Who We Are ...

Mouth That Roars (MTR) is a charitable and not for profit company which was set up with the sole purpose of training young people in video production who wouldn´t ordinarily have access to media resources. MTR enables young people who are quite often misrepresented within society, a space to be heard and a medium in which they can voice their thoughts and feelings.

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MTR supports young people to develop self-esteem, self-confidence, self-awareness and motivation. We provide a learning environment that increases young people´s awareness of their community, wider social issues and encourages cultural exchange through the process of film making and teamwork.

Why We Do It ...

Video projects may require a young person to use and/or effectively develop their communication and negotiation skills, work as part of a team, take on leadership roles and responsibility, acquire new technical skills and make use of literacy, numeracy and computing skills. They will often have to make quick thoughtful decisions, negotiate their ideas, think critically about what is being produced and manage their emotional response to the feedback of others. As a result of their involvement in a creative process, which is inclusive, they will build on their feelings of self-worth and self-confidence.

 "When we get given the camera, it makes us responsible for it, which enables us to build our confidence in other situations, which makes us feel we can do other things, such as now I work in child care and I don´t think I would have ever thought I could be responsible for someone else if I hadn´t had that experience."

Smiya, 16 Years

How We Do It ...

Through enabling the young people from the onset to have a complete `hands on´ experience, giving them access to equipment & control on film content through experiential learning, immediately gives young people ownership over the process & product.

 Not `one size fits all´, we are forever developing our workshop skills & adapting ways of learning to be diverse & as flexible to support all young peoples learning needs.

 "You have to work with people you might be really nervous about working with! Media makes you communicate, and this can help you in your future in a job interview and even just walking into a new space... It´s always challenging your confidence."

Anthony 17 Years