Arrowheart
Workshops
Aims:
Develop communication skills
Confidence building
Develop the imagination
Improvement of literacy
Unfold creative potential
Content:
Participants listen to traditional stories and myths
Basic Storytelling exercises will lead participants to a place where they
feel confident enough to tell a story
They tell their own stories to each other in pairs and in groups of three
Specific imagination and communication exercises support the process
Each Session will address a particular theme:
day 1: Creation Stories - place of origin, where did it all begin?
day 2: Stories about release, streaming out - playfulness / humor
day 3: Stories of giving and receiving - conflict and co-operation
day 4: Adventure Stories - overcoming obstacles
day 5: Stories of Attachement and loss - choice and destiny
day 6: Tales about perceiving opportunities - making decisions
day 7: Rounding off; Looking ahead
Storytelling in prisons and with young offenders
