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 their poems and stories, they share with the listener their sense of connectivity – through music, love, education, to the places they’ve grown up, to siblings, and through the unifying experience of being human.     Producer: Talia Randall in collaboration with First Story Mixing: Talia Randall Featuring: Keanna, Shanel, Shaniel, Jahaluka, David, Ryder, Ridwaan, Danae and Shaquille from Trinity Academy   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 to be heard. Students from Hampstead School, St Paul’s Way School, Platanos College, Skinners’ Academy, Trinity Acadamy and St Saviour’s and St Olave’s Church of England School have had the opportunity to take part in creative writing, performance and audio workshops led by skilled industry professionals. This podcast is one of the outcomes of their work.     London Voice has been made possible by the generous support of The Mercers’ Company, trustee of St Paul’s Schools Foundation.     This is a First Story project. To find out more about First Story and London Voice, visit firststory.org.uk and join the conversation on Instagram by following @firststory_uk  

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 world of a painting, invited to consider the pros and cons of an impending meteoric apocalypse, and discover a new appreciation for bread...   Producer: Talia Randall in collaboration with First Story Mixing: Talia Randall Featuring: Hannah, Meneske, Sevdenur, Khadijah, Adiyaan, Maisha, Roxy and William from St Paul's Way School   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 to be heard. Students from Hampstead School, St Paul’s Way School, Platanos College, Skinners’ Academy, Trinity Acadamy and St Saviour’s and St Olave’s Church of England School have had the opportunity to take part in creative writing, performance and audio workshops led by skilled industry professionals. This podcast is one of the outcomes of their work.     London Voice has been made possible by the generous support of The Mercers’ Company, trustee of St Paul’s Schools Foundation.     This is a First Story project. To find out more about First Story and London Voice, visit firststory.org.uk and join the conversation on Instagram by following @firststory_uk 

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 radiate powerfully from the creative writer they share.Producer: Talia Randall in collaboration with First Story Mixing: Talia Randall Featuring: Eliana, Hattie, Zoe, Saliuta, Salma, Amal and Zeruiah from St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England SchoolOver 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 to be heard. Students from Hampstead School, St Paul’s Way School, Platanos College, Skinners’ Academy, Trinity Acadamy and St Saviour’s and St Olave’s Church of England School have had the opportunity to take part in creative writing, performance and audio workshops led by skilled industry professionals. This podcast is one of the outcomes of their work.London Voice has been made possible by the generous support of The Mercers’ Company, trustee of St Paul’s Schools Foundation.This is a First Story project. To find out more about First Story and London Voice, visit firststory.org.uk and join the conversation on Instagram by following @firststory_uk   

 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 not-so-distant) dystopian, machine-run future and hold up a mirror to society, challenging our desires for perfection and our treatment of others.   Producer: Talia Randall in collaboration with First Story Mixing: Talia Randall Featuring: Faizat, Kimi, V, Kai, Georgina and Tanesha from Platanos College   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 to be heard. Students from Hampstead School, St Paul’s Way School, Platanos College, Skinners’ Academy, Trinity Acadamy and St Saviour’s and St Olave’s Church of England School have had the opportunity to take part in creative writing, performance and audio workshops led by skilled industry professionals. This podcast is one of the outcomes of their work.     London Voice has been made possible by the generous support of The Mercers’ Company, trustee of St Paul’s Schools Foundation.     This is a First Story project. To find out more about First Story and London Voice, visit firststory.org.uk and join the conversation on Instagram by following @firststory_uk  

