Openstorytellers Frome

Openstorytellers Frome OpenStoryTellers is a Frome based community arts charity supporting people with learning disabilities to find their voice and use it.

Stories are what make us human, they help us make sense of the world, make friends and take part in society. OpenStoryTellers supports people with learning disabilities to find their voice and use it, through arts, multimedia and story. Our mission to to co-create an inclusive society, where neurodiverse voices are heard, respected and celebrated every day.

We're getting excited about the Festival of Voices in January next year. OurSelf Advocacy have been busy visiting groups...
14/11/2025

We're getting excited about the Festival of Voices in January next year. OurSelf Advocacy have been busy visiting groups and getting ready!

With 69 days to go until the Festival of Voices, our team have been on the road visiting groups and supporting them to use their creative voices to talk about their rights. On 22nd January 2026 we will show this work to an invited audience of decision makers at the festival of Voices.

11/11/2025
How lovely to have a visit from The Mayor of Frome on Thursday. We always enjoy showing our local supporters all the won...
11/11/2025

How lovely to have a visit from The Mayor of Frome on Thursday. We always enjoy showing our local supporters all the wonderful work we create. If you want to know more about us, please visit openstorytellers.org.uk. We would love to hear from you. 😀🤩🥳

Surprise visit to Openstorytellers this afternoon, chatting and listening to all the amazing things they’re involved in. Huge thanks to Kate, Casey and Benjamin for making me so welcome with a lovely cup of tea, and my thanks to Robin and Tim for giving me a guided tour of their wonderful facilities. Always one of my favourite places to visit.

Well done Pigeon Productions! 😀
06/11/2025

Well done Pigeon Productions! 😀

Together with four remarkable individuals, who regularly travel by bus, we explored how the everyday can become extraordinary when seen through the lens of nature,…

24/10/2025

This is "Stories about Disability Hate Crime" by Openstorytellers OSTV on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Do you want to have your say about local NHS services in Somerset? Here is your chance. The survey is confidential and h...
23/10/2025

Do you want to have your say about local NHS services in Somerset? Here is your chance. The survey is confidential and has 6 questions. Be quick because it finishes on 31st October 2025.

Follow this link to the survey https://www.menti.com/als5kssmqo3s.

We really enjoyed working with Greenhealthyfrome, looking at the impact of climate change for people with learning disab...
18/09/2025

We really enjoyed working with Greenhealthyfrome, looking at the impact of climate change for people with learning disabilities and hearing their stories. Robin Meader Artist who worked on this film with 4 of our creatives says,

"Climate change affects us because it is scary its isolating. If I couldn't use the bus it would make me sit in a room with four walls and feel like the walls are caving in. Policy makers don't always listen to us, when there is a problem, they hardly ever look into it. I would like to say, if we had more buses and more choice, then more people would use them. There would be less cars on the road, so less carbon. Our film shows people how it feels to be vulnerable on the bus, when the weather and world around you is changing."

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RISE, Whittox Lane
Frome
BA113BY

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm

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+441373454099

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Openstorytellers works within the Third Sector delivering activities and skills based training which complement and extend the services offered in the statutory sector, where the focus, particularly in a tough financial climate, is on meeting basic needs. Openstorytellers uses the art-form of storytelling to help people to find personal meaning in traditional stories, and so make links between a legend and their own lives. Stories are a valuable resource – stories are fun and interesting; help you to make friends; understand the world and develop your imagination. Openstorytellers provide imaginative, empowering and innovative activities which develop people’s confidence, release potential and which promote inclusion in the community. We explore, celebrate and challenge the ways in which people with learning and other disabilities are represented in traditional stories.