Society for Storytelling

National Storytelling Week 2009

National Storytelling week will run from 31st January to 7th February 2009.
Hundreds of events in various parts of the country.
If you want to get involved contact Del Reid.
e-mail:
Tel: 0208 866 4232

We know that 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. Storytelling is not just for the young but for all ages who share the creations of thought and the creativity of imagination.

We encourage participation from all areas of the community:
* Why not invite the older members of the community into local schools to hear their stories,
* Bring different ethnic communities together for a storytelling,
* Encourage special needs groups to get involved with telling stories - all this brings harmony and self esteem to those who get involved.
* Bring friends together and have a storytelling afternoon or evening - and really get to know them!!

As an example of the reach of storytelling, over the past decade, the Prison service through its Librarians and the professional storytellers it employs, have used National Storytelling Week to spotlight the on-going work of in-mate training in communication skills.

Storytellers have also enabled inmates to creatively share time with the younger members of their family in a programme of creative story development and recording. 2007 saw several of HM Prisons staging more high profile workshops in this field, so as to encourage greater participation. It is our hope that in the coming year they will increase further this rewarding involvement.

We know that 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. Storytelling is not just for the young but for all ages who share the creations of thought and the creativity of imagination.

So join us! For the word is out and there is a store of stories to be told!

National Storytelling week 2009 Event Funding.
We are hoping to provide a little financial boost to help SfS members organise even more events.
The aim is to get storytelling out to new audiences and into places where storytelling hasn’t been seen before and where it may grow and flourish once the seed has been sown. If you have been thinking about starting a club in your area, persuading a local arts centre to host events, interesting an organisation such as a hospital, old peoples home, library, museum, factory, country park or restaurant in storytelling, now is the time.

To download the funding criteria and form please click the link below.
NSW_Funding_application.pdf