Film & Media
Short films, documentaries, promotional video, social media content, storytelling and editing.
BringingCommunitiesInto Focus.
Photo 51 CIC uses film, music, podcasting, digital skills and creative mentoring to reveal the talent, voice and potential already present in our communities.
What we do
Creative programmes with real-world purpose
We design and deliver creative media, enrichment and mentoring programmes for young people and communities. Our work gives participants space to build confidence, develop practical skills, tell their own stories and see themselves differently.
Music, Audio & Podcasting
Recording, production, podcast development, voice work, sound engineering and audio storytelling.
Youth Enrichment & Mentoring
Creative workshops, confidence building, public speaking, critical thinking, media literacy and specialist support.
Delivering now
Our programmes run in partnership with youth services and community organisations, with a named safeguarding lead for every programme.
Running now
Express Yourself
A personal development and creative media programme for young adults, delivered with Youth & Community Connexion.
- Where
- 34 The Market Square, Edmonton Green, London N9 0TZ
- Who
- Young people aged 17 to 21, with exceptions for individual circumstances
- When
- Every Tuesday and Wednesday, 4pm to 7pm
Starting November 2026
Girls’ Room: On My Terms
A six-week programme for young women covering healthy relationships, exploitation awareness, assertiveness, boundaries and confidence.
- Where
- Haringey
- Who
- Young women aged 14 to 19
- Commissioned by
- Haringey Youth Service
Why Photo 51?
Named after an overlooked image that changed history
Photo 51 was the image that helped reveal the structure of DNA. The discovery changed science, but the woman behind the image, Rosalind Franklin, was overlooked for her contribution.
We chose the name because it reflects our mission. We work with people, stories and communities that are too often underestimated, underfunded or written out of the frame.
Photo 51 CIC exists to make the overlooked visible.
Experience you can check
What our founders have built before Photo 51
Photo 51 CIC is a young organisation led by people who are not new to this work. This is our founders’ track record, credited to the person who delivered it.
Youth enrichment in Tower Hamlets
Mock Court Trials, Dragons’ Den pitch challenges, financial literacy and confidence building, designed and led for sixth form and Year 8 students. The first Mock Trial drew 25 young people to a session planned for 15.
Nathan Anderson
Studio work
A disused youth music studio rebuilt and brought back into use. A young carer’s music made there earned a Tower Hamlets Youth Awards nomination and a festival slot in Victoria Park. Alongside that, music production taught at Urban Music Foundation, including AQA and Arts Award accredited programmes.
Nathan Anderson
Womanhood Academy and StreetMothers
Supplementary education dedicated to Black girls, and grassroots, care-led support for families and young people navigating complex circumstances.
Sheryll ‘Peaches’ Cadogan, co-founder and lead
Performing arts and media
Founded and ran Reality Bytes CIC for fourteen years, taking performing arts into schools, pupil referral units, colleges and prisons. On-camera interviews with actors Kingsley Ben-Adir and Lashana Lynch for BMT Stories.
Sheryll ‘Peaches’ Cadogan
Youth mentoring and community sport
Eight years as a youth mentor with South Kilburn Community Trust, running football, futsal, fitness and trips for young people on some of London’s most deprived estates, and coaching young people in the community since 2004. Recognised with a Give Back Award from the Mayor of Brent in 2017.
Christopher ‘Spesh’ Smith
University digital learning
Learning technologist in higher education: producing and recording video for teaching, running the online learning platform and training lecturers to use digital tools.
Christopher ‘Spesh’ Smith
Work with us
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Funders
Programmes built around your outcomes, with honest evaluation reporting, published safeguarding and founders with decades of experience in this work.
Commissioners and schools
One-off workshops, short blocks or full programmes, scoped to your young people, your budget and your safeguarding requirements.
Partners
Co-deliver, refer young people, or build a joint bid. We bring creative media, youth work and safeguarding capacity to the table.
Donors and sponsors
Make a donation, sponsor a programme, or give space, kit or expertise. Everything we generate as a CIC goes back into the work.
Donate or supportSome of our partners
Built for communities, schools and partners
We work with schools, youth centres, local authorities, housing associations, arts organisations, community groups, funders and local partners who want creative programmes with depth, safeguarding and purpose.
Safe, accountable, transparent
What any funder, school or partner should be able to check before working with us.
Community interest company
Limited by guarantee with a statutory asset lock. Company number 16605213.
Named safeguarding leads
A Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy, named in our published policy.
Two workers, always
No worker is ever alone with a group of young people, in person or online.
Safer recruitment
Enhanced DBS, two verified references and safeguarding induction before anyone works with young people.
Consent first media
Written, specific consent before anyone is filmed or photographed. Withdrawable at any time.
Published policies
Safeguarding, privacy, equal opportunities, complaints and values. Read them here.
Focus changes everything
When people feel seen, they participate differently. When young people are trusted with tools, space and responsibility, they grow. When communities tell their own stories, the picture changes.
Ready to bring your community into focus?
Partner with Photo 51 CIC to design a creative programme, workshop or project that speaks to real people and creates lasting value.