14/04/2010 - Rachael Ronchetti, Operations Manager - Fairbridge Tyne & Wear

Fairbridge in Tyne & Wear run a range of personal development courses aimed at engaging some of the most hardest to reach young people in our society. By developing personal and social skills, increasing motivation and self esteem and providing tailored one to one support, we help young people make more fulfilling choices so they can take more effective control of their lives.

When an opportunity arose for our young people to take part in a national film project, we were keen to collaborate with a professional media organisation to ensure our young people received the best experience possible. Our young people often have very chaotic lives and many presenting needs in terms of their social skills and general life style factors. We needed a partner who would be able to work flexibly and to a high professional standard. They would need excellent facilitation skills and have the ability to form effective relationships quickly with our young people. Above all of this they would need to work flexibly and ensure that they allowed maximum development opportunities while keeping the project within the timescale and within budget!

In HT Media we found all of these things. Our young people identified the theme for the course which would be -The negative way in which the media portray young people. HT suggested that a news style programme would be a good way to explore the issue and along with our young people, helped craft an intensive project to plan and create a 6 minute short film. Our experienced staff were very impressed with the relaxed hands on approach which HT took with our young people. The ways in which they helped the young people engage with the theme and the quality of the tuition was outstanding throughout. The commitment to quality and professionalism was evident from the start and the young people bought into this in a big way. Far from simply providing the technical skills needed to produce a short film, HT’s approach included an exploration of the skills and qualities needed to work in the film and media business as well as sign posting for those young people who showed particular interest in the various different roles that emerged within the project.

The level of trust which the staff from HT gave to our young people was a very big factor in the success of the project. When working with extremely expensive pieces of equipment in very busy locations, the team were confident and comfortable in letting the young people get on with it. A display of trust which is often alien to many of the young people we work with.

The enthusiasm and effort put in by HT was excellent. The way in which they utilised contacts in the media to provide additional opportunities within the project helped make it such a success. The effort they put in around the face to face delivery with young people was also much in evidence.

I can only hope that this project will be the start of an ongoing relationship with HT. Certainly I would not hesitate to collaborate with them in the future. Quality, flexibility, professionalism and an open and honest approach to working with our young people make them an excellent partner to help engage the young people with which Fairbridge work.

28/04/2009 - Mark Cotton - North East Ambulance Service

When we started planning a consultation to become a Foundation Trust, we thought it would be better to make a DVD of our services. HT Media worked with us to understand the brief and produced a great video which really enaged with our audiences. Highly recommended!

02/09/2008 - Declan Robinson - National Grid

"National Grid Gas recently engaged the services of HT media in order to produce a Best Practice DVD dealing with on-site quality control of jointing methods for Plastic pipe. HT media personnel, working in close co-operation with National Grid and its contractors, were responsible for the recording and editing the video content of the DVD. National Grid were very pleased with the quality of the DVD on-site content and the work was delivered on schedule as agreed. We would have no hesitation in recommending HT as a media production organisation."

20/08/2008 - Vince McNeilly - AkzoNobel

"When we embarked on the project to record a DVD of our behavioural safety process, we found HT Medias help and assistance immensely valuable. The DVD was watched by our employees in many locations across the world and it was important that they could watch and learn, HT Media transcribed several languages to be viewed in subtitle format enabling our people to understand the message we needed to share with them. We would like to thank HT Media for the success of this project and their professionalism and integrity in producing a quality product. We would have no hesitation in promoting and using HT Media for further projects in the future."