Dukinfield Craft Café Storytelling Evaluation

 

In February 2023, OFS trained the Royal Exchange Theatre (RET) in the Storytelling method.

 

In March and April, staff and volunteers collected stories from eight people involved the Craft Café, a community hub supported by RET in Dukinfield, in different ways – project participants, the lead artist and the chair of the residents group. They had conversations with these individuals (the storytellers) about their experiences and what it had meant for them. These conversations were recorded and transcribed, and then edited by writer Phillip Brennan into shorter stories which captured the experiences and voices of the storytellers.

 

In May 2023, RET brought together staff, local partners and funders to discuss the stories and the learning emerging. The session was facilitated by Sarah Cassidy (Head of Inclusion and Learning, Old Fire Station, Oxford). Sarah then wrote the report. 

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Read the report and stories here.