Education Unlimited | Animate +
Many young people in Bristol are currently failing to enter post 16 further education or find meaningful work. Education Unlimited, run by employers and the Learning and Skills Council, identifyies young people likely to leave the system at age 16 and provides mentoring and support into different learning and employment experiences.
Watershed’s Animate + allowed 12 young people from different communities who were not in education, employment or training to return to learning through a creative process. Teaching Flash animation, web and games design, and also workshops in video film-making, sound and digital image production and 3D model animation, small groups worked with a dedicated tutor, project co-ordinator, support worker and expert practitioners.
Nine young people completed the six month programme and all left with OCN level 2 qualifications having produced digital animations, a web site, a game, and in some cases video films. Gaining confidence and maturity, at completion five of the students had been accepted for day time college places, one student was applying for an animation evening course and the remaining two students had registered with New Deal and were looking for work.
