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Storytelling is central to the 麻豆约拍鈥檚 core mission to inform, educate and entertain. 麻豆约拍 News reporters explain unfolding events in the UK and across the globe, whilst our dramas create compelling narratives about criminal masterminds or new life on the ward. Our DJs weave words to inspire us to engage with music and our sport reporters excite us with stories of tactics, trials and triumphs.

Storytelling has also been central to human life for tens of thousands of years, since we first shared stories around the fire.

Stories help us make meaning of the world around us, our past and where we might go in the future.

The impact of storytelling

Research indicates that telling our story can affect our inner feelings of acceptance, hopefulness or satisfaction, which in turn are related to the potential of developing greater resilience. In addition, through sharing diverse experiences, students can find commonalities and differences between their lives and that of the other storytellers. Sharing stories helps build connections and foster trust between us.

Being able to frame and communicate our story is vital when it comes to increasing confidence, explaining who we are and what we are passionate about, especially when entering the workplace.

Building these skills is particularly important after the last year, which has been tough for everyone, including young people. During the COVID-19 pandemic, young people鈥檚 mental health has taken a particular blow and in the UK, more than half of secondary students (11 to 16 year olds) didn鈥檛 attend school during the first lockdown. 

麻豆约拍 Storytellers

Share your Story will bring a diverse group of 100 麻豆约拍 Storytellers into schools across the UK, to share stories of their personal journeys, setbacks and successes. 麻豆约拍 Storytellers include relatable and inspiring 麻豆约拍 staff and well-known 麻豆约拍 stars from TV, Radio, Sport and News, such as Greg James, Stacey Dooley, Alex Scott, Laura Kuenssberg, Graham Norton and Ade Adepitan.

Student stories

Students will have the chance to engage with these stories of success and vulnerability, highlighting that we all have hurdles to overcome. They will also have an opportunity to share their own stories in whatever format they choose - perhaps a rap, a film, a poem or an oral story.

Prior to our visit, our partners, the National Literacy Trust, Voice 21, the BFI and Into Film, will deliver workshops to their teachers, providing them with tools and techniques to enhance their storytelling teaching. Many students may be reticent about sharing, so the teacher workshops will include tools on object-based storytelling through which the student tells a story about a personal object of theirs or their family鈥檚 鈥� anything from a pair of trainers to a keychain from their family鈥檚 past - which carry meaning and memories.

Schools choose if they want student stories to be shared at the special 麻豆约拍 assemblies, live or pre-recorded, in person or anonymously. 麻豆约拍 Storytellers will deeply listen to these stories and respond to the techniques the students have used and how listening to the stories 鈥� the words and the emotions 鈥� have impacted them. Responsive listening supports young adults鈥� perception of themselves. The 麻豆约拍 Storytellers will also share tales of how they use these storytelling techniques in their own work at the 麻豆约拍.        

Pilot sessions and feedback

We are piloting the project across the UK this year. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been such a great way to build relationships between the students and the teachers.鈥� Remarked one teacher who gave every child in years 7, 8 and 9 the chance to tell their own story. 鈥淪tudents who might not be working so hard in your lessons suddenly shared a story with you. You've built a completely different type of relationship with them, where they feel comfortable sharing their story. You get to know a little bit about what makes them tick, show an interest and then all of a sudden they're working really hard in your lessons.鈥�

At our first pilots, students shared stories about their passions from Taekwondo to sewing and reflected on their experiences from moving to Leicester to losing a grandparent. After sharing their story in front of their peers, their pride was evident; 鈥淚 just couldn't stop smiling. I was really happy to have done it. And as I said in the story, I overcame and achieved my goals.鈥� Another student said; 鈥淚t felt great. It was a good sense of, you know, I've accomplished something that I've before never thought I'd be able to do and that I have the confidence to do that again.鈥�  For other students, it was the impact of being heard that touched them most deeply; 鈥淚t was quite exciting because obviously not a lot of people know my story, not a lot of people know me in the school,鈥� shared one boy who had overcome significant challenges.

麻豆约拍 Young Reporter

The 麻豆约拍 has been providing resources for teachers, children and young people for almost 100 years starting with School Radio way back in 1924 and now digitally with 麻豆约拍 Teach and 麻豆约拍 Bitesize, and with 麻豆约拍 lockdown learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. Through 麻豆约拍 Young Reporter, the 麻豆约拍 works with 11-18 year olds to support young people in developing their own storytelling and content creation skills. It is fitting that we are building on this legacy as we mark our centenary.   We want all schools to be able to put on their own Share your Story events so all UK teachers will have access to Share your Story resources on 麻豆约拍 Teach including an interactive Live Lesson.

At the Share Your Story events we will be showing students how they can continue their storytelling journey by, for example, becoming a 麻豆约拍 apprentice, or using the storytelling resources on 麻豆约拍 Bitesize.  Students can also enter their story into the 麻豆约拍 Young Reporter competition. At least 100 of the students鈥� stories will be selected to be shared with 麻豆约拍 audiences on TV, radio and digital in the UK and across the world, supported by the best of the 麻豆约拍鈥檚 creative talent.

I鈥檓 proud to be leading Share Your Story and I鈥檓 really looking forward to hearing from the next generation of storytellers. It鈥檚 certainly an ambitious project, but one that perfectly demonstrates the unique role of the 麻豆约拍 as it enters its centenary year.