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Category: 8-11 year olds
Sometimes – a story about processing differences
Sometimes is a short story about processing differences by people with processing differences.
We share this story based on our work with participants who are Neurodivergent, have experienced trauma or those living with a mental health condition – people who may process things differently.
This story compliments our training offer on hosting accessible Creative Storytelling experiences.
In Your Hand, George’s Bed
To celebrate the Manchester Shipping Canal in Warrington, let us go back in history and introduce you to local lad George Clayton. Here his wife comforts him on his deathbed and tells the story of his life.
Born to a farm hand in Woolston, George had many jobs from working the plough, serving in the 5th Royal Dragoons in Afghanistan and as a navvy building the Manchester Shipping Canal. He had two children, Frederick and Elizabeth and lived in a 2 bed dwelling on Church Street. At age 42, he died on New Years Eve 1895 from multiple illnesses including tuberculosis. Illnesses that were bought on through a life of hard graft and poor living conditions.
What is Love?
Addie talks about what love is and how it can help us express our feelings.
Gretel’s Utopia
If you could build a better world what would it look like?
Gretel wants to live in a better world. She dreams of her perfect place -a Utopia to hope for. This piece of spoken word by Flick Goodman incorporating song, was inspired by ideas gathered in workshops gather with children and their families over 2022.
You can find out more about Flick Goodman and her work here: http://www.felicitygoodman.co.uk
Red: A Dystopian Fairy Tale
A retelling of a tale you already know for everyone over the age of 8.
Informed by ideas gathered in workshops with young people and children, Red: A Dystopian Fairy Tale by Flick Goodman is a spoken word piece about an imagined futuristic world ruled by a totalitarian regime known as Mother.
You can learn more about Flick Goodman’s work here: http://www.felicitygoodman.com