A new report highlights key issues related to equitable practice in lived experience storytelling.
Written by People’s Voice Media, the report discusses the challenges, learnings and practical ideas that were raised at a recent NCRM-funded event.
The Lived Experience Storytelling Method Hackathon brought together a group of experts to explore the question “How can we make lived experience storytelling practice more accessible and inclusive?”
The event focused specifically on how storytelling could be accessible for people who do not use spoken word, and inclusive for people who are neurodivergent or actively anti-racist.
Experts included people with lived experience in some of the issues being discussed, researchers, creative practitioners and storytellers, public engagement professionals, evaluators and workers in the third and public sectors.
People's Voice Media organised the event after recognising that there has been a recent increase in using lived experience stories as data, and an increased openness to co-production techniques.
The new publication covers barriers to storytelling, inclusivity and neurodivergence, anti-racism and recommendations for working in equitable ways.
In addition to the report, People’s Voice Media produced a video about the event, which features interviews with attendees.
The hackathon was funded by NCRM as part of the centre’s Innovation Fora programme, which supports events that bring experts together to advance specific methods.