Apple Pie Enterprises Ltd (Ape Media) is a Not for Profit Company governed by a board of Directors and operated by a small management team.

The ultimate aim of Ape Media is to develop talentand revitalisethe Creative industryby increasing the number of training opportunities for people to improve their skills for a career in the creative industries sector.

As one of the few only East London media based training service providers for public sector agencies, Ape Media actively engages industry professionals (DJ/Radio/TV/Film Makers/Journalism) as tutors in delivering commissioned non accredited short sessions and Open College Network accredited courses in Radio Broadcasting, TV Production and Creative DJing. In 2006, we expand this approach to include other creative mediums such as Photography, Fashion & Customisation and MCing.
Future provision relies on the expansion of the current offering to meet a growing demand for more creative based courses (Multi Media) at higher qualification levels including OCR (Oxford & Cambridge & RSA examinations) levels 1and 2.

Objectives:

  • Build confidence, self-esteem and self-belief and raise aspirations and self-awareness of all participates.
  • To develop and enhance “softer” skills such as team working, negotiation and leadership, and to promote the advantages of cooperation and collaboration.
  • To develop research, problem-solving and practical skills and to encourage team and independent learning for all participants.
  • To raise awareness of the available pathways and options post-16 and post-19 through collaborative pan London partnerships.

Our partners who support the organisation both strategically and practically are:

 

  • BBC
  • Festival of Youth Arts LTD
  • Newham Community Education & Youth Service
  • UK Unsigned
  • Frolic’s (VJ company)
  • ITVLOCAL.com/london
  • Up-Roar PR Company
  • Circle – 8 (Personal Development Training)
Ape Media works closely with NEET organisations to provide tailored projects for disaffected youth, which have specific EET outcomes. Students are assessed on their Creative and Personal Development Progress, building up a quantitative and qualitative picture of overall individual performance. This information can be used by case workers to assess areas which might need extra work to help individuals into the EET cohort.

APE Media won two commendations from the London Open College Network accreditation Panel, one for the identification of the need for courses of this type in the area, and in east London in general, and secondly a commendation for the design of the courses, which enable the students to complete one, or all of the courses and make a concerted effort to be learner friendly in our approach and encouraging the progression of our students to full time education or to actively seek employment.

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APE Media has already seen a number of past students gain work in major radio groups such as the BBC and GCap, and the feedback from these courses has always been extremely positive, with members of long standing pirate stations applying for places on the course to gain a more professional training standard.

APE Media facilitates exciting and tangibly rewarding courses, giving real and valuable industry experience.

Ape Media’s long-standing commitment to protecting the environment is integral to day-to-day commercial decision making. Initiatives that help minimise the company's impact on the environment include annually recycling all office stationary.

Our values

  • Treat everyone as you’d expect to be treated.
  • Remember we maybe the only religious book anyone ever picks up and reads.
  • Individual responsibility team delivery
  • Keep it simple
  • Treat every project/course as it was our first!