Close-Up Research is an ethnographic research and video agency. We capture stories of lived experience and make sense of what people think, feel and do. Our films and insights help clients design, evaluate and communicate better policies, products and services.
Below are some videos that helped inform & bring to life reports by Renaisi, relating to young people and/or social action.
What’s been the impact of an ‘Empowering Places’ programme on local communities? / Power To Change
The ‘Empowering Places’ fund was set up to support the growth of new community businesses via anchor organisations in six areas of deprivation. We travelled across England to meet with three catalyst organisations, over 20 community businesses, and local residents.
The film is divided into three sections, navigable via the Chapter button to the right of the play bar: About the Businesses, Improving Personal Skills, Confidence & Connections, and Promoting Community Empowerment & Wellbeing.
What’s been the impact of a ‘Place-Based Social Action’ programme? / The National Lottery Community Fund
The ‘PBSA’ fund was set up to build the capacity of local partnerships and address issues that matter to communities. We travelled to three areas across England, to meet over a dozen community organisations and find out the impact at a grassroots level.
This film is divided into three sections, navigable via the Chapter button to the right of the play bar: Some of the Social Action, Impact on Individuals Involved, and Impact on Wider Community.
What are the impacts of the Youth Social Action Fund? / CHILDREN IN NEED
This is a summary insights edit, based on our visits to four grantee organisations. We also produced separate edits for each organisation, and the short film below featuring just the young people’s voices.
This summary edit is divided into five sections, navigable via the Chapter button to the right of the play bar: About the Organisations, Impact for the Young People, Change in the Communities, Challenges & Advice, Looking Ahead.
How is the Violence Reduction Unit’s ‘Stronger Futures Programme’ impacting young people? / Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
We visited three grantee organisations, to understand that impact of the Stronger Futures programme on the young people and their communities. This is the summary insights film. You can see one of the individual case study films below.
This summary insights edit is divided into three sections, navigable via the Chapter button to the right of the play bar: About the organisations / What’s been the impact? (with 3 sub-sections) / What works best?
Voices from the young people / CHILDREN IN NEED
This is a 2m20s edit featuring the voices of just the young people from four grantee organisations. We also produced separate edits for each organisation, and the summary insights film above.
Cintia’s Story /Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime
This film is one of three individual case study films from the Stronger Futures 2.0 evaluation. It tells Cintia’s story, at the grantee organisation Leaders in Community, and is divided into five sections, navigable via the Chapter button to the right of the play bar.