Mohn Centre Community Film Project

Throughout 2022 and 2023, the Mohn Centre have worked with children, young people and parents from four community groups: Old Oak Primary School, Nova Family Programme, The White City Youth Club (Part of the Harrow Club Family) and West Thames College. Together with our community partners, we have supported children and young people to document the issues in their urban environment that they felt were shaping their health and wellbeing. The children and young people took photos, created maps, recorded their views and debated topics. We have transformed all of this content into a series of short films representing the key themes that have emerged through this work. These children and young people have presented us with a holistic view of their experiences of health and wellbeing, challenging us to work across traditional boundaries. This work sets a visual agenda for an ongoing discussion between the Mohn Centre and our local community about priorities for research. 

Read the short report "All These Stressors" on some of the key findings from the project: "All These Stressors" Mohn Centre Photography Project Brochure

Using images to prompt discussion we asked young people from the White City Youth Club and West Thames College about the issues they thought impacted young people’s health. Play video
Using images to prompt discussion we asked young people from the White City Youth Club and West Thames College about the issues they thought impacted young people’s health.

"All These Stressors"

Issues impacting young people's health and wellbeing in North West London

Using images to prompt discussion we asked young people from the White City Youth Club and West Thames College about the issues they thought impacted young people’s health.

Young people (age 12 - 20) at White City Youth Club and West Thames College were asked "what are the top issues that affect young people's health?". Their audio is combined with images and video that were taken on a walking tour of one young person's local area in North West London.

The year 5 class were asked to draw a map of your community, marking on there the things that made them feel happy, healthy or were not good for health and made you feel stressed. Dr Dougal Hargreaves talks through some of the drawings with the artists. Play video
The year 5 class were asked to draw a map of your community, marking on there the things that made them feel happy, healthy or were not good for health and made you feel stressed. Dr Dougal Hargreaves talks through some of the drawings with the artists.

Old Oak Year 5 - Community health maps

The year 5 class were asked to draw a map of your community, marking on there the things that made them feel happy, healthy or were not good for health and made you feel stressed. Dr Dougal Hargreaves talks through some of the drawings with the artists themselves.

We worked with children in year 5 at Old Oak Primary School over the course of a term and with children and families at Nova Family Programme for a full day of activities. Play video
We worked with children in year 5 at Old Oak Primary School over the course of a term and with children and families at Nova Family Programme for a full day of activities.

"How much care we give"

Children's health in their local environment

We worked with children in year 5 at Old Oak Primary School over the course of a term and with children and families at Nova Family Programme for a full day of activities. We encouraged them to take photos to show what affects their health in their local environment.