Vanishing Rites uses participatory media to engage marginalised communities to document their stories, providing access to accredited training and qualifications.
Also providing a unique service for civil society organisations, producing high quality media for education, marketing and fundraising.
Community Media Projects
Caring/Carers Exhibition
To manage and produce a high quality multimedia exhibition, which gathers creative work from Carers within the UK, to raise awareness of the issues they face daily.
Volunteering Accreditation
To develop training and build skills of young people involved in community projects with recognised ASDAN accreditation from City of Bristol College and other relevant training providers.
UNICEF Our Stories
To coordinate the production of online audio stories for UNICEF as part of Phase 1 of the ‘Our Stories’ project to document 5 million stories worldwide, in partnership with Google, ‘One-Laptop-per-Child’ and StoryCorps.
Back to School Campaign, UNICEF Uganda
To Project manage the documentation of a Back to School campaign in conflict affected Northern Uganda. Leading a team of Girls Education Movement members and overseeing production of travelling photo-exhibitions, online photo-essays and a 30-min documentary.
Young Carers, Princess Royal Trust Carers Centre, Bristol
To oversee participatory media project with young carers to explore issues about their lives for the Princess Royal Trust Carers Centre, launched at conference, ‘Breaking Down Barriers’ a conference on young peoples mental health.
Civil Society Projects
Global Play Interactive Toolkit, World Jungle
To produce a DVD and web based Interactive Toolkit for World Jungle to promote their Global Play project to playworkers in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
Film Production, e-Parliament
To document using film, photography and sound, international hearings on climate change and energy access for the poor and produce short films for the e-Parliament.
Clients
Survival International, London
Asian centre for Human Rights, Delhi, India
Disaster Mitigation Institute, Gujarat, India
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation, Netherlands
IWGIA, International Work Group on Indigenous Affairs
Galdu, Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous People, Norway
British Empire and Commonwealth Museum