taleblazers
Torquay
Taleblazers is a Community Interest Company that celebrates the stories of Devon
and Dartmoor. We do this by researching tales from our region, rewriting them
into original works and performing them as ballads or folk poems. Oral
storytelling is an art we are passionate about preserving and we aim to engage
young people in particular by involving them in writing and performance. We
offer workshops in a variety of educational areas (heritage, natural history,
ecology) to schools and historic sites and our workshops are tailored to
locations to make them as relevant as possible to the groups we work with. As
part of the research and writing process, we get involved with local heritage
projects and promote the heritage and folklore of the areas we work in. We
believe we can ‘Change the Story, Change the World’ and this philosophy informs
our work with young people with additional needs. We operate a number of
alternative education programmes based around the natural work, arts and outdoor
skills, helping to develop social skills, mental health, resilience and
vocational skills.
