Putting People at the Heart of Heritage

The Rural Media Company

Involving, Engaging, Explaining, Inspiring

The Rural Media Company is an award winning production, education and development charity working throughout the UK. We innovate and create ground breaking digital projects and productions with the communities we serve, creatively connecting and engaging people of all ages and abilities in order to share their stories and to enrich their lives. We can find stories from the past and start conversations in the present. We use the latest digital technology to involve, inspire and enable people to enjoy, explore, interpret, understand and preserve their heritage. Creative participation and audience engagement are vital elements in our approach.

Using the archive as a launching pad, irrigating the appetites of the young people of the area, is as good as it gets really. Taking it on the way that you are doing is very imaginative Lord Melvyn Bragg

Creating, communicating, collaborating, training

We work with historians, archivists, archaeologists and professional artists from many disciplines to deliver our projects. We inspire imaginations and help people think, question and understand more about their heritage. Our award winning portfolio of work includes documentaries, film dramas, radio plays, animations, digital stories, photography, multimedia tours, websites, books and educational resource packs. It is recognised for its quality, honesty and integrity and has been broadcast on the BBC, shared in schools and screened at film festivals around the world. We work closely with participants and teach them the creative skills required to ensure that their project is a success. We deliver compelling and memorable experiences for all our participants, clients and audiences.

What a joy! These wonderful, engaging digital stories, often comical, sometimes sad, occasionally harsh, provide real insight into farming families whose lives deserve to be remembered. Jo Brand

Once again The Rural Media Company has demonstrated their extraordinary skill in locating great filmmaking within a social and educational context; giving young people the creative opportunity to shape, perform in and produce a remarkable piece of work. Phil Redmond CBE

Helping you with your heritage project

We can support your heritage project at every stage. We can guide you through the development and investment process, create innovative new ideas and approaches and engage, deliver and share your project with the widest possible audiences. We have been successfully and creatively working with communities for more than 20 years and have an unrivalled reputation for our work. We are uniquely placed to help you deliver the best outcomes for your project. We prefer to be involved at the earliest stages of a project so we can help you maximise your opportunities and ensure your project realises its full potential. Give us a call for a free consultation. The work of the Rural Media Company has made a significant contribution to the lives of those in the communities it serves and well beyond. Lord Puttnam CBE

Our projects
Examples of our heritage projects include;

Royalists and Roundheads

A project with four primary schools, re-enactors and archaeologists to create animations, a book and DVD as a tourist and education resource about the Civil War in Herefordshire.

Crafta Webb
We were hugely impressed with both the quality and creativity of their work They demonstrated the capacity and leadership to deliver community generated digital content over a sustained period of time. David Holdsworth. BBC Controller of English Regions

An ambitious intergenerational community film project with three villages to shed light on this mysterious village and explore heritage through film, drama and documentary.

Grange Court Fieldwork

An interpretive heritage news community project telling the story of Grange Court from its origins to the present day. A collection of digital stories created with farming communities.

Buried Heart

A short drama and audio trail with young people and adult volunteers which forms part of the Dennis Potter Archive at the Dean Heritage Centre in Gloucestershire.

For more information or consultation contact: The Rural Media Company Sullivan House 72-80 Widemarsh Street Hereford HR4 9HG T 01432 344039 E info@ruralmedia.co.uk W www.ruralmedia.co.uk Follow us @RuralMedia

Registered Charity No: 1041335 | Estd: 1992