# FIRST STORY LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1122939
- **Other names:** FIRST STORY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [06487410](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06487410)
- **Registered:** Feb. 25, 2008
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1122939


## Contact

- **Address:** 44, Webber Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE1 8QW
- **Phone:** 020 7481 7777
- **Email:** info@firststory.org.uk
- **Website:** www.firststory.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG STUDENTS IN CHALLENGING UK SECONDARY SCHOOLS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATION IN CREATIVE WRITING;3.2 TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG STUDENTS IN CHALLENGING UK SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES WHICH FOSTER THEIR CREATIVITY, LITERACY AND TALENT TO BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE, SKILLS AND ASPIRATION SO THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY; AND3.3 TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND, IN PARTICULAR, LITERATURE, POETRY AND CREATIVE WRITING BY:(A) INVITING, COMMISSIONING AND MAINTAINING SERVICES OF BRITISH WRITERS WHETHER SUCH SERVICES REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF FEES BY THE CHARITY OR OTHERWISE; AND(B) ENCOURAGING AND ASSISTING IN PROMOTING, ADVANCING AND PUBLISHING THE WORKS OF BRITISH WRITERS.

**Activities:** First Story brings talented, professional writers into schools serving low-income communities to work with teachers and students to foster creativity and communication skills.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UK
- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Edward James Baden-Powell** | Chair | Sept. 27, 2013 |
| Bobby Nayyar |  | March 13, 2021 |
| Carey Scott |  | Nov. 16, 2022 |
| Chloe Holland |  | Jan. 22, 2025 |
| Dina Mistry |  | June 18, 2025 |
| Dr SUSAN MARGARET HORNER |  | Dec. 20, 2011 |
| Geraldine Badcock |  | Sept. 24, 2023 |
| Hannah Louise Brown |  | Jan. 25, 2023 |
| Lauren Shapiro |  | Nov. 13, 2024 |
| Sarah Alexandra Marshall |  | Nov. 21, 2018 |




