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Hey creative minds aged 11–16!Join us for a FREE week long creative media adventure. Following last year's success, we're bringing back another incredible week of creativity! Free for local young people, every afternoon across one week in the Starting Point office creative space.https://vimeo.com/1203504608?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ciCreating a safe space where young people can get out of the house, have fun and increase their wellbeing. Opportunities to try creative media software, photography and video equipment. Developing confidence, meeting other young people and being mentored by the Starting Point creative team. By exploring a topic that interests them, and creating artwork from this, they will be ...

Starting Point Manager and Fundraising LeadWe are looking for a passionate and proactive leader to join The Mustard Tree, and help shape and grow our Starting Point project. This is a unique opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of young people while building strong partnerships and developing sustainable funding to support our work.This is a varied and rewarding role, combining hands-on leadership with strategic development. Grounded in our Christian ethos, you will lead and inspire a team of staff and volunteers, deliver impactful programmes, and play a key role in growing our work within the community.We are ...

We recently had the opportunity to lead some after school clubs in the Whitley area.We were invited to host a film club in Ridgeway Primary School, and Hartland High Secondary School. We also held a graphic design club in Hartland too.PHOTOSSome of the clubs in action, and various things the pupils got up to. Camera operationCamera operatingThe 'Hero Shot'The 'Treasure Shot'Storyboard creationSetting up shotsBoom operatorStrike a pose!Filming outsideFilmingSetting up the tripodHow the camera worksLots of fun!The crew! Film TrailersAn exercise using a music clip to inspire a short trailer – what genre of film does this sound like it should ...

Starting Point are proud to present our IMPACT in 2025. Starting Point enables young people who face disadvantage to see transformation in their lives – we passionately believe every young person should have the chance of a brighter more hopeful future. We do this through mentoring, creating opportunities, and amplifying the voices of young people – empowering them to make and sustain lasting positive change in themselves and their community.Alongside our valuable volunteers, partners, and funders, we remain passionate in our commitment to young people facing disadvantage in our local community.“I really appreciated our time just getting to talk through ...

Back in November, over 150 of us got together for the second annual Safety Summit, put on by the Young Voices Reading group. It wasn’t just another meeting—we had a massive mix of young people and professionals getting stuck into workshops, roundtable chats, and a proper Q&A to finish the day.What was on the agenda?We used the results from the recent Young Voices safety survey, reflecting the stuff that actually matters to local young people, including:– Violence Against Women and Girls– Exploitation– Hate Crime, and Bullying– Reporting crimesCheck out the highlights video below – it was edited by young people, and ...