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#soundtalks – The Power of the Radio 4 Appeal

sdadmin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:59:03 +0000

sounddelivery and the Third Sector PR and Communications Network hosted a Q&A session with Sally Flatman, the producer of the BBC Radio 4 Appeal. She talked about what makes a successful appeal and how she’s now using social and digital media, such as Twitter and audio slideshows, to extend the reach of the Appeals beyond the radio audience.

Give Us A Break – a project supporting carers in Hampshire

Eric — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:02:19 +0000

There are six million carers in the UK with many of them experiencing social isolation and unable to take time out from their caring role. Caring is a subject that has always been close to our hearts and this led us to set up our charitable arm, soundinnovation.

soundinnovation’s first project, Give Us A Break, aimed to tackle the feelings of social isolation that are often experienced by people caring for an ill, frail or disabled family member, friend or partner and to ease the burden of caring by providing a few days away from day-to-day responsibilities, as well as ongoing support over the phone and online.

At the end of June 2011 23 carers came to London for a two night break, staying at a network of Bed and Breakfasts across the capital. A host of activities were organised including a boat trip on the Thames, an open-top bus tour of London’s sights, a night out at the theatre and a trip on the London Eye.

84% of the group were full-time carers, with the remainder worrying constantly even when they are not caring. One out of three of them hadn’t had a break for at least a year and several of the carers had never had a break. All believed that a break of this kind would be “extremely beneficial” wanting to feel relaxed, released and supported.

This short slideshow brings together some of the amazing images from the project with thoughts and feelings from the carers involved.

To find out more about the Give Us a Break project please check out our soundinnovation micro-site.

Family Holiday Association and Thomson Airways

Mark — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:15:36 +0000

I’m sure we’ve all dipped into our pockets on the flight home from a holiday and given our last few cents or dollars to the cabin crew’s charity. But have you ever considered what happens to those coins or notes once you leave the plane?

Since 2009 donations made on Thomson Airways flights have been divided between the Family Holiday Association, the Born Free Foundation and a selection of local charities chosen by airport staff. In that time holidaymakers have donated more than £1 million!

sounddelivery was asked to produce a short film on behalf of the Family Holiday Association to reveal how notes and coins from all over the world are collected together and “recycled” for future use. The film is being used by the charity to update their supporters and feedback to Thomson Airways staff.

My Bowes Park – a community project in north London

Eric — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:23:09 +0000

OneTwoEight is a small community centre in Myddleton Road, North London, which aims to create a space for the local community to come together for different groups and projects. sounddelivery was commissioned to produce an intergenerational project, titled “My Bowes Park”, to bring local young and older people together to create a snapshot of what it’s like to live in the Bowes Park area.

We engaged a group of local young people and trained them in interview and audio production skills. After their training, the young people put their new skills into practice by interviewing the older people, many of whom had spent the majority of their life living in the area, on their experience of Bowes Park. Those interviewed were from a wide range of backgrounds, with nationalities including English, Irish and Jamaican and the stories they told us were truly fascinating.

The young people then edited these interviews into short podcasts and created an audio slideshow to support the project.

With stories about local shops and street parties, train conductors and beautiful flower arrangements, the project has captured a snapshot of the history of Bowes Park.

Really great. The interviews are very moving and full of lovely memories. – Ruth Cherrington, OneTwoEight

Listen to what Lurlene McIntosh had to say about her experience of moving to the area. You can also visit the legacy site which we have created to support the project to listen to the rest of the interviews with local residents and see the photos taken during the project.

You can also watch the audio slideshow overview of the project here:

My Bowes Park from sounddelivery on Vimeo.

Mansfield Museum: Digital time-capsule

Mark — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:51:05 +0000

Brief

When Mansfield Museum’s Museum Development Officer, Jodie Henshaw, discovered that one of the town’s major employer’s was relocating, she knew she had to act fast to preserve a piece of local heritage. The factory, known as the Metal Box, has been producing tins – from coffee to tobacco – for more than 150 years, with generations of local people passing through its gates.

Jodie secured funding from Renaissance East Midlands through the Museum Buddies programme and asked us to work with the museum and the local community to preserve an important part of local history.

Approach

We put together a bespoke training package and project plan for the museum, with the aim of creating a digital time-capsule of memories from the factory.

sounddelivery’s senior producer, Mark, led a training workshop to teach Jodie and her colleagues about audio recording and editing. We then ran a ‘memory day’ where we invited staff, both past and present, to the museum to record their stories and memories.

We set up a makeshift recording studio in one of the museum’s offices and carried out interviews throughout the day. It was thrilling to see different generations of local people arrive to talk about their memories of the factory. A reporter from the local paper, the Chad, also came and wrote an article about the day.

After making an initial assessment of the material collected at the memory day, we created an audio plan that outlined the topics and number of podcasts we could produce. The final categories included apprenticeships, health and safety, sports and social clubs, and working families.

Outcome

Every story was fascinating and the project proved to be a great success, preserving a part of Mansfield’s history that would otherwise have been lost. Alongside the audio we also created an audio slideshow to provide an overview of the project. The audio interviews and audio slideshow will form part of an exhibition on the history of the factory which will run in September and October 2011.

