RSS feed for The Rural Media Company website http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk Copyright The rural Media Company Amplifying Voices is a collaboration between The Rural Media Company, BBC Radio 4/Radio Drama and the communities of Ewyas Harold and Kington to create a highly innovative project that combines the mediums of radio, film and the web with community participation. http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=154 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=154&$refresh=28712 Over the Hill? An awareness raising programme about the experiences of older people in rural areas. Using participative media to gather stories ... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=145 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=145&$refresh=26880 Show and Tell, our action research project with partners Bristol University School for Policy Studies, is featured in the Guardian Online Society pages with a video extract and an article "A not so green and pleasant land".  http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=127 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=127&$refresh=77512 Show and Tell - a Big Lottery funded research project into rural disadvantage - and Crafta Webb - a film drama produced in an isolated rural community - are both being broadcast on the Media Trust's Community Channel. 15.00 and 15.45 Fri 31st Oct - http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=123 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=123&$refresh=84184 Our most recent community film production Crafta Webb, and the making of documentary, can be seen this Sunday on the Community Channel from 7pm. The channel can be found on Sky 539 • Virgin TV 233 • Freeview 87 (6-9am).   http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=121 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=121&$refresh=51025 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=118 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=118&$refresh=25056 A Cut Above The Rest http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=108 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=108&$refresh=3687 "When you wake up in a car, you never really know where you are." The Film Agency for Wales, First Light and The Big Lottery have agreed funding for our latest young peoples film production http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=76 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=76&$refresh=68054 Royalists and Roundheads will enable 60 young people from a diverse range of rural communities to explorethe Civil War in Herefordshire and cinematically interpret it for local tourism and education. Through exploring stories, archives and objects from the period, yo... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=153 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=153&$refresh=24235 Dirty Bandages, funded by First Light, The Film Agency for Wales and The Big Lottery, has been shortlisted in the Best Community Film category in the Cinemagic Young Filmmaker 2008 Competition in... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=126 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=126&$refresh=19229 The HearSay! project involves a network of young people (13-19) and community media organisations across the Midlands and South West. The project seeks to:• Respond to the news agenda as set by mainstre... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=125 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=125&$refresh=55376 Award winning and internationally acclaimed film maker Ken Loach, winner of the Palm d'or and d... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=73 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=73&$refresh=89177 Focuses on rural diversity.  Participative filmmaking has started with groups ... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=151 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=151&$refresh=90363 Professor Phil Redmond CBE, creator of Brookside, Grange Hill and Hollyoaks and Chair of the National Museums, Liverpool, has had some very high praise for our latest young people's film From These Stones.  &q... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=146 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=146&$refresh=77820 Our latest young people's film project Dirty Bandages, created with young people from Gwernyfed High School in Brecon and funded by First Light, The Film Agency for Wales and The Big Lottery, has been selected fo... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=133 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=133&$refresh=94642   Over the Hill? is the Rural Media Company's new campaign that aims to highlight the challenges faced by older people in rural areas and the innovative steps that h... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=150 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=150&$refresh=6030 Stuart Burgess opened The Rural Media Company and Bristol University's joint research project into rural poverty, Show and Tell, at the Birmingham Midlands Institute in March 2008 to a large audience of policy makers and public and voluntary sector organisations from the West Midlands. ... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=80 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=80&$refresh=99662 The Rural Media Company worked with the RNC to capture and showcase three ground-breaking conferences on the subject of violence linked to sensory impairment. http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=152 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=152&$refresh=96245 The Teenology webcast is live today at 2pm! A prestigious panel of experts are coming to Hereford on 24th April to take part in the webcast debate which will be watched by young people from across the West Midlands. The panel will be chaire... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=81 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=81&$refresh=41419 Refocus is a media project for young people in Herefordshire and Worcestershire affected by domestic violence and who are being supported, or have been supported, by West Mercia Women's Aid.  Over 2 years, 24 young people will take part in regular MediaClubs and 3 W... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=148 Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=148&$refresh=58122