Sharing Stories - The National Lottery Community Fund
We are delighted to have received funding from The National Lottery Community Fund for our two-year project Sharing Stories. Through this funding we are delivering our successful online LGBTQIA+ filmmaking project E.D.E.N. Digital alongside running a monthly online LGBTQIA+ E.D.E.N. Film Club. The funding also ensures our core costs are covered for two years.
We are working with 15 members of the LGBTQIA+ community for E.D.E.N. Digital, providing 15, 2-hour online workshops, covering storytelling techniques, editing, camera and sound recording, using just a phone, or whatever camera participants have alongside a 30-minute 1-2-1 Zoom call for each participant to talk to the tutors about their films. There are also group discussions and feedback sessions, with each participant producing a short film to be premiered via a community screening in 2026. E.D.E.N. Digital launched in November 2025.
E.D.E.N. Film Club launched in June 2025 and is a 2-hour monthly LGBTQIA+ networking group, providing a safe and inclusive space for members of the community to connect. We are delivering 20, 2-hour online networking sessions up until October 2026.
Tramlines Trust 2024
We are grateful to have received funding from the Tramlines Trust, which supported our work by covering the annual renewal costs for the E.D.E.N. Film Productions and Transforming Cinema website hosting and maintenance. These websites are essential to our sustainability and the delivery of our projects. They showcase the creative work produced through our initiatives, raise awareness of the issues explored in our films, and highlight our collaborations with external organisations.
The funding also covered the renewal of our Vimeo subscription, a platform we use to host and share films created through our projects and commissioned work. Vimeo serves as an archive of our films since our formation in 2013 and plays a key role in preserving and promoting our work within the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as supporting the ongoing development of E.D.E.N. Film Productions.
Arnold Clark Community Fund 2024 - 2025
We are thankful to have received funding from the Arnold Clark Community Fund, that helped us cover our annual QuickBooks renewal. This supported us in continuing to provide our services to the LGBTQIA+ community.