RSS feed for The Rural Media Company website http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk Copyright The rural Media Company 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, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=146&$refresh=77135 Show and Tell, our action research project with partners Bristol University School for Policy Studies, is featured in the Guardian Online Society pages with a video extract and an article "A not so green and pleasant land".  http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=127 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=127&$refresh=46307 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, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=123&$refresh=40344 Our most recent community film production Crafta Webb, and the making of documentary, can be seen this Sunday on the Community Channel from 7pm. The channel can be found on Sky 539 • Virgin TV 233 • Freeview 87 (6-9am).   http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=121 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=121&$refresh=93913 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=118 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=118&$refresh=14790 A Cut Above The Rest http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=108 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=108&$refresh=51479 "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, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=76&$refresh=77993 Over the Hill? An awareness raising programme about the experiences of older people in rural areas. Using participative media to gather stories ... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=145 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=145&$refresh=89649 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, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=126&$refresh=15329 The HearSay! project involves a network of young people (13-19) and community media organisations across the Midlands and South West. The project seeks to:• Respond to the news agenda as set by mainstre... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=125 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=125&$refresh=96401 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, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=73&$refresh=24897 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=136 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=136&$refresh=39670 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, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=133&$refresh=1885 St Lawrence's, like many churches, cannot now be maintained for its original purpose and is cared for by The Churches Conservation Trust. The Evesham St Lawrence Re-Mixed project gave young people from Evesham, and the surrounding area, the opportunity to create ... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=130 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=130&$refresh=28413 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, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=80&$refresh=4343 BITTERSWEET: Sugar, Tea and Slavery ­ A Story of Wales and Slavery Working closely with the Gateway Gardens Trust, The Rural Media Company produced some revealing digital stories, based on research and memories of how slavery affecte... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=140 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=140&$refresh=48169 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, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=81&$refresh=46007 Young Shoots is one of only 12 national pilot projects funded by the Film Council as part of the Film: 21st Century Literacy strategy. Supported by Herefordshire County Council's Children's Services the project will use cross sector partnership working to develop a strong fi... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=132 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=132&$refresh=32032   Diabetes - A Guide For Gypsies, Roma and Travellers was commissioned by Diabetes ... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=138 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=138&$refresh=76304 Our new Heritage Lottery project, Travellers Remember, was filmed by an ITV news crew during the launch at Borderlines Film Festival.  Interviews with several Traveller families, involved in making the digital stories, and with Jake Bowers, who welcomed everyone, appeare... http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=89 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 8:59:43 +0000 http://www.ruralmedia.co.uk?page_id_sent=89&$refresh=44190