First Light was launched in May 2001 and since then has funded over 900 filmmaking projects with more than 20,000 young people throughout the UK.

We’ve funded the follollowing projects in the latest funding round:

Round 37

104 Films Limited
Nechells, Birmingham
£15000
104 films are a UK-based feature film production company and strategic partners to the UK Film Council who run The Magic Hour short film scheme for disabled filmmakers.

Glasgow Media Access Center (GMAC)
Scotland
£30000
GMAC (Glasgow Media Access Centre) gives excluded and minority groups interested in moving image and film making practical opportunities to develop their skills and talents in a safe and enjoyable environment.

Wind & Foster Media
West Sussex
£17841
Wind & Foster Media provide a broadcast production facility specialising in promotional film, drama and participatory arts workshops with a focus on participatory arts and creative learning opportunities for young people.

Sutton Parish Council
Cambridgeshire
£30000
Sutton Parish Council is committed to Youth and Community work and regularly carry out youth projects and community work engaging with all diverse elements of the wider community. Sutton Song and Dance Group (SADS) is where young people aged 9 to 19 perform a teenage themed youth-led devised piece of work to members of the community, including elderly groups, primary groups and relatives.

The Learning Centre
North Lanarkshire, Scotland
£29278
The Learning Centre is North Lanarkshire Council’s specialist multimedia production house focussed upon developing new multimedia resources for the Learning and Leisure Service. The LensHeads film School has been running for 5 years and is open to all 14 to 18 year olds living in North Lanarkshire.

FILM 15 Productions Ltd
Machynlleth, Wales
£26208
FILM 15 Productions specialises in the research, development, delivery and exhibition of a range of filmmaking activities for young people living in Mid Wales

Pilton Video
Scotland
£20265
Pilton Video Provide access to programme production for ‘new voices’ from the diverse communities in the City of Edinburgh. Pilton Video specialises in working with young film-makers and content producers in schools, youth groups and in the community.

Community Music East Ltd
Norfolk
£30000
CME is a Norwich based charity promoting opportunity, personal development and running media and film projects with vulnerable groups; special needs groups, those with learning difficulties, mental health groups, the homeless, after school groups, and young people at risk of exclusion/offending through the process of music and media-making.

Sawston Village College
Cambridge
£15000
A project aimed at re-establishing cinema in Sawston and open to all young people in the local community. This project currently consists of young people aged 11 – 16 who attend on a voluntary basis and meet weekly after school.

Manchester Youth Volunteering Project
North West
£29409
MYVP specialises in supporting youth volunteering amongst marginalized and under represented young people, so they can experience new opportunities, increase their confidence and give something back to the wider community.