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 skills and confidence to be heard.    In this first episode, we journey with the young writers at Hampstead School as they take us from the city of London, through haunted homes to abandoned farms. We reflect with them on community and friendship, resilience and grief, and the internal soundtracks that move us.   Producer: Talia Randall in collaboration with First Story Mixing: Talia Randall  Featuring: Lottie, Sirine, Nuriyah, Dorothy, Miranda, Millie, Lily and Ellen from Hampstead School     As part of London Voice, students from Hampstead School, St Paul’s Way School, Platanos College, Skinners’ Academy, Trinity Acadamy and St Saviour’s and St Olave’s Church of England School have had the opportunity to take part in creative writing, performance and audio workshops led by skilled industry professionals. This podcast is one of the outcomes of their work.     London Voice has been made possible by the generous support of The Mercers’ Company, trustee of St Paul’s Schools Foundation.     This is a First Story project. To find out more about First Story and London Voice, visit firststory.org.uk and join the conversation on Instagram by following @firststory_uk 

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 Hickson-Lovence guides us through odes to places, food, music, names, the moon and even an impromptu ode-of-sorts to biscuits. We also hear how oracy supports good mental health, with Speak for Change, the APPG enquiring into oracy, reporting that spoken communication skills are associated with self-confidence, self-esteem and emotional literacy. Sophie Hiscock, First Story CEO, reflects on the power of hearing young people speaking out in their own voices, using their own words.Producer: Talia Randall in collaboration with First StoryMixing: Jamie PaynePresenter: Ashley Hickson-Lovence Featuring: Destiny, Ellie, Favour, Isabel and Zoe from St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School, and Sophie Hiscock, First Story CEOOver 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 to be heard. Students from Hampstead School, St Paul’s Way School, Platanos College, Skinners’ Academy, Trinity Acadamy and St Saviour’s and St Olave’s Church of England School have had the opportunity to take part in creative writing, performance and audio workshops led by skilled industry professionals. This podcast is one of the outcomes of their work.  London Voice has been made possible by the generous support of The Mercers’ Company, trustee of St Paul’s Schools Foundation.   This is a First Story project. To find out more about First Story and London Voice, visit firststory.org.uk and join the conversation on Instagram by following @firststory_uk 

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 the societal influence and school stereotypes they see around them.Tracy also invites fellow First Story Ambassador, Patrice Lawrence, to share her thoughts on the importance of oracy and valuing teenagers' voices, and the impact of growing up surrounded by storytellers.Producer: Talia Randall in collaboration with First StoryMixing: Jamie PaynePresenter: Tracy ChevalierFeaturing: Jahaluka, John, Keanna, Mohammed, Ridwaan, Shaniel and Liam Flaherty from Trinity Academy, and writer and First Story Ambassador Patrice LawrenceOver 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 to be heard. Students from Hampstead School, St Paul’s Way School, Platanos College, Skinners’ Academy, Trinity Acadamy and St Saviour’s and St Olave’s Church of England School have had the opportunity to take part in creative writing, performance and audio workshops led by skilled industry professionals. This podcast is one of the outcomes of their work.  London Voice has been made possible by the generous support of The Mercers’ Company, trustee of St Paul’s Schools Foundation.   This is a First Story project. To find out more about First Story and London Voice, visit firststory.org.uk and join the conversation on Instagram by following @firststory_uk 

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 value of being present and the freedom they found in sharing their voices through audio, away from the pointed lens of a video camera.Their English teacher, Comfort Akano, also has a powerful message to share with her students, and with all of us...Producer: Talia Randall in collaboration with First StoryMixing: Jamie PaynePresenter: Luan GoldieFeaturing: Ameera, Angelina, Farida, Nofisat, Tiayan and Comfort Akano from Skinners' AcademyOver 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 to be heard. Students from Hampstead School, St Paul’s Way School, Platanos College, Skinners’ Academy, Trinity Acadamy and St Saviour’s and St Olave’s Church of England School have had the opportunity to take part in creative writing, performance and audio workshops led by skilled industry professionals. This podcast is one of the outcomes of their work.  London Voice has been made possible by the generous support of The Mercers’ Company, trustee of St Paul’s Schools Foundation.   This is a First Story project. To find out more about First Story and London Voice, visit firststory.org.uk and join the conversation on Instagram by following @firststory_uk