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Who are we?
w-Eb is a recently established social enterprise for the purpose of working with young people and vulnerable children as a direct result of reductions in public spending and significant challenges to services.
What are we doing ?
w-Eb believes that the usage of media andfilm production technology, vocational training and skills development are key to promoting wellbeing and resilience in young people and children.
Why are we doing it?
w-Eb fundamentally believes in a strength-based model and build on developing these elements in promoting young people’s emotional wellbeing.
WELLBEING - EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS A Social Enterprise using strength-based
apporaches, media and film making to promote
the emotional wellbeing and resilience of young
people and encouraging and developing their
participation in program design and delivery.
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experience strong feelings (including feelings of loss, pain,
stress, anger, sadness, anxiety). The difference is that
they respond constructively to difficult events, rather than
being held prisoner by them.
The ability to manage one’s own feelings appropriately is
crucial to positive social and emotional developement and
to resilience. People who are resilient have a sense of
purpose, achievement and being ‘in charge’ of their lives.
Resilient people:• Manage their impulses and feelings positively
• Feel ‘connected’ to and help others; and ‘seek others
out’ in times of need.
• Understand themselves and assess, plan and solve
problems constructively.
• Want to maeke a useful contribution to society.
The eveidence shows that being creative, having a sense
of humour and having at least one positive relationship all
contributes to increased resilience.
Resilient people are able to ‘bounce back’ or ‘beat the
odds’ and to feel good about themselves, despite being
dealt a ‘poor hand’. This does not mean that resilient
people have an easy passage through life and that their
lives are stress free. Like others, they face difficult and
stressful times, and
Wellbeing describes an individual’s sense of how life
is going for them. Academics and philosophers have
spent lifetimes trying to define how best to define
‘wellbeing’ and the factors that determine the quality
of people’s lives. Many now agree that wellbeing
is a dynamic, ever-changing process involving an
interaction of an individual’s circumstances, their
activities and their personal resources.
Well-being is not simply feeling good about oneself,
and it is not something that can be ‘done to you’.
Research shows that an individual’s sense of wellbeing
is strongly associated with their level of self esteem,
their emotional functioning and their resilience.
The way in which people feel about their lives is
also influenced by their feelings of satisfaction about
their friendships, their family, their school and their
community. People with a positive sense of wellbeing
generally have a sense of purpose, competence and
autonomy, and engage in meaningful activities. Hyper-Localisation
resiliencewellbeing
dw-Eb aims to engage with young people to create
media products. Using digital technology we bring
children and young people, schools and community
organisations together to develop new ideas.
We aim to put young people ‘centre stage’ in the design
and delivery of services that affect them. We promote
local democracy and the active engagement of all
citizens and people.
If you would like to know more about our innovative
work in this area contact us via email at the back of this
document.
Recently , the UK has seen many launches of
online local media services that attempt to deliver
hyper-local content. However, traditional media
providers have experienced difficulty in adapting
high-cost models of delivery to a local areas. At the
same time, hyper -local agencies sometimes fail
to build a critical audience mass and to be able to
develop a sustainable business model.
w-Eb has a unique approach to toward the
development of hyper-local media that has young
people at the heart of the operation, with young
people delivering core messages for and by young
people.
strength-based young people centered
Hyper-Localisation
participation
• Build a permanent Web TV studio for the region, managed and driven by young people.
• Provide these facilities, building and promoting wellbeing, resilience and creating opportunities for young people to realise thier potential themselves.
• Encourage and help young people to serve their local community, helping other young people but also work inter-genrationally with the older community.
• Provide opportunities and addressing barriers to academic institutions through partnerships and joint projects.
We have started piloting digital and media training in schools in Northamptonshire, deploying what we consider to be a unique approach in working with young people and vulnerable children.
We place the young people at the heart of the planning, designing and creation of the project. We only train them how to use the equipment. They learn to work with professional equipment learning skills and technique that is transportable.
Our Aims Are:
www.w-Eb.org.uk
A Community Interest Company registered in England and Wales. Company No: 8177963Contact Details: [email protected]
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