Although much of our work is bound by client/participant confidentiality, below are some relevant examples we can share:

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Essex County Council’s new ‘Family Innovation Fund’ programme aims to help families and individuals in volatile situations build resilience, and reduce their reliance on statutory support. The programme is being implemented by six different partners across the region, each offering their own intervention service. As such, the client asked us to find out: what impact, if any, have these interventions had? We visited families who were recipients of different forms of intervention, each with their own story to tell. The video above follows 12-year-old Lewis, who had been experiencing extreme behaviour at home.

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The Centre for Ageing better wanted to map out the ‘community contributions’ of older people in the UK, with a particular focus on ‘informal volunteering’ amongst those from ethnic minority backgrounds and lower socio-economic areas. As such, we’ve been travelling the country, to find out: how and why do people contribute to their communities, and what barriers, if any, do they face? And how could older people be better supported to help out within their communities? The case study above features Tina, from Bristol, with her partner Fred.

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Traditionally, local authorities determined what form of care a person with long-term conditions received, and when. However with personal health budgets, the recipient is allocated a budget directly. As such, NHS England commissioned us to find out: what are the impacts of personal health budgets? And how can the budgets be applied most effectively? We visited budget recipients across the country, each representing different demographic segments, with different long-term conditions. The video above tells the story of Adrian, as well as interviews with his personal assistant and two service providers.

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This was a special kind of project for us, in that our end result was a campaign ad. We worked with several young people who have lived in temporary housing, to understand what life has been like for them, and come up with a respectful and effective way to communicate their experiences. To protect the young people’s privacy, no faces are shown. But the voices you hear are not performed, they’re from authentic interviews with the participants, who also helped out on set for the filming as part of a ‘co-production’ process. For maximum traction, we titled the video ‘Thousand of British Children Live Like This’, and the film was shown to MPs at the House of Commons last October.

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Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity wanted to find out which health issues matter most to residents of Lambeth & Southwark. So Renaisi carried out surveys at local events, conducted interviews, and ran workshops. which we attended to find out what some of the people had to say.

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Last year the Arts Council funded a ‘Cultural Citizens Programme’ to promote arts and culture to young people who would not normally have access or an interest. The programme was implemented by different organisations across the country. So the Arts Council wanted to find out: what was it like being on the programme, what were its impacts, and how could it be improved? Renaisi wrote the written report, whilst we visited a pilot area in Liverpool during and after the programme, to document the experiences of one school group.

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This is one of much our older, but still very pertinent, projects. Our client wanted to find out: what socio-economic barriers are faced by full-time, low-income workers? And what policy measures would reduce those barriers? As such, we carried out several ethnographic case studies with participants from different demographics, which were edited together into one key-insights video. We focussed on people’s experiences of: jobs and money, housing and transport, time and relationships, and consumer services. The resulting insights informed a written report, and the summary video was twice shown at the House of Commons. The film was also distributed in DVD format, with the sleeve containing a well-designed booklet of information, summarising each case study and our overall findings.