Engaging BME communities (Outreach and engagement)

PeaceMaker’s Inter-community Mentoring Documentary

FILM PROJECT

PeaceMaker created a small grants programme for local community youth groups to access funding to put on a community event. To compete for this funding, young people had to describe how they would spend £1,000 to benefit their local community and design a plotline for a documentary film about their community.

The three successful groups – a local football team, a white working-class youth group, and a local secondary school media group – each participated in PeaceMaker’s inter-community mentoring programme. Through this project, they were linked with someone from PeaceMaker’s diverse group of mentors, participated in film lessons and workshops with local filmmakers, and designed and filmed their own documentary film about their community.

t the end of the project, the films created by the three groups of young people will be shown at a public screening to family, friends, and local decisionmakers. The films will also be submitted to British and international film festivals for young people to showcase their work to a wider audience.


What makes this case study successful?
PeaceMaker tries to combat the stereotype that young people, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, do not care about their community. These films will be shown to adults, service providers, and decision-makers in the local area so that they can hear what young people from their area have to say about their needs and concerns for their communities.