Local entrepreneur who teaches filmmaking to ex-addicts hopes to take social business to the next level
A Portsmouth entrepreneurs’ dream of helping former addicts and those struggling with their mental health through the power of film, has taken a step closer after successfully becoming part of our social incubator, inc.
Billy Stevenson from Portsmouth set up Film Crew 4U, to introduce filmmaking to people who have been struggling in life, over-coming adversity or suffering from mental health issues. Telling their stories through film helps to provide them with a new direction while empowering them with career options.
Film Crew 4U also works with organisations and treatment centres in the mental health and well-being sectors of the community to tell people’s stories, share messages of hope and make awareness videos while teaching new skills.
Billy said: “After my own battle with alcohol dependency and relocating to a new city after treatment, I was lost and didn’t know what to do with myself. It would have been easy for me to slip back into old ways had I not pursued my interest in filmmaking after my volunteer work at Portsmouth Film Society, enabled me to enrol on a course they were running.
“From there I began to make promotional videos for people. I realised the potential for a business to show others who were struggling in life like I had been, the many avenues they could pursue in a big and exciting industry.”
Billy will be taking his film making workshops to Aster’s Independent Living Schemes in Hampshire to help reduce the social isolation of people over the age of 55.
For further information about Film Crew 4U, visit,www.filmcrew4u.co.uk
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