1) How do ‘behavioural difficulties’ affect children and their families? / Impact on Urban Health

This is short clip for Twitter, from a traditional ethnographic case study.

In partnership with Renaisi, we were privileged to document the experiences of 18 families who have children with ‘behavioural difficulties’, and produce an insights report with recommendations for better support, for Impact on Urban Health.

There is relatively little awareness that for some children, anxiety, distress, and trauma is communicated through their behaviours and interactions with others. So called ‘behavioural difficulties’ are widely misunderstood and carry huge stigma, something we see play out in school exclusion rates and the limited support offered to families.

You can read the report here, and find the full film and podcast case study here.

2) WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS ON YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE VIOLENCE REDUCTION UNIT’S ‘STRONGER FUTURES PROGRAMME’? / MAYOR’S OFFICE FOR POLICING AND CRIME

This is a Twitter-length version of a more comprehensive film. It explores the experiences of Chloe, a young person attending an organisation called Future MOLDS, which is supported by the Violence Reduction Unit’s ‘Stronger Futures’ programme. The programme gives funding to organisations to engage with younger people, especially girls, in order to reduce their potential involvement in violence.

Our co-design approach with participants meant that after explaining the themes to Chloe, she guided us on what would be best to film and when, and made sure that relevant activities would be happening during our visits.

You can watch the full film here, which will be published alongside Renaisi’s upcoming report.

3) HOW DO OLDER PEOPLE HELP OUT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES? / CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER

We visited people aged over 50 around the country, to map out ‘informal voluntary contributions in the community’.

The above video is a 1-minute compilation snapshot, based on four ethnographic case studies. We explored the experiences and motivations of Gunwati in Leeds, Kathleen in Settle, Billy in Scarborough, and Tina in Bristol.

The overall aim of the research, for which Traverse published the written report, was to recommend ways in which national/local government, the voluntary sector, and business, can help people in later life find meaningful ways to contribute to their communities.

You can watch all four individual case studies here.

4) WHAT ARE THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC BARRIERS FACED BY THE ‘WORKING POOR’? / NATIONAL CONSUMER COUNCIL

This is an excerpt from one of our older, yet still very pertinent, projects. In 2008, we carried out three ethnographic case studies with full-time low-income participants from different demographics, and edited the results into one key-insights video.

The themes we expored were people’s experiences of: jobs and money, housing and transport, time and relationships, and consumer services.

The resulting insights helped inform a written report by the Office for Public Management, and this summary video was twice shown at the House of Commons. The film was also distributed as a DVD, with the sleeve containing a specially-designed booklet of information, summarising each case study and our overall findings along with recommendations for policy measures.

You can watch the full film here.

5) What’s it like growing older in Lincolnshire, and how can the council help? / Centre for Ageing Better

This film is an example of photo-ethnography, turned into a video.

We visited organisations working with older people across Lincolnshire, to speak with people about their experiences of growing older in the county, what they liked about living in there, and what improvements they’d like to see.

The interviews were recorded in audio-only format, and accompanied by photos of the participants and their local environments.

6) WHAT ARE THE EXPERIENCES OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN TEMPORARY HOUSING? / CHILDREN’S RIGHTS ALLIANCE for ENGLAND

The film was shown at The House of Commons to highlight the realities of living in temporary housing.

It’s an example of a campaign video that was co-designed with the young people whose voices are heard in it. We pitched different ideas to the young people, who then voted for the concept seen here.

It was created by first conducting interviews with the young people, and then bringing their words to life using real models and stop-motion animation. The young people helped out on set, and it’s their hands that can be seen on camera.