Ready to explore new ways to develop community cinema? Want to top up your skills and feel empowered in all aspects of running your screenings? Glow could be for you!
GLOW
Applications for Glow are now closed.
We are pleased to be able to offer six more places on our popular coaching scheme Glow.
Want to top up your skills and feel empowered in all aspects of running your screenings? Glow is here to help community cinemas that have been running for a year or longer, step into their next stage with confidence. You will receive three focused online coaching sessions with the friendly Cinema For All team and a £200 bursary to boost you in the direction you are going in next. One of the three coaching sessions will be with your fellow Glow cohort so you can connect with other community cinemas and share ideas. There is a choice of two dates to attend this workshop (2nd December 2024 at 4pm or 17th January 2025 at 12pm). You can choose from the following menu for the two remaining coaching sessions:

- Developing your marketing – building a strategy that suits you, strengthening your message and marketing planning.
- Curating your film programme – audience research, honing your vision and opportunities.
- More Accessible – ideas and information on accessibility of screenings and spaces to welcome more audiences.
- Organisational strength – looking after and building on the longevity of your cinema on the inner aspect e.g. volunteers, venue and evaluation.
- Outdoor screenings – tips and advice on running an outdoor screening.
- Reaching out to your wider your community – advice and planning to support you on your outreach project.
- Special events – tips, advice and ideas on creating memorable screenings with additional activity.
- Venue and equipment – refresh your skills or train a team member in screening equipment, how it works and making your screenings cinematic.
Applications are open now and close, midnight, 18th November 2024. Coaching will take place online via Zoom and start late November 2024 and be completed by February 2025.
A previous Glow participant said:
“We received good suggestions /ideas for moving our film club forwards. It was also interesting to speak to other club organisers during the fundraising session”
This programme is funded by the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery.
