We are giving away 600 Story Kits!

HOME Slough in partnership with Slough Museum are giving away 600 Story Kits to inspire everyone’s inner storyteller.

Developed with bestselling author and storyteller Venessa Taylor, each Story Kit contains a storytelling game inspired by Slough Museum’s collection and using the town’s history as creative prompts. The Story Kits let everyone tell their own tale, allowing us all to be storytellers and to share our story with the world.

The creative prompts include a Woolly Mammoth tusk, the William Herschel Compass, Lydia Simons as the first black female Mayor, the production of Horlicks drinks in Slough, and Chalvey’s legend of the Stab Monkey.

“Slough has such a rich past, compelling present and bright future, all of which went into the creation of the Story Kit prompts. I think all people are storytellers and my hope is for the Story Kits to stimulate the imaginations of the storytellers within the community. It is these stories that will be a legacy for future generations. Other than love, there is no stronger connection between people than storytelling.”

Venessa Taylor, author and creator of the Story Kits

Throughout February, the Story Kits are being distributed across the town via Slough Libraries, Slough Museum and through HOME Slough’s pop-up stall. They are available to download now in English, Polish, Punjabi, Urdu and Tamil.

Order or download your Story Kit now

“I believe the Story Kits are a great idea. The kits can be used as a thought starter or played as a game - for individuals, the family or a group, I hope they will give people a fun and easy way of sharing the stories we all have inside us.”

Linda Tabor-Thomas, Member of HOME Slough’s Community Programming Board

The Story Kits are part of Once Upon A Time In Slough, a series of workshops and performances where people share stories about what makes the town a place of intrigue, imagination and importance.