Frames of Mind digital inclusion training programmes and creative heritage projects, champion the potential of smart technology to combat isolation and build enriched, connected resilient communities.
Smart devices are ubiquitous and we believe they are the perfect platform for intergenerational interaction and platform to challenge associated ageist stigma.
Frames Of Mind have a long-standing relationship with Newham Council who have provided us with a fleet of iPads to work with Communities across the borough, to record, celebrate and share their personal stories.
Preserving unique individual histories are an essential part of collective heritage, a shared sense of belonging which underpins our communities.
Through our digital inclusion programmes and creative heritage projects Frames of Mind champion the potential of smart technology to combat isolation and build enriched, connected resilient communities.
We have a long standing relationship with Newham Council who have provided us with a fleet of ipads to work with Community Neighbourhoods across the borough, to record, celebrate and share their personal stories.
Preserving unique individual histories are an essential part of collective heritage, a shared sense of belonging which underpins our communities.
The ubiquity of smart phones and tablets makes technology even more of a leveller than it was 5 years ago, the perfect focus for intergenerational interaction and platform to challenge associated ageist stigma.
During the last 12 months of the Covid pandemic technology has come into its own as a vital tool to keep us connected. We have been adapting our digital workshops for small Zoom groups, exploring different ways to get creative online, discovering new apps for creative challenges and ways to make this learning sustainable.
An App A Day was devised to increase confidence and trust in smart technology as a multi faceted tool for personal enablement. Many participants own or have been given smart devices by their family but lack the skills to explore their potential.
An App A Day encourages participants to engage with technology through an accessible mix of mix of: Practical skills – internet literacy, emails, Apps, research, social media.
Creative skills – photography, video, digital art, digitising images, digital books.
Choosing apps which connect with interests, life navigation requirements, practical needs, keeps learning meaningful empowering and sustainable.
An App A Day projects can have a Heritage, E.S.O.L, or Experiential focus –(outdoor photography walks etc)
Example An App A Day course
Digital books from Black History Newham 2019
Holistic digital inclusion programme to support the health and mental wellbeing of Newham residents.
People Need People is a 3 x 8 week, creative and practical training programme funded by People Powered Places – Newham’s flagship programme of participatory budgeting. PNP is a digital inclusion and friendship club, where participants experiencing anxiety or social isolation, can meet other people and learn new skills using their smart phones and tablets.
Delivered in the welcoming and inclusive space of Stratford Library, the programme is co-devised with participants in response to their needs and interests making sure learning is empowering and sustainable.
Through engagement in meaningful and stimulating digital life-skills People Need People aims to inspire positive life changes and self-advocacy
CONNECT – combating isolation
Internet literacy to access vital services, best-value deals, local events, courses and social activities. Zoom proficiency, texts and emails.
CREATIVE – improving mental wellbeing
Digital art, photography, creative writing, digital scrapbooks.
ACTIVE – improving health.
Photography field-trips in nature, heritage and architecture walks.
Referrals are made via Community Link Workers the Social Prescribing Network. Participants are also welcome to self-refer.
Frames Of Mind Café, Impact Report 2023
We train local ‘Heritage Producers’ in multi-media, interview and research skills, to create ‘New’ heritage material, capture heritage at risk and celebrate our community heritage:
Documentary film making
Oral histories
Digital diaries
Stop-frame animations
Archive research
“I’ve enjoyed being reminded of times which have been slightly forgotten. Making little history stories has brought us together”
” This is a good way to record history and I enjoyed the opportunity to learn new skills. I think the project increased a sense of belonging… I felt part of the community”
example projects
Connecting the past and the present in a playful juxtaposition of the physical and digital, that brings heritage to life and ignites the memory and the imagination.
Animating Murillo
Poignant, socio-political comparison of 1940’s East End London and 17th Century Spain. Members of Stepney Green Community Centre responded to the exhibition of Bartolome’ Murillo’s paintings at Dulwich Picture gallery, re- inventing his images through 21st century perspectives.
Eastbury Saved
Eastbury Manor House, Barking, visitor experience film, commissioned to engage new and younger audiences with its rich heritage. Eastbury Saved playfully recounts the buildings dramatic 446 years of existence, in 4.46 minutes, its diverse incarnations and occupants and how it was saved from destruction.
Cockney Sparrow Tweets
Produced with Lloyd Park Sharing Heritage Group, Cockney Sparrow Tweets celebrates park life, large and small, past and present.
Create Your Docks Fund.
A community digital inclusion project celebrating the heritage of the Royal Docks. Participants produced multi-media digital diaries and short animations, sharing personal stories and photographs of living in the Royal Docks.
Newham Heritage Month 2021 – theme ‘Shops Docks and Factories’.
A multi-media exploration into the heritage of Newham, through the lens of its corner shops and their communities.
Newham Word Festival
A series of digital art workshops which explored the language and imagery associated with age and ageing, exploding outmoded ageisms.
National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Manor Park Library.
A documentary and photomontage project inspired by the bathroom suppliers, H.M. James & Sons Ltd on Romford Road Est. 1881.
Contact us to register interest in our programmes, or to discuss your ideas
