Share Your Story in a Workshop

Want to make a short film about a real-life experience or something that is important to you? Whether you are eight or eighty, a skilled facilitator from will help you produce a digital story using your own photos, words and voice.

This is your chance to share your story with a wider audience and learn more about the art of story telling in the digital age. Your story can be about anything - love, work, hopes, fears, the past, even the future. If there's an incident that sticks in your mind, a subject you feel strongly about, a place you love (or can't stand), then that's the germ of a digital story.

Limavady

The Limavady Story Finders group are holding a digital storytelling workshop on Saturday 16 February, where participants will have the opportunity to create a 2 minute film based on a personal memory.

Places are limited so it’s strongly recommended that you get in touch as soon as possible. If you are interested in attending the workshop contact Betty McNerlin at Limavady’s North West Lifelong Learning Association on 028 7776 4429 or email her on: nwlla_2@hotmail.com.

Newry

There will also be a digital storytelling workshop in Newry on Saturday 1 March. If you’d like to get involved, then contact Gervase Hannaway at Newry’s McGrath Centre on 028 3025 2628.

Dervock and Cadtlederg

Other workshops are due to run in Dervock and Castlederg. For more information on these, contact Cathy Moorehead on 028 9033 8013 or email her on cathy.moorehead@bbc.co.uk.

We’d be happy to hear from anyone who’d like to share their story on the Story Finders website or get involved with one of the groups. The groups are based in Dervock, Limavady, Newry, Castlederg, and Belleek. You can email the project at storyfinders@bbc.co.uk or telephone the Co-ordinator on Belfast 028 9033 8198.

The Story Finders project is funded by BBC Northern Ireland, the Department of Finance and Personnel and BT, with support from NICVA.