OpenCharities

The Scottish Storytelling Forum SCIO

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC052330
Status
Active
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Dec. 16, 2025. Filing history
Registered
Feb. 20, 2023
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
43-45 High Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1SR

Contact

Website
scottishstorytellingforum

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science'

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES The Scottish Storytelling Forum has power to do anything which is calculated to further its purposes. It strives - to give every child in Scotland the experience of live storytelling - to recognise, encourage and enable storytellers in every community - to support the Scottish Storytelling Centre and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival as national and international resources, and sources of inspiration - to enable old traditions and values to flourish in new ways. The work of the Scottish Storytelling Forum and Network is at all times people centred. We work with professional and community storytellers, tradition bearers, those using stories in their own professional contexts, and young storytellers. Our work affirms the contributions of children and young people, of older community members and of people whose disabilities should not prevent their access to storytelling experiences.

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: 3 The organisation's purposes are: 3.1 To promote the study, practice and knowledge of oral storytelling in Scotland 3.2 To advance the practice of the arts in Scotland by a) the preservation and perpetuation of traditional storytelling. b) the development of storytelling as a contemporary artform. 3.3 To foster oral storytelling skills among all age groups, cultures and communities, irrespective of geography, economic status, sex, gender, ability, ethnicity or religion. 3.4 To support the sharing of oral stories in schools, colleges, prisons, community centres, museums, outdoor environments, places of worship, arts centres, libraries, hospitals, care centres and festivals, throughout Scotland 3.5 To increase international understanding of Scotland's living storytelling traditions and foster international exchange and dialogue.

Geography

Main operating location
City of Edinburgh
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
March 31, 2026 Due Dec. 31, 2026 £0 £0
March 31, 2025 Dec. 16, 2025On time £10,175 £28,999
March 31, 2024 Sept. 30, 2024On time £40,487 £56,631

Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.