Hinckley Library – Teen Boys’ Digital Storytelling Project
As part of our exciting fourth year of NPO activity, Hinckley Library’s working group recently came together to brainstorm project ideas for the library. After lots of lively discussion, the group have decided to commission a Creative Practitioner to lead on a digital storytelling project, co-creating a digital output for the library.
Led by the National Year of Reading 2026 target audience of Teen Boys aged 10-16, we will be working with two groups of participants: 1) Teen boys from a local SEND school and 2) Year 6 boys from a local primary school, in receipt of Pupil Premium.
Our chosen Creative Practitioner will deliver eight engaging digital workshops with this cohort, along with a celebration event to launch the final output. This project is an opportunity to enhance the participant’s wellbeing, develop their digital skills and to reconnect them to reading.
The workshops and final digital output could involve any combination of the following mediums: Filmmaking, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Music Composition, Storyboarding, Spoken Word, to name but a few. (Please note, this is not prescriptive or definitive. We would love to hear what other digital artforms you may be able to offer and your interpretation of the brief).
If you think you have the relevant experience and an exciting idea for our output, please read more in our Hinckley Library Digital Storytelling Full Brief.
A summary page can be found here: Hinckley Library Digital Storytelling Summary Page.
To apply as a Creative Practitioner please fill in: Creative Practitioner Application Form PDF or send in a three-minute film covering all the key points to: catherine.overton@leics.gov.uk
Cultural Participation Workers within the Culture Leicestershire team manage the work of Creative Practitioners, providing support, direction, and advice. Catherine Overton is the Cultural Participation Worker managing this project. Please email or call with any informal enquiries: catherine.overton@leics.gov.uk 0116 3052507.