The Pluggin Studios helps charities & social enterprises use the power of impact storytelling to build community awareness and trust...
Filmmaking and digital media skills built inside communities capture and promote the real-life insights into transformation taking place around them.
With a hub in Birmingham city centre and outbases within UK regions, our Pluggin Studios is a not-for-profit operation dedicated to empowering communities to capture, produce and promote the indisputable evidence of positive impact achieved from the business social value support they receive.
Our Pluggin Studios exist for TWO purposes within our ecosystem, a financially self-sufficient service operating not-for-profit within communities:
- To provide charities & social enterprises gain free access to industry expertise and training resources which helps them to build skills and experience needed to capture the reality of life and change taking place; also benefiting businesses and public bodies who share this as evidence which builds local awareness and trust.
- To support the UK ecosystem membership groups to better engage and collaborate through compelling digital content highlighting the process of dual impact; establishing much needed regional awareness and links between stakeholder groups involved with building healthier, safer and more resilient communities.
The Operating Model
Key Partners
The Studios have established a broad network of collaborations and partnerships with Educational Institutions, Media Organisations, Technology Providers, and with Government & Statutory Bodies.
Key Activities
The Studio's activities are focused upon Training & Courses (e.g. film production, editing, and modern formats of visual podcasting), Virtual Learning, Innovative Media Formats, and Content Creation.
Propositions
The Studios are focused upon adding value to the ecosystem members: Community Organisations, Business Social Value & Marketing and Public Sector Comms.
Channels
The Studios offer an online learning and content sharing environment, whilst utilising Social Media Platforms, Local Community Events, Partnership Networks and Broadcasting Platforms.
Relationships
The Studios connects-into communities and build relationships through: Mentorship Programmes and Alumni Networks, Community Collaborations, Career Pathways and Feedback/Focus Groups.
Key Resources
The Studios support regions to showcase activities and propositions through Shared Facilities, Technology and Professional Networks, whilst establishing employability pathways.
The Pluggin Film Unit...
Launched in 2021, our film unit is an integral element of the ecosystem led by a team of highly experienced and respected filmmakers. Drawn from TV and Film industry arenas, the team are expert in producing powerful stories and documentary-style content from within our Pluggin Studios.
Pre-production
We run a dedicated monthly planning and scheduling operation to ensure we capture the stories within communities.
Production
Our in-house and affiliate film teams work regionally inside communities to capture the action and insights.
Post-production
Our expert team takes over when filming is wrapped, editing everything into powerful video docushorts.
In communities, about communities...
The film unit nurtures talent from within courses and establishes local teams within the Film Unit to operate within real-life activities to capture and produce personal stories of impact - from inside the dedicated work of community charities & social enterprises.
This is all about the real-life insights and stories of healthier, safer and more resilient communities - validated by the people witnessing this.
Hub & Outbase Operation
The Pluggin Studios is operated as a partnership with Riverside Education who own the property called First House Associates.
Using the traditional hub & outbase model to support communities across the UK, we are able to physically base the studios in the centre of England and use outbases to support 11 other regions.
Hub
Regional Outbases
