Our unique scheme actively explores ways to encourage young people, whatever their background, to see themselves as future directors of stage, screen or virtual forms of story-telling.

Over the past two years Get Directing! has pioneered projects and follow-up schemes for and with young people through partnerships with three key organisations. Exciting opportunities are opening up all the time.

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national saturday club

National Saturday Club provides 13-16 year-olds across the UK the opportunity to study subjects they love, including Film & Screen. Since 2024 UK Directors have been delivering Masterclasses to National Saturday Club members following a custom-designed DCF structure. Participating Directors introduce planning and filmmaking essentials, and guide young people through the required steps to adapt one idea prompt into different screen media genres/outputs, demystifying the role of a Director in the process. These DCF Masterclasses aim to build young people's creative, critical thinking, and cooperation skills. 

WE ARE HIRING!!!

Regional Teaching Opportunities for Directors
Are you based in Cornwall, Hexham, Middlesbrough or Glasgow and interested in running a paid Masterclass workshop for young people aged between 13-16 in your local area?  In Spring 2026, the DCF are once again partnering up with National Saturday Club to enable Directors to provide paid practical workshops to build young people's creative, critical thinking, and cooperation skills.  Find out more here.  Please note, the deadline for applications is 19th November 2025.

United Learning

United Learning is a group of more than 70 state funded schools, stretching from Cumbria to Kent, which aim to provide excellent education to over 60,000 children and young people across England.

They seek to improve the life chances of all the children and young people it serves, in line with their mission to bring out 'the best in everyone' – students, staff, parents and the wider community.

into film

Into Film is a dynamic film focused education charity helping teachers and students to put screen storytelling at the centre of their work across schools in all four nations of the UK.

Inspiring the Future

Inspiring the Future is a careers advice charity that over the last 10 years has linked professionals from a variety of industries with schools across England and enabled over 2.5 million interactions between workplace volunteers and young people.

Future Plans

We are currently exploring links with organisations who work in Interactive Media Education – games, VR and immersive platforms.