Our Self-Advocacy team at OpenStoryTellers is taking part in a national project called Volunteering for Health with partners from the NHS and Spark Somerset. The project looks at how volunteering can improve people’s health and wellbeing. We are exploring the barriers that people with disabilities face when trying to volunteer in Frome. We are speaking to people and organisations about
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We have been learning how to be filmmakers. Arts Council England gave us some money to learn how to make and edit our own films. On Fri 30th October we will show the films which we have working on: The Event will run on: 10:45am – 3pm at the Assembly Rooms in Frome. This event
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We want to say a massive thank you to Frome Music Club for their amazing donation from their Frome Festival event: Synaesthesia £1062 We are very grateful for your awesome support to sending us this donation. You can the find the Frome Music Club on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/fromemusicclub/
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We are very excited to announce our film premiere of Through The Front Door. Friday 6th June, 1pm to 3pm at the Assembly Rooms (part of Frome Memorial Theatre). This is a film sharing the personal and public heritage of people with learning disabilities through the places we have inhabited. “The story of a
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We had a really good chat with Andy from Somerset Community Foundation and Sarah who is from Somerset Council. We discussed having a webinar meeting with all the organizations together in one meeting. We have designed a survey to make sure we can get an understanding of groups who use self advocacy and their charity
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Our show was a huge success on so many levels! Photo credits: Julian Hight and OpenStoryTellers
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With two weeks until our Heritage lottery funded show ‘Through the Front Door’ at the Frome Memorial Theatre we would like to show you some of the stories we uncovered during our research, which have shaped our creative work and the content of the show! First up, we learned about the places that people with
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Through The Front Door – presented by Open Storytellers TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!! A journey of dreamworlds, music hall, poetic histories, asylums and workhouses; laws of the land; hands in the earth and The Harmony Ball. We’re all waiting for the curtain to be parted, waiting for the overture to get everything started. Take
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A “Hullabaloo” – a noise or fuss made by people who are angry or excited about something. In collaboration with Green & Healthy Frome; OpenStoryTellers have bought together four local creative practitioners to work alongside a collective of talented artists with learning disabilities, to explore how the changing environment impacts on their world. This
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Maker. Musician. Hard worker. Jake says, “The great great artistsMake something honestShow people Very goodA statue ParadedGreat createdChasing the hopePeople’s dreams People are strong humanityChange the people’s lifeShow people the hope Save their homeSave their hopeChangingChanging created People created the hopeChampionChange to championAnd the fame” From our Artistic Director: “Jake is an incredibly prolific artist…