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Tell us your story
Dissemination Conference - Widening participation in adult learning through storytelling
| Date: | Thursday 29 June 2006 |
| Venue: | The Midland Hotel, Peter Street, Manchester M60 2DS |
| Ref: | C1353/06/06 |
| Fee*: | £190 - Statutory/Private Organisations £175 - Voluntary Organisations £175 - NIACE Members for the applicant and £150 - for subsequent Member applicants from the same organisation (* includes lunch, tea/coffee) |
[Background] [Aims] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
This event aims to disseminate the findings of an innovative WAPAF project run through a partnership of the LSC, BBC, NIACE, Local Authorities and Voluntary Sector organisations to widen participation in adult learning through storytelling. WAPAF is the Widening Adult Participation Action Fund.
Everyone has a story to tell, and encouraging adults to work with others to develop their stories to broadcast on BBC radio is a creative and powerful way of inspiring people from many different backgrounds to take up and progress through learning. Since the start of the project in December 2004, hundreds of adults have come together to share stories about their lives through the Tell Us Your Story writing courses. Most of the people who took part in the courses had no formal qualifications and no experience of writing. Some were dyslexic; some had English as a second language; almost all of them lacked confidence in their reading and writing skills. Many of the learners’ stories were broadcast on BBC local radio stations and websites and they progressed to other vocational skills and personal development learning and wider life opportunities. Tutors adopted the approach to enrich a diverse range of learning opportunities including literacy provision.
Learners also wrote The Inside Story: A Guide to Good Storytelling to showcase their stories and inspire and advise other adults on how to get started. This publication will be celebrated at the conference.
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Aims
 | To demonstrate the achievements and benefits for learners and partners. |
| To demonstrate the storytelling process. |
| To show how to develop effective partnerships with the BBC. |
| To provide practical advice to help participants establish their own programmes. |
| To launch The Inside Story: A Guide to Good Storytelling. |
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Audience
The conference will be relevant to anyone working in formal or informal adult and community learning
| BBC Learning staff |
| Jobcentre plus and Museums |
| Learning and Skills providers |
| Libraries and Archives |
| Local Learning and Skills Councils |
| Prison and National Probation Service education |
| managers and tutors |
| Teacher Training agencies and providers |
| Trade Unions |
| Voluntary, Community and Faith sector organisations |
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Programme
| 10:00 | Arrival and Registration (Tea/Coffee available) |
| 10:30 | Welcome and Introduction to the
Day Chair: Jane Ward, Regional Development Officer, NIACE |
| 10:40 | Tell us your story overview Ray Begley, Adult Strategy Manager, Learning and Skills Council (LSC) Lancashire |
| 11:00 | The power of storytelling – BBC
RaW Ruth Milway, Project Manager, RaW, BBC Factual and Learning |
| 11:20 | The inside story launch Marie Crook, Editor and Gaynor Davies, John Stewart, Writers |
| 11:45 | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 12:00 | Experiencing story telling Facilitators Marie Crook, Steve Hoomans, Richard Corrie, John Stewart, Gaynor Davies, Paul Pearson |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | Workshops: first session 1) How do we run a story telling project? Thalia Bell-Taylor - Pendleton College, Rachael Hacker - Broughton Trust, Ray Begley - LSC 2) How do we use our BBC? Jenny Chapman and Ben Thomson, BBC 3) How do we market our project? Q2 agency 4) Learners’ perspectives Marie Crook, Storytelling Facilitator |
| 14:30 | Workshops: second session (repeated) |
| 15:15 | Funding opportunities and next
steps Ray Begley, Adult Strategy Manager, Learning and Skills Council (LSC) Lancashire |
| 15:30 | Close of Conference (Tea/Coffee available) |
This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.
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