2026
Who gets heard? What stories get told about people and place? And what kind of power do we have as a community to define and create social change?
The stories people and places tells about themselves matter. They shape who is seen, who is valued, whose experiences are recognised, and what futures feel possible.
A healthy society depends on a diversity of people being able to contribute their perspectives, experiences and ideas. It is widely acknowledged across movements, creative practice, campaigning and philanthropy, that stories can help people connect human experience to wider social realities, cultivate care and open possibilities for different futures.
The Horden Storytelling Project is a series of community-led workshops that have brought people together over food to share stories, explore creativity and challenge negative narratives about the village that have featured across media outlets over a timescale of decades. But Horden is changing and together we can shape a better, collective future.
The project is building a movement - a group of people who want to work together to build bridges and tell positive stories, shaping new narratives and opportunities. Many people believe in the village’s history of solidarity, collective struggle and brilliance - now and tomorrow.
Watch this space for project updates, documenting activity delivered since May this year.
Project Partners:
Delivered in collaboration with;
— No More Nowt
— Horden Together
— Golden Sankofa
— Joseph Rowntree Foundation
