"In society today opportunities to harness the pervasiveness and potential of media applications for developing key competences of marginalised groups are plentiful. What stifles the development of new educational interventions, in many cases, is the unpreparedness, even reluctance, of educators to engage in new environments that undermine their perceived role as educators. There are now a wide range of ubiquitous learning environments that are accessible and user-friendly and offer potential learning opportunities for marginalised groups that are attractive and engaging. In this evolving education landscape the old 'sage-on-the-stage' model of institutional based provision is no longer the only educational act in town. Adult and community education programmes, free from the shackles of institution based provision, are often places where real educational innovation takes place. These programmes differ significantly from formal education and according to the Eurydice Report in 2014 ""adults are much more likely to participate in non-formal learning activities than in formal education and training...the take-up of non-formal education and training is nearly six times higher compared to formal education"". There is a significant lack of appropriate in-service training to support the CPD of educators and nowhere is this more apparent than in the adult and community education sector which is traditionally the poor relation where investment in CPD is concerned. Although there has been significant progress in the last 5 years ESL remains a significant problem in many Member States. Research shows that the prospects for early school-leavers throughout the remainder of their lives are bleak. They face significant difficulties in finding work and are more often unemployed and dependent on welfare benefits. There is also a cyclical element to early school-leaving with children of parents with low levels of educational achievement more likely to leave school early themselves without appropriate qualifications The DIME consortium has: - developed a bespoke in-service training programme for adult and community educators that supports them to use digital media production and digital media platforms as robust, pertinent and highly attractive learning environments - developed a comprehensive suite of digital media embedded learning and enquiry-based learning key competence resources for use with marginalised young adults in formal and non-formal settings. - provided a series of virtual learning and collaborative environments that bring adult and community educators in 8 countries and young marginalised adults in 8 countries together to support exchange of best practice, stimulate collaborative endeavors and raise awareness of cultural diversity. The key target groups were adult and community educators for whom a bespoke in-service training programme was developed and the young marginalised adults they work with to develop key their key competences.24 adult educators completed the in-service training programme at the transnational training event in Italy. A further 80 adult educators, 10 per partner country, completed the first iteration of the in-service training programme developed. A minimum of 20 marginalised young adults in each country were engaged in the audio-visual production training to develop their key competences before the end of the project life-cycle. This resulted in 160 marginalised young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds who have been distant from education and training being re-integrated into lifelong learning. The Dime consortium held 8 Short Film Festivals, 8 National Campaigns and held a Final Conference in Belfast.Social networking sites are the new ‘street corners’ where young people hang-out and digital media has filtered right down through the ranks of young people regardless of their social, economic or educational status. Providing appropriate training for adult and community educators to support them in harnessing the interest in digital media among their marginalised target groups is an innovative and worthwhile pursuit."