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| “I value other people more than I value myself.” | |
A story of caring, disability, family, and love. Zoe, Amy, Duncan, and Jess worked with Alister and Angela to create a series of pieces, one of which is the film linked here. “Alister and Angela are a … Continue reading |
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| ‘Psychosis’. A poem | |
This poem has been shared by a local writer who wishes to be known simply as “a Sheffield psychiatric patient”. Psychosis Untethered from my past and cast adrift I reach for the profound and lose … Continue reading |
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| Displacement: Lisa & Liv | |
Lisa and Liv created a film to capture Lisa’s experience of growing up in the countryside and of living, and raising her son, in Sheffield, and the challenges she faces here. The film was accompanied by a suitcase installation. … Continue reading |
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| The tram (and the red shadow) | |
Many thanks to Anne Fielding for sharing this story about her mother, Nellie McQueen, who worked in the Sheffield steel mills during WWII. Anne says of her mother, “She wore a red overall and the girls used to call her … Continue reading |
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| Wild Flowers | |
Emma and Georgina worked with Michelle to tell her story through the medium of a family album, a story which speaks of “family, positivity, breaking free and hope”. |
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| Storying the Manor | |
Isla Badenoch worked with the Archaeology Department at the University of Sheffield and produced these books on the Manor Castle and Estate in Sheffield. Part one Part two |
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| This is not a lecture. Stories of wellbeing. | |
In February 2013, people from all over the University of Sheffield came together to honour and celebrate the life of our colleague Tim Richardson. A 24 hour lecture series was staged. You can read more about this event … Continue reading |
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| Portable Worlds | |
One of the stories presented at the Storying Sheffield Exhibition in June 2013 was this film which formed part of an installation. It takes an abstract approach to Shirin’s story, using her own writing, and was produced collaboratively with … Continue reading |
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Storying Sheffield
A city is comprised of complex fabrics woven from its physical spaces and the lives of the people who inhabit them. To understand a city, one needs to study both the stories of these lives, and the spaces in which they unfold.
Storying Sheffield is about narrative, community, arts/wellbeing, mental health & place. Read more here.
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Steel Stories is a new project for 2013-2014 which will bring together academics, artists and students with people who work in the Sheffield steel industry to co-produce visual, textual, and aural representations of the industry. Marking the 100th … Continue reading
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22nd October, The Showroom, Sheffield: Special film screenings for Black History Month. Click here for more information. We Are Here is a ‘widening participation’ project based in the School of English at the University of Sheffield. It aims … Continue reading
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Storying Sheffield is working closely with the High Sheriff of South Yorkshire, Sheffield City Council and a range of third sector organisations on an exciting new project in the Abbeydale and Sharrow areas of the city. Read more here. … Continue reading
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You zi is a digital storytelling project which works with Chinese students to share stories of life in Sheffield. The You zi project has involved Storying Sheffield’s David Forrest and photographer Gemma Thorpe working with Chinese students who have … Continue reading
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People who have participated on Storying Sheffield have formed a group which meets regularly to do interesting things, such as stage exhibitions, visit places of cultural interest, and socialise. Read more about the After Storying Sheffield group here. … Continue reading
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Sheffield Film Studies & Sheffield Studies Film: City, Image, Memory Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary approaches to issues of space, landscape, and the city, Sheffield Film Studies and Sheffield Studies Film is a project which works … Continue reading
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An important part of the University of Sheffield’s mission and strategy is rooted in its founding principles, in which civic responsibility and engagement were and are a central component. The Storying Sheffield course and wider project is contributing to … Continue reading
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This section introduces the ways in which the techniques and ethos of storying has been used in mental health contexts. [under construction] See also: Working in secure psychiatric facilities. Links to follow Recovery Training materials … Continue reading
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Much of Storying Sheffield’s activities include partnership working with groups and institutions. These include local authorities, museums and galleries, NHS Trusts, social enterprises, community centres, local artists and businesses, and arts festivals. Some examples of our partnership work … Continue reading
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Storying Sheffield engages in various research projects closely allied to its activities and themes. The Storying Sheffield project itself emerged from a strong research base. Current research includes David Forrest’s work on film, and Brendan Stone’s research on … Continue reading
News and Events
December 2, 2013
Picture copyright The Sheffield Star The Story Balloons is the name of a a group of creative writers with learning disabilities at the Sheffield Mencap centre. The Story Balloons have written a collection of short stories that have now … Continue reading
November 5, 2013
The next meeting of the Sheffield Arts and Wellbeing Network will take place at 6:30pm on Tuesday November 19th. The venue is St Matthews on Carver Street in central Sheffield. Entry is free, and all are welcome to attend. … Continue reading
October 30, 2013
Vicky Grant, who leads the Storying Sheffield Knowing as Healing project was featured in the Daily Mail on October 30th, talking about her research into IBS. Click here to read the full feature, and here to read more about … Continue reading
September 9, 2013
Thanks to Janet for sending this information about the Cheap Thrills! Festival 2013. Cheap Thrills! Zero Budget Film Festival Sheffield – Burngreave Cemetery Chapel, Melrose Road, S3 9DN Saturday 14th September, 7pm for 7.30pm start. FREE ENTRY. … Continue reading
The RE:Cycle Ride will raise funds to help support the work of Recovery Enterprises. Recovery Enterprises is a charitable social enterprise based in Sheffield which was established as the result of an innovative idea from an inspiring group of … Continue reading
