Making Slough Happy - BBC2 - 2005

Optomen TV, one of the top 30 independent production companies in the UK were producing a documentary series called ‘Making Slough Happy’ for BBC2: An unusual three month social experiment, spanning a variety of disciplines from psychology to economics, aiming to improve the happiness levels of people in the Berkshire town of Slough.

Helen was assigned to work with Andrew Mawson, a well known social entrepreneur, to work with fifty volunteers from Slough and produce a photography project that would form a large montage as part of the final televised event and celebration of the project as a whole. Andrew felt that involving the community in the making of their own artwork would make them happier and provide a legacy that remained in the town.

The series was televised in November 2005
on BBC2 primetime TV.

A case study of the project on AXIS

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Information about Optomen TV