DCTV Hub is a community-focused video platform that helps local stories build real-world outcomes.
Built by DeCollaborators CIC, DCTV Hub is designed to amplify community voices, increase visibility of local services and initiatives, and create practical pathways into creative and digital skills.
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About DCTV Hub
DCTV Hub is a community video platform in development, created to extend the DeCollaborators ecosystem into documentary, short-form video, interviews, and community updates. The focus is not “content for content’s sake” — it’s purposeful media that helps communities be seen, understood, and supported.
We work with community groups, churches, charities, social enterprises, youth projects, and local partners to create clear, accessible visual storytelling that highlights care provision, local activity, and opportunities.
What DCTV is (and isn’t)
- Is: a community media platform for visibility, learning, and collaboration.
- Is: a place where organisations can share their work in a clear, dignified way.
- Is: designed for partnerships, series production, and local storytelling.
- Isn’t: a click-bait media outlet or a platform chasing controversy.
What We Do
DCTV Hub supports community outcomes through simple, repeatable video formats and ethical production workflows.
Community Visibility
We help organisations explain their services clearly — what they do, who it’s for, when it runs, and how to access it — so residents can find the right support quickly.
Story-Led Video
We produce video that centres people, place and purpose: why a project exists, who it serves, and what difference it makes — without sensationalism.
Skills & Participation
DCTV creates structured opportunities for volunteers and learners to build real production skills — filming, editing, interviewing, presenting, and publishing — with mentoring and clear roles.
Designed to connect with the ecosystem
DCTV Hub can be connected to DCRadio Hub (audio/podcast distribution) and DCTribe (training and collaboration), so stories become discoverable, repeatable, and measurable across platforms.
Video Formats
Clear formats make production consistent, funder-safe, and easy for communities to participate in.
Community Spotlight
Short, accessible videos introducing an organisation, service, or local initiative.
- Who it’s for
- What happens there
- How to get involved
Day in the Life
Behind-the-scenes storytelling showing real activities in a respectful, positive way.
- Volunteer roles
- Programme delivery
- Place-based community context
Series & Documentary
Longer-form projects exploring themes like wellbeing, care, youth, enterprise, and community wealth building.
- Episode structure
- Partner-led outcomes
- Impact tracking
Delivery options
We can tailor production for different budgets and partner needs — from simple smartphone-led capture to full camera and edited series delivery — while keeping quality and clarity consistent.
Partner with DCTV Hub
We welcome partnerships with councils, community councils, charities, churches, social enterprises, businesses, funders and academic institutions.
DCTV Hub partnerships are designed to deliver shared outcomes: improved visibility of services, stronger community connection, and practical training pathways for participants. Projects can be commissioned as one-off features or structured series.
Partner outcomes (examples)
- Increase awareness and uptake of community services
- Document impact stories for reporting and evaluation
- Create participant pathways (training → production → publish)
- Support local economies through ethical promotion and visibility
How partnership works
- Step 1: Define your goal (visibility, recruitment, outcomes, reporting)
- Step 2: Choose a format (Spotlight, Day in the Life, Series)
- Step 3: Agree a plan (roles, permissions, schedule, publishing)
- Step 4: Produce & publish (with consistent quality checks)
- Step 5: Capture outcomes (reach, engagement, feedback, next steps)
Get Involved
Whether you’re an organisation, creator, student, or community member, there’s a role for you.
Organisations
Be featured, host a series, or collaborate on a theme-led programme aligned to local outcomes.
Enquire as an OrganisationVolunteers & Learners
Build skills in filming, editing, presenting, interviewing, production planning, and publishing.
Join as a VolunteerCreators & Mentors
Support new voices and help maintain quality, ethics, and safe, respectful storytelling standards.
Become a MentorConnected Platforms
Use the ecosystem to make stories discoverable across audio, community and training spaces.
Trust, Governance & Ethics
DCTV Hub operates with community-first principles: dignity, consent, transparency, and responsible storytelling. We aim to produce work that is suitable for public bodies, funders, and community organisations.
DCTV Hub is part of the DeCollaborators CIC ecosystem and exists to support social value, wellbeing, and inclusive participation through ethical media practice.
Key Principles
- Community-first: people are partners, not “content”
- Consent-led filming and clear permissions
- Accessible communication and respectful representation
- Transparent collaboration and shared outcomes
Contact
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