August 2, 2013
The next meeting of the Sheffield Arts and Wellbeing Network will be on Monday 16th September at 6.30pm at Haggler’s Corner, 586 Queen’s Road S2 4DU (http://hagglerscorner.co.uk/). The theme will be the role of the arts in managing chronic pain … Continue reading
June 28, 2013
Never Too Late: Adult Education Day Thursday, July 25, 2013 10:30am until 4:00pm SUFC, Bramall Lane Facebook Event Page Have you ever thought about returning to education? Do you fancy a change of career? Think … Continue reading
June 18, 2013
Health and Social Change conference: Manchester, 4-5 July 2013 Brendan Stone of Storying Sheffield will be a keynote speaker at this year’s RIHSC Annual Conference. He will be speaking on the theme of ‘Narrative and distress: practice and potential’. … Continue reading
The 4th annual Storying Sheffield exhibition will take place on Thursday June 13th 2013 from 10am to 6pm in the Jessop West Exhibition Space at the University of Sheffield. Admission is free, and everyone is welcome to … Continue reading
May 16, 2013
The Colour Wheel: A reading with the HEX POETS Friday 7th June – 6.30 to 7.30pm Bank Street Arts Centre Tickets: £4 (on the door only) The Sheffield Poetry Festival The Hex Poets are Angelina Ayers, Elizabeth Barrett, Shelley … Continue reading
Blog
December 5, 2013
Steel Stories is a current project in which three photographers and film-makers are producing visual narratives of the steel industry in Sheffield. They are accompanied on their shoots by students from the School of English who are writing reflections on … Continue reading
December 2, 2013
Steel Stories is a current project in which three Sheffield-based photographers and film-makers are producing visual narratives of the steel industry in Sheffield. They are accompanied on their shoots by undergraduate students from the School of English who are writing … Continue reading
October 30, 2013
Steel Stories is a current project in which three Sheffield-based photographers and film-makers are producing visual narratives of the steel industry in Sheffield. In this blog post, Andy Brown describes the beginnings of his work for the project. … Continue reading
The University of Sheffield’s Storying Sheffield Knowing as Healing team are working with Cassie Limb, an artist from Kelham Island Arts Collaborative, to put together an exhibition for the IBS Network’s annual Wellbeing Day. We have created a … Continue reading
October 17, 2013
This is the third blog post by a group of University staff on the Sheffield Leader 3 programme who are researching what the University of Sheffield might learn from Sheffield people who feel disconnected or remote from it. Their first … Continue reading
October 7, 2013
The Literacy Exchange and Achievement Programme (LEAP) is an exciting and pioneering collaborative project that sees The University of Sheffield, Sheffield City Council and secondary schools across the city working together to help support the development of literacy skills … Continue reading
August 29, 2013
Thanks to Christina Priestley for writing this guest post about the work of MESH. Mental Sheffield (MESH) is a voluntary run self-help group for adults who have experienced mental health problems, in the past or present. MESH was … Continue reading
This is the second blog post by a group of University staff on the Sheffield Leader 3 programme who are researching what the University of Sheffield might learn from Sheffield people who feel disconnected or remote from it. To read … Continue reading
For the Sheffield Alumni magazine, Brendan Stone, Director of the Storying Sheffield project, interviewed Hilary Mantel CBE: double winer of the Man Booker Prize twice and a University of Sheffield alumna. Hilary, please could you reflect on your … Continue reading
July 15, 2013
This is a guest post by a group of staff from various parts of the University of Sheffield. We are a group of University staff on the Sheffield Leader 3 programme. When we started the course in April … Continue reading
| At home with dementia | |
Many thanks to Yo Tozer-Loft for sharing this story. There are times in life that are bigger than we can manage. In 2009, when my children were 7 and 3, my father came to live with us. … Continue reading |
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| In the Balcony of a Sharrow Council Flat | |
In the Balcony of a Sharrow Council Flat I look at balconies, the washed laundries, the simple life of a Somali wife, With her long black scarf seems so sure of what she does. She waves, ‘Salam … Continue reading |
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| The bewilderment of a ‘curious’ Iranian student | |
Many thanks to Shirin for sharing this story. Daddy-English-Literature ‘Who are YOU?’ said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, ‘I—I hardly know, sir, just at present—at … Continue reading |
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| Transport and Tablets | |
We are very pleased to be able to present Alan’s account of his life (click on the pages to enlarge). |
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| Home: A film | |
Coming Home: This film made by and with Storying Sheffield participants and staff explores the important influence our home lives have on our mental health. It was screened in the Sheffield Life and Times gallery of Western Park … Continue reading |
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| Learning for the Fourth Age | |
Learning for the Fourth Age is a social enterprise which provides educational and learning services to frail elderly people who live in residential accommodation settings. Students from Storying Sheffield worked with L4A over a period of several months … Continue reading |
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| Broomhall Breakfast | |
St Andrews United Reform Church in Broomhall, Sheffield, run a weekly breakfast open to everyone. Alex and Kay made this film about it. Read more about the Broomhall Breakfast here. |
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| Alex and Beth | |
Beth worked with Alex to make a film about an important event in Alex’s life. The film was shown inside a model of the flats where Alex lived at the time. Beth and Alex … Continue reading |
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| Stories of War | |
Alex and Lucy’s film in which Austin’s stories of his war experiences are combined with his photographs, and archive footage. Alex and Lucy worked with Learning for the Fourth Age, and a residential home in Sheffield for this … Continue reading |
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| John & John K. | |
Chris and Gabby worked with John K. to make a film about his life as a plasterer. |
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| Kate | |
Kate worked with undergraduates, Kate and Tilly, to produce a variety of pieces of the exhibition. Her work included a series of photographs and the very popular, ‘Rave Cave’, which saw attendees enter a booth to experience an interactive story … Continue reading |
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| Theresa | |
Theresa worked with Isla and Loretta on a huge array of work. Including poetry, audio, a series of books and a bureau which housed a number of significant objects. |
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