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Mediabox, has announced a new raft of organisations that will share £60,010 of government funding.
14 organisations from across England have been awarded ‘Mini Mediabox’ grants of between £1,000 and £5,000. ‘Mini Mediabox’ is a new funding strand from Mediabox, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) fund that gives disadvantaged young people a voice. The 'Mini' strand has been specifically designed to give smaller organisations the chance to run youth-led media projects.
Anna Walker from P.A.T.H, one of the newly funded organisations, says: "Mini Mediabox, with it’s easy application process and low level grants has given us the chance has given us the chance to create a pilot programme of workshops to work with and empower young people.”
To be eligible for Mini Mediabox, organisations must have an annual turnover of under £100,000. The strand aims to get into the heart of communities and empower the most marginalised of young people with the skills to express themselves and get their voices heard. Funded projects will use a variety of media including film, radio and photography to explore issues that range from coping with Multiple Sclerosis to the experiences of a young person leaving care, to life in a young offenders institution.
Mini Mediabox is still open for funding and Mediabox are encouraging organisations from across England to apply. For more info click here.
Successful organisations include:
Something Better - ‘Little Horrors’ will give a group of young people from Newcastle the opportunity to create a film exploring their hopes and fears for the future.
The Colour of Life – ‘Word from the streets’ will bring together young people from minority ethnic groups in Peckham to create a unique radio programme. The young people will take part in a six-week training scheme, learning skills in script writing, production and editing.
Dunkeswell Youth Club – ‘Youth Projects…what we really want’ gives young people who live in Devon the chance to tell their local community what they really want to do in their spare time, through the production of their own film
I Made This - ‘My Life in a Suitcase’ will be a multi-media project inspired by a seventeen year old care leaver’s personal experience of the care system, having been in care for over 10 years and lived in more than thirty care homes. The project aims to raise the profile of looked after children and improve society’s way of dealing with them.
Youth Theatre Workshop – ‘Youth Eye’s View’ will be a film project produced by young people from the Castlehaven ward of Camden, London. The film aims to challenge negative perceptions and bridge the gap between generations. The young people will be mentored though their journey by media industry professionals.
Teesdale Community Broadcasting Ltd – gives a group of young offenders from Her Majesty’s Young Offender’s Institution Deerbolt the chance to engage with the wider community through the creation of their own radio project. The young people will learn the skills necessary to produce content for Radio Teesdale.
P.A.T.H – ‘Stories from Hounslow’ will give a group of young people the chance to create a media book and exhibition exploring personal thoughts and feelings about their lives and community.
MS Society Norwich - ‘Shifting MS’ will be a film project produced by a group of young people who have Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The young people aim to challenge the negative image and isolation experienced after the diagnosis of MS and help others to understand the reality of their lives.
Primate Productions Ltd – will use film to explore the image of young people in the general public. The young people will learn interview techniques, as well as filming and editing skills to produce a film for exhibition to their community.
Present Moment – ‘Dr Faustus’ will work with young people at risk of offending, to create a film about choices, resisting temptation, and the importance of taking responsibility for your actions.
Cottonfield Films – young people from Liverpool will produce a documentary that gives young people the chance to comment and act upon events within their local community.
Striding Edge Community – a group of six girls who are young carers will learn how to make films in order to communicate what it is like to be in their position and to challenge the way young carers are perceived.
Youth Music Camera Action - young people from Gaywood and King's Lynn will produce a film that examines the issue of exam pressure and managing with stress.
