The 3 Billy Goats Gruf
The 3 Billy Goats Gruf Family fun activity for the Summer Hols! “Trot! Trot! Trot! Over the Rickety Bridge!” I have very fond memories of reading the story of “The 3 Billy Goats Gruff” to my nieces and nephews when they were young. They would cling together in excitement, ready for me to morph into […]
The 3 Little Pigs – family fun activities this Summer
We all look forward to the heady, and hopefully sunny, days of school holidays! Hooray, for children, but sometimes a stress for parents to come up with new ideas to keep young minds entertained. Well, stress no longer, combining a well-known children’s story with an outdoor activity, Settle Stories will bring you a weekly idea […]
Diversity and Inclusion Training
Diversity and inclusion are often tricky subjects. Sometimes the fear of saying the wrong thing leads to people not saying anything at all, which is counter productive in every way. In June 2019 we joined up with AGEUK and had some all important training on diversity and inclusion here at The Joinery. It was great […]
Young creatives and qualifications! Post Arts Award Q & A
Here at Settle Stories we ran an Arts Award Week back in May 2019 with some local teenagers. We just found out that every participant that submitted a portfolio was successful! I caught up with Jayne, our Heritage Project Officer, to find out her favourite parts of the week and if we’re hosting again. What […]
Up for a Laugh! Q & A with Steff Todd
On Saturday 13th July 2019 local lass Steff Todd returned to her hometown Settle to preview her Edinburgh Fringe show: Reality Check. Audiences can expect to belly laugh at Steff’s stand-up comedy and spot-on impressions. We caught up with Steff for a quick chat ahead of this Saturday’s show. You grew up in Settle and […]
From Giggleswick to Uganda: Q & A with Thomas Lewton
On Sunday 30th June 2019 we screened Storytelling in Africa: Changing the News Narrative. It is a presentation of short films by local lad turned professional filmmaker Thomas Lewton. Thomas grew up in Giggleswick and went to Settle College. Now living in Uganda, he uses the art of film to challenge the Western media’s often […]
Visits from India: Q & A with Shanthamani Muddaiah
In June 2019 Settle Stories are joined by award-winning visual artist Shanthamani Muddaiah. Shanthamani is joining us all the way from India for our Life in our Hands project. The project focuses on people living in and around Settle and the stories they have to tell. Shanthamani will be interviewing various members of the community, […]
Tales by the Ribble
“Once upon a time, in Yorkshire…” Settle Stories hosted Tales by the Ribble in partnership with the Ribble River’s Trust. The day was a completely free family fun day. Its purpose to teach children about the River Ribble and get everyone involved in the arts for a free day of story fun. The event was […]
Looking into Creativity
Creativity is an essential life skill. OK, we’re an arts organisation; we’re bound to say that. As in the last twelve months we’ve been looking more at creativity through the retreats we’ve been running, we wanted to investigate what you, the general public think of creativity. We wanted to discover if creativity matters to you. […]
When storytelling comes to life… – Q & A with Ian Douglas
For our Tales by the Ribble family fun day, we welcomed Ian Douglas, Storyteller and Theatre Maker, to Settle. We spoke to Ian about what inspires him and what visitors can expect to see and hear when he performs. How did your life as a storyteller begin? I started out twenty four years ago when […]