What stories would you tell to the world today, from the future of your dreams?<\/i><\/p>\n
#DareToDream is an outreach initiative that book-ends and runs alongside the Scottish International Storytelling Festival (a ten day festival running from Fri 21 – Mon 31 Oct). Inspired by Scotland’s Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design 2016, we invite schools and communities across Scotland to take part in a collective act of dreaming, storytelling and imagination. From 1st September to 31st November 2016, storytellers, artists, community groups, schools, libraries and social, cultural and environmental organisations are all invited to host local events encouraging people to discover the stories of their local place and to dream up possibilities for our shared future. Create your own story, invite a local storyteller to visit your school or group, build an Imagination Station in your classroom, library or caf\u00e9, or host a story circle in your living room!<\/p>\n A social media campaign will run for the duration of the international festival in October, with a #DareToDream Day on Thu 27 Oct. On this day, every creative citizen in Scotland is invited to share a dream for the future online – on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Our aim is to make Scotland’s collective imagination visible for the world to see!<\/p>\n Campaign Theme and Resources<\/b><\/p>\n Every place, every community, every person has a story to tell. Storytelling helps us connect – to each other, to our past, to our place, to our world – and together we are empowered by our connections. In this sense, our campaign reaches for some big themes: creative placemaking, active citizenship, heritage, sustainability, health and recovery, community change and transformation.<\/p>\n We have worked with the Scottish Recovery Network, the International Futures Forum, the US Department of Arts & Culture, Voluntary Arts Scotland and the Scottish Storytelling Forum to create our campaign resources. This includes a freely downloadable #DareToDream<\/a> Toolkit for schools and communities.<\/p>\n Take Part!<\/b><\/p>\n All local groups can register participation and download the #DareToDream Toolkit by visiting the campaign website www.daretodream.scot. All local events will be made visible on our #DareToDream map. All resources will be available to download before the end of August.<\/p>\n Press release, posters and a logo can be downloaded on the press section of our campaign website A huge Thank You to our #DareToDream Friends who are sharing this information with their networks and encouraging people to take part!<\/p>\n
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