using digital photography, graphic design, moving images and podcasts.
Lincoln School of Media, University of Lincoln – will be a radio project produced by a group of disadvantaged young people living in Lincoln, exploring the various ways that young people can make a positive impact on the world around them. Topics include, environmental awareness and campaigning for equality.
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council – ‘Staying Safe’, will give young people aged 13 – 16 years old from Tyneside the chance to explore the issue of Cyberbullying. With the support of JAG Production’s, the young people will create films highlighting how Cyberbullying has affected their lives and the lives of their peers. The young people will also design and distribute promotional materials for the films showcase event, during South Tyneside’s anti bullying week.
Bold Creative - will work with 60 young people affected by HIV to create an interactive comic book telling their stories of stigmatization. The project aims to challenge the myths and stereotypes surrounding HIV.
Diversity Hub – ‘The Truth about Youth’ will train young people from the East Midlands in radio broadcasting and digital photography, enabling them to share and exhibit examples of how young people can be misrepresented. The aim will be to bridge the gap between generations.
Media for Development Ltd – ‘FFWD’ will create a multi-media digital project offering some of London’s most disadvantaged young offenders the opportunity to attend accredited media workshops and produce digital scrapbooks exploring their past and present experiences, alongside their goals for the future.
C Media Productions Ltd – will enable over 60 young people from across Sheffield, Bradford, Rotherham, Goole and Beverly to produce a digital storytelling project exploring their hopes for the future and the opportunities available to them.
YouthNet – ‘Listen Up' will enable over 60 young people the chance to create short documentary films about their experiences of education and training, life choices and future aspirations. The project will empower young people to tell their stories through 6 intensive 2-day training workshops, covering script writing, editing, filming and interview techniques, held in Rathbone’s fully accessible media Centres across the UK.
Nottinghamshire YMCA – YMCA Digital will work with 160 disadvantaged young people from across Nottinghamshire to deliver a youth led Digital Broadcast Programme. Previous Mediabox beneficiaries will act as mentors, offering peer-to-peer guidance on a range of digital media including internet radio, video streaming and youth managed websites. The project will culminate in a final showcasing event to the general public.
