Free Swaffham Oral Histories Workshops

Calling all 12 – 25 year olds living in Breckland!

Award winning audio-makers SOUNDYARD will be running free workshops in Swaffham to teach young people the skills and technical knowhow on how to create oral histories, interviews of people that capture a historical moment in time. These oral histories help tell a diverse and personal account of a specific time and place!

These workshops are perfect for young people with an interest in journalism, media, research, local history, or who want to improve their public speaking skills!

After the workshops, the young people will be invited to the Swaffham Artisan Fayre on Sunday 10 August to create oral histories with the artisans. These will then be stored and made available for public listening at Swaffham Museum.

Key info

• Each workshop is the same, you may attend both but are not required to.
• Please bring a packed lunch, food is not provided.
• No equipment needed, everything will be provided.
• If the cost of getting to and from the event is a barrier for you to attend we have a small pot of money to cover travel expenses.
  If you are interested in making use of the fund please email daniel.randall@nnfestival.org.uk
  We cannot guarantee we can cover all requests and will only cover the cost of the cheapest transport option available.

SOUNDYARD are a small team of audio makers, who want to share their love and obsession with sound as an art form. They pool together decades of diverse audio making experience: from producing programmes and podcasts in small communities to creating shows for large audiences on international platforms.