Seven Stories
Seven Stories make literature accessible to all and champion reading for pleasure amongst all age groups. They successfully bid for Well Newcastle Gateshead funding for three projects:
My Story, My Place, My Future
The Story Kitchen
The Story Kitchen 2022
Digital Story: The Story Kitchen by Seven Stories
Digital Story: The Story Kitchen 2022 by Seven Stories
My Story, My Place, My Future
The aim of My Story, My Place, My Future, an education and public health initiative funded with £10K from Well Newcastle Gateshead, was to support parents to engage with their young children in reading for pleasure by participating in activities to bring a book alive. The project consisted of an intervention delivered by Seven Stories with up to 15 children and their parents/ carers and teacher(s) from reception classes in each of the 7 schools of the West End Schools Trust.
Summary: Supporting parents to engage with their young children in reading for pleasure.
Award: £9,985 Area: Inner West Newcastle
Story Kitchen
The Story Kitchen is a project led by Seven Stories, working in partnership with community organisations in Byker to provide out of school creative opportunities for families to participate in children’s book inspired activity, using food as a theme.
Summary: Out of school book-inspired creative and cookery activities.
Award: £15,000 Area: Inner West Newcastle
Story Kitchen 2022
The Story Kitchen is a project led by Seven Stories, working in partnership with community organisations in Byker to provide out of school creative opportunities for families to participate in children’s book inspired activity, using food as a theme.
Summary: Out of school book-inspired creative and cookery activities.
Award: £3,030 Area: Inner West Newcastle
