Settle Stories
settle story registered charity company founded sita brand following running settle storytelling festival charity seek promote storytelling individual community organisation sita brand performance storyteller theatre director writer producer established ran first settle storytelling festival settle small market town north yorkshire aim festival increase access traditional modern form storytelling improve storytelling skill user increase availability access diversity story storytelling core initiative belief brand power storytelling help people learn communicate universal truth brand belief story ignite imagination way help people listen learn make emotional connection idea effectively communicate others also saw festival way contributing economic development market town funding obtained art council england additional contribution craven district council settle town council first settle storytelling festival successfully launched involving professional storyteller musician artist people attended similar number local child taking part schoolsbased workshop following success festival settle story became registered charity registered charity subsequent festival following year saw steady increase visitor attending event festival since grown become largest storytelling festival north england event june settle story established w r mitchell archive unique collection audio visual recording life north west england particularly yorkshire dale charity process digitising material making available resource learning see settle story established joinery venue creative space user meet create share art work company funded art council heritage lottery fund settle town council trust foundation commercial sponsor individual company continues innovate developed number digital project including live streamed event interactive fiction company created world first listening gallery bt heritage phone box worked shanthamani muddaiah create new work life hand w r mitchell archive collection oral history recording photograph material collected w r mitchell year period record history yorkshire cumbria lancashire mitchell bill journalist historian author book article yorkshire dale joined dalesman magazine editor – onward bill toured region recording cassette tape memory local people wide range topic particularly everyday experience people remembered told dale people word dialect recognition work awarded mbe made honorary doctor letter university bradford dr mitchell amassed collection audio tape accompanying collection photograph video footage interviewee january settle story received £ heritage lottery fund grant pilot project digitise selection cassette tape make recording available online archive continues support volunteer settle story homepage settle story registered charity charity commission england wale w r mitchell archive online