Openstorytellers have been working with researcher Rebecca Yeo from the UK Disabled Peoples Council. Together we have worked with people with learning difficulties in Somerset to discover the what is important to them, their hopes and dreams for the future but also looking at the restrictions that exist and how things could be improved.
Participants put their ideas into drawings or photographs and have been working with research artist Andrew Bolton to combine these into a mural in Victoria Park, Frome.
The artwork was warmly received at the opening in Victoria Park. The people involved in creating the work explained their messages using words, music and the artwork itself.
Find out more about the Disability Murals here
As part of the Frome Festival we invited Frome TV film maker Adrian Strong into our storytelling world. We were overwhelmed with the wonderful film he made. Watch It Here
Participants put their ideas into drawings or photographs and have been working with research artist Andrew Bolton to combine these into a mural in Victoria Park, Frome.
The artwork was warmly received at the opening in Victoria Park. The people involved in creating the work explained their messages using words, music and the artwork itself.
Find out more about the Disability Murals here
Openstorytellers open their doors to Frome TV
July 2011As part of the Frome Festival we invited Frome TV film maker Adrian Strong into our storytelling world. We were overwhelmed with the wonderful film he made. Watch It Here
Mike & Jim's Big Bike Ride in aid of Openstorytellers
July 2011
I'm Mike Fletcher, a 46 year old going through a second mid life crisis who spends too much time in the pub getting fatter! So joining forces with my old school friend Jim Harrison we've decided to cycle a double century which is a massive challenge and not at all easy for us. We've never done this sort of distance before and want to see if we can - telling lots of people you're going to do it is a big motivator!
Distance: 200 miles / 320km
Assent: 2700m / 8640 ft
Time: 14-16 hours, 840-960 minutes, 50,400-57,600 seconds
Energy: 8400 calories / 30 mars bars / 46 bags of crisps / 47 pints of beer
Heart beats: 121,000
Pedal revolutions: 67,000
The 200 mile route is from East Knoyle, Wiltshire (my house) to Siddington, Cheshire (Jim's house) - same distance as London to Leeds!
We're doing this in the middle of summer to get plenty of day light as we will need it! We're starting at ten minutes after the sunrises at 04.50 which gives us 16.5 hours of daylight...
Wish us luck and thanks again for your support - it means a lot to us. You can make a donation through our Charity Giving page.
Update: Mike and Jim successfully cycled their 200 miles and our photo above shows them proudly showing off their sat navs with the mileage logged. 202 miles in 15.5hrs, 5am – 8.30pm including stops – 14.5hrs of cycling! Wow!
We are still totting up the donations but at the moment the guys have raised over £1675! Thank you so much to everyone who supported Mike and Jim. There's still time to donate at Charity Giving
We were shocked and saddened by the recent Panorama programme reporting on abuse in a privately owned Bristol care home. Openstorytellers has joined The National Development Team for Inclusion and many other leading individuals and organisations in the learning disability field to call for action from the Prime Minister, David Cameron to prevent this abuse ever happening again and to ensure that people with learning disabilites are supported to live lives as equal citizens in our communities.
Find Out More about the NDTI and the National Response to the Abuse of People with Learning Disabilities
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Distance: 200 miles / 320km
Assent: 2700m / 8640 ft
Time: 14-16 hours, 840-960 minutes, 50,400-57,600 seconds
Energy: 8400 calories / 30 mars bars / 46 bags of crisps / 47 pints of beer
Heart beats: 121,000
Pedal revolutions: 67,000
The 200 mile route is from East Knoyle, Wiltshire (my house) to Siddington, Cheshire (Jim's house) - same distance as London to Leeds!
We're doing this in the middle of summer to get plenty of day light as we will need it! We're starting at ten minutes after the sunrises at 04.50 which gives us 16.5 hours of daylight...
Wish us luck and thanks again for your support - it means a lot to us. You can make a donation through our Charity Giving page.
Update: Mike and Jim successfully cycled their 200 miles and our photo above shows them proudly showing off their sat navs with the mileage logged. 202 miles in 15.5hrs, 5am – 8.30pm including stops – 14.5hrs of cycling! Wow!
We are still totting up the donations but at the moment the guys have raised over £1675! Thank you so much to everyone who supported Mike and Jim. There's still time to donate at Charity Giving
Panorama: Our response
July 2011We were shocked and saddened by the recent Panorama programme reporting on abuse in a privately owned Bristol care home. Openstorytellers has joined The National Development Team for Inclusion and many other leading individuals and organisations in the learning disability field to call for action from the Prime Minister, David Cameron to prevent this abuse ever happening again and to ensure that people with learning disabilites are supported to live lives as equal citizens in our communities.
Find Out More about the NDTI and the National Response to the Abuse of People with Learning Disabilities
Back to News