Society for Storytelling

National Storytelling Week 2010

SUMMER 2009
10th Annual National Storytelling Week
30th January – 6th February 2010

A decade in celebration of storytelling!
Once a upon a time an idea was proposed for a week to highlight the art of storytelling - not just for the young but for all ages who share the creations of thought and the creativity of imagination. 
!n 2001 Society for Storytelling created National Storytelling Week and 200 events were held around the country under its auspices.

In 2009 (our 9th) National Storytelling Week reached 16,000 people of various ages with storytelling events and performances in Schools, Arts Centres, Libraries, Theatres, Museums, Pubs, Book Shops, Storytelling Clubs, Retirement Homes and Prisons!

BBC Local Radio stations around the country have always supported the week and joined in with storytelling broadcasts by SFS members as well as other storytellers who took part. We know expands the 16,000 figure!

Over the last 9 years events have been held in diverse places as :

• The Admiral’s House Greenwich
• The Salvation Army
• Lakeside Shopping Centre
• Prisons
• The RAF Museum Hendon
• Croxteth Hall and Country Park Liverpool
• The National Railway Museum in York
• Museum of Childhood Bethnal Green                
• North Tyneside Disability Forum
• Museum of London
• Waterstones Book Shops
• Plymouth City Museums

                                                         
Nurseries invited in parents and grandparents to tell stories to their children
The Young Storyteller of Wales Festival was held as part of NSW.

In the last two years there have been video links among schools in the Lakelands, London and links between this country West Africa and the West Indies. Story groups in the United States have also taken part during the week

The Society for Storytelling Guide to National Storytelling Week is available on request.

Storytelling stretches from its simplest application in the nursery right through to personal stories and bereavement aids in hospitals, strengthening communication in the business sphere, and as an aid to learning in education. In its sharing between teller and listener it gives and receives time, it empowers, it creates and feeds the imagination from one generation to the next.

Contact: Del Reid, Coordinator NSW : 020 8866 4232   E : .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)