The funding will deliver a film project in partnership with Elevator Arts CIC (EA) with young people (YP) aged 10-16 years from across Essex exploring identity home community self-image and place. It will work with four community organisations in Basildon Colchester Tendring and Southend with 10 young people in each group aged 10-16 running between February-May 2022. The young people will work with a writer/drama facilitator and a filmmaker in 3 to 4 x 2hr sessions. The project aims to build confidence belonging and combat isolation and mental health.