Learning and development professionals at more than 100 organisations have embarked on a large-scale L&D video project aimed at sharing best practice within the third sector.

Members of the Charity Learning Consortium – a collaboration allowing charities to share resources and L&D costs – have been given free flip cameras to record their own pieces of training content.

Each organisation in the network has been asked to produce three short films to be posted on a dedicated You Tube channel. Although it will be a growing repository, it is hoped an initial library of 200 to 300 publicly accessible clips will be generated, with the first video going live in March.

The footage is expected to include insights on how to use L&D technology more effectively, plus interviews with charity chiefs about top leadership and management tips and why L&D is important in their organisation.

Participating charities include Victim Support and the Royal British Legion, which described the scheme as a “great way to get the knowledge and skills to our members and volunteers that they need to carry out their essential work for us.”

Martin Baker, founder and CEO of the Charity Learning Consortium, added: “What our members lack in budget they make up for in enthusiasm and creativity, so they have really embraced this challenge wholeheartedly”.

Baker also told PM that inspiration for the venture came from the consortium’s annual conference last September, at which Google and BT spoke of the success of their video learning propositions and internal knowledge sharing.

“I thought it was a fantastic idea and wanted to replicate the success in those two huge organisations by getting our community to work together,” he said.

The 200 flip video cameras being used in the project were provided by Cisco through a partnership with the Charity Technology Exchange, which supplies eligible charities with donated equipment and software.