Under the Community Voices project, communities around England have been making a positive difference to their lives by using creative digital media. The project was launched by Media Trust, which supported them with start up funding, volunteer mentors and training.

The stories of how digital media changed seven of these communities are told in a 50-minute documentary, Community Voices, which you can watch online on Community Channel.

These seven communities include an internet radio station for the over 50s in Merseyside, a group of homeless people in Bradford, an Interfaith community in East London, people with learning difficulties in Croydon, carers in the New Forest, a self-help group of refugees in Oxford, and a group of teenagers trying to improve their rundown estate in Ipswich.

Browse our interactive map of the 25 communities across England who have been supported by the Community Voices project and whose lives have been changed through the use of digital media.

As part of our Community Voices project, we relaunched our Inspiring Voices awards scheme to celebrate and encourage the varied and inspiring ways in which communities are empowering themselves through the use of digital media.