Digital Storytellers in Residence

Our Digital Storytellers in Residence project, funded by the Scottish Government, supported 7 Scottish library services to run digital storytelling workshops in their communities. After the workshops, 84% of participants agreed that 'it’s important to record stories like mine'.

Each library service hosted a Digital Storyteller to support selected groups to create digital stories about personal experiences important to them. Digital stories were then archived and shared with the public online through the Digital Stories website(this link will open in a new window).

Our project helped people to create and share digital stories about events in their lives. Taking part boosted people’s sense of social inclusion and helped them develop digital skills in a fun and meaningful way.

As part of the Digital Storytellers in Residence project:

• 495 workshops were delivered
• 107 groups participated
• 363 people recorded their stories

See our Digital Storytellers in Residence infographic(this link will open in a new window) for more information, or read the full evaluation report(this link will open in a new window).

How digital storytelling changes lives

• Digital Skills: creating digitally confident citizens of all ages and abilities
• Inclusion: working with marginalised and vulnerable groups across the country
• Wellbeing: empowering people to see the value in their own voice and wellbeing

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