The Village Storytelling Centre seeks to employ a Community Storyteller to plan, deliver and evaluate storytelling programmes within our place-based storytelling programme in Pollok. The role will have a particular focus on working with adult groups, contribute to our ongoing story-based projects and activities, including live performance. We are looking
SAVE THE DATE... for a very special 'Weekends in the woods' event. Sunday 25th October, from 3.30 - 5.30pm we shall be bringing Damshot woods to life with light, conker crafts, lantern making, shadow puppetry, spooky stories and a wee film screening at dusk! We shall also be putting on
Meet our Emerging Voices in Storytelling cohort! Karen Gallacher, Katie Grant and Chris Kane. They will be performing as part of our Go Local programme at The Scottish International Storytelling Festival. Tickets here Can’t wait to see you there!
Wildcard Stories in collaboration with The Village Storytelling Centre present... Two deserts on the other side of the world, two wanderers over fifty years apart and two stories entwine to explore the search for home and the struggle for survival in this contemporary storytelling piece. Strangers in strange lands battle
Join us for our annual lantern parade around the streets of Pollok all the way to Crookston Castle, Glasgow’s last castle! Here be Dragons will be a celebration of the wild and wonderful creatures that may or may not roam this little pocket of South West Glasgow. Come along to
As part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, Go Local programme, The Village Storytelling Centre is excited to bring ‘Sangs an’ Clatter: Before the Sun Rises’ For one night only The Village Storytelling Centre welcomes storytellers and musicians from Türkiye to Pakistan in celebration of hope and remaining strong in
Enjoy an evening of stories and music to celebrate tales of beasts, birds, and the wild things we carry inside us, with professional and community performers from Pollok and Glasgow. We will also have an open mic if you want to share a wee poem, story, or song. With guest
The Village Storytelling Centre’s Emerging Voices in Storytelling programme comes to a close once more with three new voices ready to share their stories. Emerging Voices in Storytelling is The Village Storytelling Centre’s flagship training programme, designed and delivered to support new and inspiring voices that are underrepresented in the
We are very excited for our Go Local programme as part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival. All our events will run between the 23rd - 29th October, over 5 days we will have the latest performances from our Emerging Voices, a very special international storytelling night featuring tale tellers
Dementia Awareness in Greater Pollok: Creative Community Research We invite you to check our online resource about dementia awareness in Greater Pollok. In this resource, we present the key findings of our creative community research which took place between January and April 2026, possible steps towards a more Dementia Friendly
