First Story Presents: London Voice

First Story Presents: London Voice is part of an exciting new oracy initiative delivered by First Story, England’s leading creative writing charity for young people.       In the final episode of this season, young writers from Trinity Academy reflect on the critical thinking skills and broadened perspectives that the creative writing programme has given them. Through thei...

First Story Presents: London Voice is part of an exciting new oracy initiative delivered by First Story, England’s leading creative writing charity for young people.       In this penultimate episode, student Meneske reflects on the freeing experience of being a First Story young writer. Through a selection of original creative writing, we're teleported right into the worl...

First Story Presents: London Voice is part of an exciting new oracy initiative delivered by First Story, England’s leading creative writing charity for young people.       In this episode, the students at Skinners’ Academy introduce us to the places, characters, sounds and textures of where they live, and author, Luan Goldie, reflects on the joy of being a First Story...

First Story Presents: London Voice is part of an exciting new oracy initiative delivered by First Story, England’s leading creative writing charity for young people. The First Story young writers at St Saviour’s and St Olave’s School aren’t shying away from the big topics in this episode of First Story: Presents . Forgiveness, self-acceptance, love and belonging are just some of the themes that ra...

  First Story Presents: London Voice is part of an exciting new oracy initiative delivered by First Story, England’s leading creative writing charity for young people.       In this episode, students from Platanos College share their original poems and stories, created throughout the First Story London Voice programme. They ask us, the listener, to imagine a (perhaps...

First Story Presents: London Voice is part of an exciting oracy initiative delivered by First Story, England’s leading creative writing charity for young people.       Over the course of this academic year, First Story has been working with six non-selective secondary schools in Greater London as part of London Voice to help young people develop as writers who have the ski...

First Story Presents: London Voice is part of an exciting new oracy pilot delivered by First Story, England’s leading creative writing charity for young people.   Young writers from the First Story programme at St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School put pen (and voice) to praise poems in this final episode of First Story Presents: London Voice . Writer-in-Residence Ashley H...

First Story Presents: London Voice is part of an exciting new oracy pilot delivered by First Story, England’s leading creative writing charity for young people.   In this penultimate episode, First Story Ambassador Tracy Chevalier presents the voices of the young writers at Trinity Academy in Brixton. Through original stories and poems, the students unpack their experiences and confront...

First Story Presents: London Voice is part of an exciting new oracy pilot delivered by First Story, England’s leading creative writing charity for young people.   Students at Skinners' Academy in Hackney share their original poems and stories, created throughout the First Story London Voice programme. Speaking with Writer-in-Residence, Luan Goldie, the Skinners' students discuss the valu...

First Story Presents: London Voice is part of an exciting new oracy pilot delivered by First Story, England’s leading creative writing charity for young people.   Fewer than 3 in 10 children and young people aged 8-18 say that they enjoy writing in their free time, according to the National Literacy Trust 2024 Report. First Story believes that writing regularly can support mental health...

First Story Presents: London Voice is part of an exciting new oracy pilot delivered by First Story, England’s leading creative writing charity for young people.   Writer and theatre-maker, Adam Z. Robinson, guides listeners through original creative writing written and performed by First Story students at St Paul's Way School. Lifting the curtain on his year-long residency at the school,...

First Story Presents: London Voice is part of an exciting new oracy pilot delivered by First Story, England’s leading creative writing charity for young people.   Over the course of this academic year, First Story has been working with six non-selective secondary schools in Greater London as part of London Voice to help young people develop as writers who have the skills and confidence t...