At the Interactivity project start J was enrolled 4 days a week on an ITQ NVQ Technology course at The City of Westminster College, base near Paddington. 

 J has taken part in 3 FreqOUT! AQA accredited youth media projects in the last year and volunteered to support younger children’s classes during a summer learning project with Vital Regeneration.  J outlined that he felt confident about using creative technologies at the start of the project.
 
J became involved in the project through the FreqOUT! Project Manager as he had previously been requested to engage with future projects and was very interested in progression routes through the charity.  J had previously undertaken some intergenerational experience as part of his college course and had expressed an interest to his Work Experience Coordinator that he wanted to do more.  Following a 121 meeting with the FreqOUT! Project Manager to better understand the project, J decided he would like to join the project to further his experience of intergenerational learning and project delivery.
 
J took part in the Intergenerational Interactivity project delivered at the Greenside Community Centre in the Church Street ward of Westminster, one of the top 20% deprived areas in the UK.  The learning activity worked in 2 ways.  1) Interactivity participant, where J learnt technical skills in film editing, sound recording and digital photography and worked to link these spatially to a map of the local area through research and partnership with the Westminster City Archives.  2) Interactivity youth volunteer, where J used the skills he had learnt previously on projects and newly developed skills to teach older community members how to use digital cameras, film cameras and digital sound recording equipment.  J attended all 6 x 6 hour sessions and gave a presentation at the final showcase event, in front of 80 attendees from various partner organisations, other beneficiaries and peers.
  
The benefits of accessing the Interactivity project for J were that he developed a more professional and confident approach to learning alongside adults and developed his own teaching abilities as a result.  J confidently took ownership of delegated tasks and willingly undertook a wide variety of new tasks under direction of the project lead artist.  J related well to people of different ages and to staff and participants in our project.  J was definitely “work-ready” as a result of the project.  J developed skills when working with older community members with mental health difficulties and his approach was patient and supportive.
 
As a result of Interactivity J has secured a volunteering role with one of the partner organisations in the project, the Westminster City Archives Centre where he will develop links with youth organisations in Westminster for the set up of a new Archives history project for young people.
 
“At the Archives I enjoyed learning about my area and what it used to be like in the early days.”