Openstorytellers Frome

09/12/2025

We won another award! Well done Pigeon Productions our incredible social enterprise and team of artists.

27/11/2025

We have been having such a blast heading out across Somerset to meet wonderful people and talk about Self-Advocacy and our rights! This week we went to Aurora Foxes in Minehead and work with their student council. Check out these wonderful photos from our time there.

18/11/2025

We are very proud of Robin, who is one of our artists at OpenStoryTellers. Our Pigeon Productions team support him with his work as a self employed artist. Check out his page where you can watch this inspiring film.

I am really happy 😀 that Oska Bright Film Festival has selected my film for it's festival next year. It has really brightened up my week to hear this! I cant wait to see my film, A Portrait of Robin Meader, about my life as an artist on the BIG screen! Thanks to everyone who supported me.

Howard Vause Films • Frome Media Arts
Pigeon Productions
Openstorytellers Frome

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

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.

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.

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.

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."

01/07/2025

We are really looking forward to this event which showcases our artists work and exhibition about climate change. Book your tickets now!

Join us on Thursday 10th July, 1 -3pm at Frome Town Hall for this revealing preview of the 'making of' An All Round Hullabaloo - the OpenStorytellers show which exhibited at the Black Swan last winter.

As part of The Frome Festival, Frome asked to explore the impact of climate change on people with learning disabilities, sparking a powerful narrative shift. See the ‘All Round Hullabaloo’ exhibition, watch two short films, meet the artists, and join a panel discussion to uncover their creative and collective journeys. Please register for free tickets.

"The film is just brilliant and really highlights the artistic and personal journeys behind the show." says Becky Lovegrove.

🌍Climate change is an issue that effects us all - but not in the same way. This exhibition is a powerful reminder of the importance of inclusive voices in the climate conversation.

Book your tickets via Frome Festival on the Cheese & Grain website. 👉Link in bio.