What we want! (www!) 2008
Media Grant Scheme

The deadline has now passed for applications for this year’s www! scheme but it should be returning next September (2009) so start planning!

After the success of the www! grant scheme in 2007, Tower Hamlets Summer University is again offering this fantastic opportunity for young people aged 13-20 to make media projects about YOUR lives and what is important to YOU.

If you’ve got an idea for a film or a photography project and need the money and support to make it happen then the www! scheme can help.  All projects must be inspired by one of the following themes:
My London  My Opinion  My Home  My Dreams  My Journey

What's on offer?

• Up to £500 to spend on your project
• Support from professional media mentors
• Free access to industry standard equipment
• One to one training
• The chance to get your film seen at a VIP screening and exhibition in an East End cinema

Successes from 2007

• Short film ‘Put it Down’ wins BT Seen and Heard Award and selected for the Cooperative Bank’s Young Filmmakers Festival in Bradford. Click here for more info  
• Grant winner secured work placement at Channel 4.
• Filmmakers give interview on the Robert Elms show and BBC London breakfast radio
• Young photographer offered a work placement at local newspaper East End Life.
• Check out the article on www! on the BBC London website here
• Check out the winning photographs by Jack Bruce here

Contact details

For more information, please call 020 7247 7900 and ask for Emma. Email: info@summeruni.org

 

BT Seen and Heard Award Winners

Put It Down, a short documentary about knife crime made by winners of our www! (What We Want!) grants programme, has won a BT Seen and Heard Award.

This is what BT had to say about the project:
'Our young judges were inundated with stories of brilliant projects from around the UK and the world. However, after reviewing over a hundred entries, yours stood out as a great example of how speaking and listening can bring about positive change.'

Francesca Kamara, aged 16, led her group of five young people aged 15-19 during the project. As well as learning about filmmaking from scratch, the group had to learn to work together, listen to each other and develop key skills such as time keeping. They were really excited to win the award and be recognised for all their hard work:

'We feel really honoured that BT has chosen our project which portrays the real views of people in London. Most coverage of knife crime is by adults so to be recognised for our views makes a nice change'

The awards ceremony will take place in October, when the overall winners will be announced.

See www! on the BBC website!