A CREATIVE arts programme is giving away storytelling kits this month to inspire individuals to use their imagination.
HOME Slough, which creates opportunities for arts and community organisations in the town, has teamed up with Slough Museum to dish out 600 Story Kits in the hopes to inspire everyone’s inner storyteller.
Developed with author Venessa Taylor, each kit contains a storytelling game inspired by the museum’s collection and using the history of the town to trigger people’s imagination.
It gives individuals the opportunity to tell their own tale and share their story.
Ms Taylor said: “Slough has such a rich past, compelling present and bright future, all of which went into the creation of the Story Kit prompts.
“I think all people are storytellers and my hope is for the Story Kits to stimulate the imaginations of the storytellers within the community.”
Ms Taylor explained it is these stories that will be a legacy for future generations.
She added: “Other than love, there is no stronger connection between people than storytelling.”
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The creative prompts include a Woolly Mammoth tusk, the William Herschel compass, Lydia Simons as the first black female mayor, the production of Horlicks drinks in Slough, and Chalvey’s legend of the Stab Monkey.
Throughout February, they kits will be distributed across the town via Slough Libraries, Slough Museum and through HOME Slough’s pop-up stall.
And the kits are also available on HOME Slough’s website in English, Polish, Punjabi, Urdu and Tamil.
Linda Tabor-Thomas, member of HOME Slough’s community programming board, said she believes the Story Kits are a great idea.
She said: “The kits can be used as a thought starter or played as a game - for individuals, the family or a group, I hope they will give people a fun and easy way of sharing the stories we all have inside us.”
The Story Kits are part of Once Upon A Time In Slough, a series of workshops and performances where people share stories about the important of the town.
Jake Orr, creative producer of HOME Slough, said storytelling is an intrinsic part of what makes us human.
He said: “It is one of the oldest forms of communication and we’re thrilled at HOME Slough to be working with author Venessa Taylor and Slough Museum to create the next generation of storytellers.”
The group is also currently producing Campfires, a project pairing five storytellers with five community across the town to develop storytelling.
And the project will be performed at The Venue at The Curve on Saturday, March 12.
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