What Mansfield Museum says

“The staff at Mansfield Museum have been truly inspired by working with sounddelivery – the guidance and support offered by your team has motivated the museum to look at developing more digital projects, which will in turn improve access to Mansfield Museum and its collections.” Jodie Henshaw, Museum Development Officer, Mansfield Museum

Watch and listen to our work

As one of the biggest employers in Mansfield the Metal Box saw lots of local families working side-by-side. Sisters Rose and Jacqeline Smith sisters worked at the factory in the 1960s. They were often on the production line and found themselves doing the same jobs. Listen to their memories of the factory:

Watch the audio slideshow:

More Fantastic Evening Events

Eric — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:06:08 +0000

sounddelivery and the Third Sector PR and Communications Network on Facebook are delighted to announce the next event in our series of free and low cost networking evenings.

Shed Your Tears and Walk Away – Tuesday 16th November

We’re delighted to be screening the award-winning Shed Your Tears and Walk Away and discussing the themes with the film’sdirector Jez Lewis. You can read Jude’s blog post about the film here.

Part documentary, part personal intervention, Lewis filmed among friends with absolutely unrestricted access, to give a scarily authentic portrayal of marginalised and overlooked people. This is an extremely powerful documentary which we look forward to bringing to a wider audience.

Please note: There will be a £10 charge on the door for this event, with all profits going to charity.

You can reserver your place at this event here.

You can follow the event using the hashtag #sdevents.

If you missed our recent event: BBC Audio Slideshows on the 21st October then check out the overview of the evening below:

Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation – London Youth Intergenerational Project

Eric — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:46:51 +0000

Commissioned by the Beth Johnson Foundation, London Youth were asked to create a series of workshops to find out more about young people’s views on age, ageing, and what they thought older people could offer them. Having worked with London Youth in the past they then asked us if we could help them create some audio and multi-media reports based on what the young people said.

We organised a workshop with a group of 9 young people, ranging in ages from 16 to 24. We facilitated discussions and then got the group interviewing each other about how they felt about getting older. They also went out onto the streets asking passers-by their views on age and what it means to be old. The terrifying fact was that when asked “What is Old?” the group decided this was around 30! Certainly put us in our place.

We then interviewed the young people ourselves and were able to play back some of the recordings at the end of the day.

We then spent several days pulling the audio content together, and decided on creating a series of audio montages focusing on specific areas: What it feel likes getting older, how to bridge the generation gap, what older people can offer me, etc…

This audio montages were then put together onto a CD to accompany the report at the end of the project. We also collected head-shots of the young people involved and used them to transform some of the audio they captured into this audio slideshow.

The slideshow is to be included as part of the final report, details of which can be found on the Beth Johnson Foundation website.

Intergenerational project for London Youth

Mark — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:44:19 +0000

sounddelivery has been commissioned to produce an audio CD and short film to document an intergenerational project with London Youth. Young people are being invited to give their views on how they perceive themselves in relation to their age and how they perceive age in relation to people around them. The project is funded by the Beth Johnson Foundation – one of the leading organisations in Europe working to develop a systematic understanding of intergenerational practice. The project participants will take part in a one-day session with London Youth to explore the issues of age in relation to specific areas of their lives such as the Workplace, Education/school, The Media, Sex and Relationships, and The Community. They will then have the opportunity to record their thoughts and interview other people about how they feel.

Leicester Hospitals Forget-Me-Not Appeal

Mark — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:20:30 +0000

This appeal video has been put together for Leicester Hospitals Charity for the Lord Mayor’s Forget-Me-Not Appeal. Over the course of a day we interviewed a number of carers on the ward as well as ward staff, doctors and nurses. Working with a photographer we then put together this short film. Our approach is always centred on strong, emotive storytelling. We believe that this is the most effective way of informing and educating the public about the Hospital’s needs.

The Forget-Me-Not Appeal is raising funds to create a national centre of excellence for dementia care here in Leicester Hospitals.

It will provide:

A specially designed ward that caters for the particular needs of patients with dementia
A secure and pleasant sensory garden to encourage patients to move freely outdoors whilst still being cared for and properly supervised
Enhanced training and awareness of dementia for all staff in our hospitals
Information for families, carers and care home managers to better support people living with dementia in Leicester

The Charity now needs to raise £100,000 to create a new Centre of Excellence for Dementia patients in Leicester Hosptials. To donate, please visit justgiving.co.uk/forget-me-not-appeal

London Youth promotional slideshow

Mark — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:56:26 +0000

sounddelivery has been working with London Youth, a member organisation with more than 400 youth clubs serving 75,000 young people across the capital. We were brought in to create a short film about London Youth’s work. The aim was to raise the organisation’s profile, highlight the role of youth worker training and the impact London Youth has had on young people’s lives.

We interviewed 8 young people who were taking part in the Youth Works programme – a project funded by the new youth volunteering charity V. It’s aim is to train a new generation of youth workers with a specialism in community activism. Young people who access the programme volunteer full time for 6 months in one of London Youth’s Quality Marked clubs. During this time they take their Level 1 Foundation in Youth Work, organise a community project and take part in a full programme of personal development.

This film uses content from the Youth Works interviews plus contributions from Youth Club leaders and London Youth project workers.