Learning how to code and edit video

Kate joined United Response in 2017. Studying at our URTEC Media Centre in York, she learnt about coding, film techniques and how to use top video-editing software Adobe Premier Pro.

Kate’s talents were quickly spotted, and she was hired by United Response in 2018 to support URTEC’s video projects.

Kate’s everyday tasks include making green-screen magic and stop-motion animation, as well as remastering old footage, complex editing and much more.

She’s always busy producing video content for our Quality and Practice team. You can see some of her videos on our YouTube channel.

Kate was recently awarded a UR Star award to recognise her outstanding contribution to United Response.  Speaking about Kate, Bev Murphy, Head of Practice, said: 

Kate’s so skilled at video editing, she can work wonders. She’s meticulous and always on it.

As if she wasn’t already busy enough, Kate recently started a university degree in video game development . On the course, Kate is learning all about video game history, operating systems and programming.  

Speaking about United Response, Kate said:  

United Response has definitely helped me become more motivated and point me in the direction of what I want to do with my life. United Response is about acceptance and bringing people together.

Producing the STOMP animation

For the past year, Kate’s has been working on United Response’s STOMP awareness video.

STOMP is a national campaign, which stands for “stopping over medication of people with a learning disability, autism or both with psychotropic medicines”. Speaking about the campaign, and why it matters, Kate explained:    

Medication can be good to some extent, but there are more ways of helping people.

For example, in the video we show someone going to the park and experiencing anxiety. If that happens you need to explore why it’s happening and if there’s anything you can change, like going to the park at a different time.

The animation, which is now available on our YouTube channel, ends with an interview with Kate about her experiences. Kate led the video making process, helping design sets and characters and producing the animation.  

You can watch the STOMP video at https://www.unitedresponse.org.uk/stomp

  • Ali Mills is Communications and Engagement Officer at United Response