Ellie Hutchinson was commissioned by the Inclusive Public Service work strand of the RSE’s Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission RSE’s Post-Covid Futures Commission (PCFC), to explore active citizenship in practice. She has spent the last few months making films with users and facilitators of people-centred community support and services, gaining insights into the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, and how people have created and used support to help them through.
Using participatory film-making, Ellie worked with twenty-seven people, creating space for them to explore inclusive public services and the impact such services have had for them.
Ellie approached Support in Mind Scotland (SiMS) direct early in the year and asked if they would be happy to take part, with a focus on DBI and with the agreement of Scottish Government and DBI Central they have been supporting the programme. The film maker also worked with another five organisations, ENABLE Scotland, Glasgow Life Community Activation Pilot, Paths for All, Scottish Ballet and Trojan Theatre. The organisations, including SiMS helped identify people using their services to tell their story about what it means to have services meet their needs, and what it means to have their needs met in ways that work for them. Read more about Ellie’s process making the films here
You can view the films via the link below. The DBI film is titled ‘listen’:
Anne McDougal, SiMS National Project Manager shared: ‘One of the PCFC’s themes was to focus on Inclusive Public Service, to support and promote examples of services implementing ‘active citizenship’. The Distress Brief Intervention had been identified as an excellent example of this. The films were to show how services adapted during the pandemic and delivered person-centred support. This went hand in hand with DBI’s person-centred, solution-focused approach.
The film is both moving and inspirational and for the DBI team it has highlighted the incredible job they do, but also how important that bond of trust that they develop with the person in distress really is.’
Kevin O’Neill, National DBI Programme Manager said, ‘I would like to thank the RSE’s Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission for the opportunity for DBI to take part in this valuable programme. I would also like to Frances, Bruce, Anne and all at SiMS for their involvement in the making of the film and also take the opportunity to thank SiMS and all DBI providers for the fantastic work that you do in delivering connected compassionate support.
