Documentary · Community stories · Public awareness
Local voices. Shared energy.
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Advice NI / Sustainable Energy Communities NI
Documentary · Community stories · Public awareness
Rising energy costs, fuel poverty and climate change are connected challenges, experienced differently in every community. Advice NI’s Sustainable Energy Communities project brought together four areas across Northern Ireland to explore how local people could take a more active role in their energy future.
The brief was to turn that work into a documentary and individual community films, giving audiences a clear understanding of the programme while allowing each place to retain its own voice. The films needed to communicate local experiences, explain the wider approach and support conversations with communities, funders and policymakers.
SlackPress developed the storytelling around the people involved, connecting contributor interviews and community context into an overarching documentary and four standalone films.
The production approach brought together story development, interview planning, location filming, editing and motion graphics to make complex energy concepts approachable. The main documentary connects the shared themes, while the individual films give each community space to tell its own story.
Sustainable Energy Communities: Main documentary
The main documentary brings together the experiences of Lisnaskea, Inner North Belfast, Ballymacash and the Dolmens. It connects the everyday realities of energy costs with the possibilities of community action, giving the individual stories a wider context.
Lisnaskea
This individual film focuses on Lisnaskea’s involvement in the programme. It places local voices at the centre of a story about community enterprise, energy needs and ambitions for the future, showing how the wider approach relates to a particular place.
Inner North Belfast
The Inner North Belfast story explores the connection between fuel poverty, community support and local regeneration. The film gives this urban community its own space within the series, connecting the programme’s ambitions with the concerns of the people involved.
Ballymacash
Centred on Ballymacash Sports Academy in Lisburn, this film introduces the community’s sustainable energy story. It connects the role of a shared local facility with ambitions for energy efficiency and renewable generation, making the subject relevant through a recognisable community setting.
The Dolmens
The Dolmens story follows a community network rooted in Newcastle, Castlewellan and the surrounding area. The film introduces its involvement in sustainable energy, connecting environmental concerns with the people organising and shaping a local response.
SlackPress began as a social enterprise, creating opportunities in the creative industries and helping community organisations communicate their work. That background shapes our approach to projects like this: listening carefully, respecting local knowledge and producing films that communities can recognise themselves in.
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