I have facilitated groups of young people in filmmaking and writing for charity partners such as BFI Academy, Girls Friendly Society, Worth Unlimited and Eastside Educational Trust. I’ve also set up my own free filmmaking and writing groups with help from Waltham Forest Council.

I love leading groups through story, film theory, scriptwriting and visual grammar. Watching them pool their ideas and come up with a script, a shot list and a production plan and use so much initiative is wonderful and takes me back to my early days! I also love teaching story writing more generally. Talking about what makes a good story opens up stories of our own lives and I have been thrilled to see how these classes can also become safe spaces for young people to talk about life events and how they have been affected by them, and how they can view them through different lenses.