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The Scottish Storytelling Forum SCIO

SC052330Registered charity from 20 February 2023
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
This charity has been established to replace Scottish Storytelling Forum -SC020891. Scottish Storytelling Forum -SC020891 has now wound up and transferred its assets and liabilities to The Scottish Storytelling Forum SCIO-SC052330
Charity Information:
Address 43-45 High Street
Edinburgh
Postcode EH1 1SR
Website www.scottishstorytellingforum,org
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
3 The organisation's purposes are: 3.1 To promote the study, practice and knowledge of oral storytelling in Scotland 3.2 To advance the practice of the arts in Scotland by a) the preservation and perpetuation of traditional storytelling. b) the development of storytelling as a contemporary artform. 3.3 To foster oral storytelling skills among all age groups, cultures and communities, irrespective of geography, economic status, sex, gender, ability, ethnicity or religion. 3.4 To support the sharing of oral stories in schools, colleges, prisons, community centres, museums, outdoor environments, places of worship, arts centres, libraries, hospitals, care centres and festivals, throughout Scotland 3.5 To increase international understanding of Scotland's living storytelling traditions and foster international exchange and dialogue.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES The Scottish Storytelling Forum has power to do anything which is calculated to further its purposes. It strives - to give every child in Scotland the experience of live storytelling - to recognise, encourage and enable storytellers in every community - to support the Scottish Storytelling Centre and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival as national and international resources, and sources of inspiration - to enable old traditions and values to flourish in new ways. The work of the Scottish Storytelling Forum and Network is at all times people centred. We work with professional and community storytellers, tradition bearers, those using stories in their own professional contexts, and young storytellers. Our work affirms the contributions of children and young people, of older community members and of people whose disabilities should not prevent their access to storytelling experiences.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 20 Feb 2023
Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of education", "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2024 £40,487 £56,631 30 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £10,175 £28,999 16 Dec 2025 Yes Visit Charity's Website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Robert Mitchell
Beverley Bryant
Daniel Serridge
Fran Flett Hollinrake
Gauri Raje
Heather Yule
Donald Smith
Jackie Ross
Michael Kerins
Jane Mather
James MacDonald Reid
Anne Pitcher
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