Video making
Pulled Both Ways
Background to the Pulled Both Ways Project Glynis Wright a family lawyer and partner at Nelsons Law & Soft Touch Arts have been working on Pulled Both Ways since 2017. The project has won awards for its ground-breaking and innovative approach to a challenging issue which touches on so many children’s lives. The project has … Read more
The YES Project
YES project aims to change lives of young people Soft Touch Arts is one of eight partners working with Voluntary Action LeicesterShire (VAL) on a new £1.94m project that will support some of Leicester and Leicestershire’s most at risk young people. The project, called the Youth Employability Support (YES) project, will aim to transform the … Read more
Pulled Both Ways – stage three
Background to the Pulled Both Ways Project Glynis Wright formerly of Glynis Wright & Co and family law partner at Nelsons & Soft Touch Arts have been working on Pulled Both Ways since 2017. The project has won awards for its ground-breaking and innovative approach to a challenging issue which touches on so many … Read more
ST Video Archives
One of the positive sides to starting the massive clear-out required before our move to new premises is the chance to remember past projects, as we review what we need to keep and what needs to go from the vast collection of project-related materials here at Hartopp Road. I came across a wonderful film I … Read more
The Lady Jane Grey DVD project
Lady Jane Grey grew up in Leicester’s Bradgate Park and is popularly known as the ‘Queen of nine days’, having reined as Queen of England for nine days in July 1553. The Lady Jane Grey DVD project was a one year project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The project began in September 2009 with … Read more
I Came Here: 1939 To Present Day
I Came Here: 1939 To Present Day is an oral history DVD which compares experiences, memories and stories of arrival and settlement in Leicester across the generations. It traces journeys to Leicester from a variety of countries including Somalia, Kurdistan, Zimbabwe, Montserrat, Jamaica, Trinidad, China, Germany, India, and Ireland. I Came Here was produced by … Read more
Basketball and Baasto
Young Somali people from Leicester talk about their cultural heritage, current situation and future aspirations. Made with young people studying at Regent College working with filmmaker Tove Dalenius. The film was originally intended to be shown to younger people in schools and colleges to build their understanding of the Somali community. Funded by Leicester, Leicestershire … Read more
Our Highfields
The Young Roots programme of the Heritage Lottery Fund provided funds for young people from the Highfields neighbourhood to make a DVD about the history of their area. To carry out the project, Soft Touch worked with a group based at Moat Community College. The young people examined how the people and culture of Highfields … Read more
Family Flavour
The group of young people had already taken part in making adverts for the Media Asian Sexual Health scheme and this project provided them with their own idea for a five minute film. The group got involved with all stages of film production including the acting.Family Flavour is a comedy drama which looks at generational … Read more