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Extracts from HMIE 'How good is our community learning and development

The Village Storytelling Centre in Crookston is a remarkable community-managed project supported by the Church of Scotland.  A Storyteller in Schools uses a community of enquiry approach to stimulate thinking and citizenship skills in local primary school pupils.  A partnership project with the Integration Network and Craigbank YMCA produced Buffalo Horns, a collection of traditional stories from around the world, and Village Stories, the creative writing work of local people and asylum seekers.  Both books have been circulated to all Glasgow schools. They are currently working on a drama project involving women asylum seekers and local women, some of whom have been victims of domestic abuse. 

"It makes me strong to know my own culture'' - asylum seeker from Sierra Leone

"I'm facing my own racism" - victim of domestic violence from Crookston

The Village Storytelling Centre had delivered innovative learning programmes in local primary schools and had produced high quality materials to promote cross-community understanding for all Glasgow schools.

The Village Storytelling Centre was an outstanding example of a project that promoted social and cultural diversity and whose work contributed to developing community cohesion.

Volunteers and participants within the Village Storytelling Centre demonstrated significant growth in self-confidence and self-awareness as well as understanding and the capacity to challenge racism and sectarianism.