How can storytelling help me?
The value of storytelling is increasingly recognised across a number of disciplines, from art to leadership, research, equalities and teaching.
Stories engage our emotions as well as our minds, making them an extremely powerful communication and learning tool in a wide range of settings.
We can help you understand how to tell stories, how to create stories and how to use story as a tool in your work.
Our storytelling training courses cover the art and performance of storytelling and its application for engagement, learning and support.
Perhaps you want to build confidence in presentation and performance, to better engage and support the people you work with, or to make learning more fun.
Maybe you want to help people to tell their stories or use storytelling as a means to raise awareness or create change.
Whatever you want to achieve through storytelling, we can provide the skills you need
We are currently planning our new training programme to be announced in December 2019!
If you wish to be notified when the new programme is released, or to have information on a bespoke training programme please contact us on 0141 882 3025 or info@villagestorytelling.org.uk
This practical course introduces the skills you need to tell a good story. It helps you to prepare and perform a story, providing you with a process that starts the moment you find a story you want to tell, to telling it to an audience. Over the course of two evenings we cover physicality, voice, eye contact, pace, learning stories and uncover many other factors to consider when storytelling. This is not only an excellent introduction to storytelling, but a great way to increase confidence and communication skills.
- Perfect for: Everyone
- Next course: Tuesday 23rd & 30th April, 6.30 – 8pm
In this session you will learn how to make your stories more engaging for participants who can struggle to concentrate, helping you keep your group’s attention, focus them in a fun way and enrich their experience. We will offer a comprehensive experience of games, stories and exercises that you can use to get your group up on their feet and engaging with stories. This is a high energy training session and requires your full participation in all activities.
- Perfect for: All teachers, Youth Workers, Community Arts leaders, storytellers
- Next course: Saturday 11th May, 10am-4.30pm
Breathe new magic into objects in this session for people who regularly work with objects and artefacts. We will show you how to make your stories more exciting and engaging for your audience, while embedding and enriching learning.
- Perfect for: Museum and art gallery curators and tour guides, community artists and storytellers
- Next course: Thursday 23rd & 30th May, 6.30 – 8pm
Storytelling for Social Change – Part 1
How can we use stories as a tool for change? Where do we start? What do we need to consider? Stories are powerful. They move through cultures, communities, countries. Through prison walls, through closed doors and private spaces. They’re shared in schools, on buses, and with neighbours. Stories change lives. But where do we start?
- Perfect for: Health and social care practitioners, managers and frontline staff. Youth Workers, Community Arts leaders, storytellers.
- Next course: Saturday 25th May, 10am – 4.30pm
Storytelling for Social Change – Part 2
Following on from ‘Part 1’ this session will dig deeper into using stories as a tool for change. Covering practical exercises for sharing and gathering stories, as well as, looking at ethical issues that need to be considered when working with personal narratives or sensitive stories.
- Perfect for: Health and social care practitioners, managers and frontline staff. Youth Workers, Community Arts leaders, storytellers.
- Next course: Saturday 8th June, 10am – 4.30pm
Multi-sensory storytelling (MSST) maximises all the senses, reducing language and focusing on other channels. This session introduces the practice and provides you with the resources to deliver a multi-sensory story to your group along with skills to continue developing multi-sensory stories in future. This is ideal in contexts where language is impaired and other forms of communication are key.
- Perfect for: Early years practitioners, People supporting ALN or CLN participants, People supporting older adults
- Next course: Tuesday 18th & 25th June, 6.30-8pm
A full day’s training course to really get your storytelling teeth into. Learn how to make stories come alive for under 5s, keep 5-11 year olds engaged and what to do with those tricky teens. A fun filled and inspirational day packed full of ideas, exercises and stories.
- Perfect for: All teachers, Youth Workers, Community Arts leaders, storytellers, or those wishing to learn more about using storytelling with children, young people and families.
- Next course: Saturday 29th June, 10am-4.30pm