For the past two years we have been working with communities in Fishermead, Milton Keynes on a project called Media4ME.  It’s part of a six-nation EU programme co-ordinated by our partners Mira Media in the Netherlands and David Wilcox of Socialreporters has also been working on the project with us.

We have a presentation about the Media4ME project here. And we have written a more detailed report here.

The project has used an asset-based approach to community empowerment, seeking out individuals with their own ideas and plans, and using the project resources to help them.  We have also put concerted effort into connecting up those individuals so they can make a bigger difference. [Read more…]