1. Gary Copitch Chief Executive
Peoplesvoicemedia.co.uk

2. We are a charity and founded in 1995. We work across Europe.
Who are we?
We are a charity and founded in We work across Europe.
We specialise in gathering people’s authentic voices and stories. These stories give insight that influence and inform people and organisations.

3. CREATING CHANGE THROUGH STORIES OF LIVED EXPERIENCE
COMMUNITY REPORTING
CREATING CHANGE THROUGH STORIES OF LIVED EXPERIENCE
2 minutes

4. PRINCIPLES OUR KEY SUPPORT authentic storytelling
ADVOCATE peer-to-peer learning & support
REMOVE hierarchies and barriers
CREATE spaces for dialogue between people

5. What is Community Reporting?
A storytelling movement that supports people to tell their own stories, in their own ways and to connect these with others.
We use these
stories to create positive change for people and communities.
Find a voice
Challenge perceptions
Create conversations of change

6. approach Our GATHERING STORIES
Enabling people to tell and share their own authentic stories and to support their peers to do the same using digital tools.
MOBILISING STORIES
Connecting curated stories to decision makers who can use the knowledge in them to create positive change.
CURATING STORIES
Working with communities to identify the insights in their stories and package them for dissemination.
5 minutes
PEOPLE’S VOICE MEDIA

7. Other features Replicate Train 36 social licencees
communityreporter.net
Network of over
1700 reporters
Train 2/3 day programmes responsible story telling, and story telling practice your own and others receive digital confidence – technology in the pocket devices
Capture ask about who has mobiles video/audio/written and photo appear on cr site
Replicate local provison feeding local network
Curate reporters look at all stories collected and say whats authentic and feed back to commisionier or to create a feture on cr web site unsolicited.
Network mixed peol across us and Europe mainlt c2,d and E

8. Institute of Community Reporters Intro video

9. NETWORK OUR 28 Social Licensees / 10 Support Partners
15 Trainers in 11 Languages
1900 Community Reporters
Finland
Sweden UK
The Netherlands
Poland
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Greece
Spain

10. Models of Community Reporting
Community Reporting for Storytelling
Voice
Dialogue
Research
Community Reporting for Co-Production
Community Reporting for Insight

11. Storytelling approach
Dialogue
Story
Personal Monologues
Snapshot
Stories
Snapshot Stories: These stories engage people in talking about their opinions on a particular topic.
Dialogue Interviews: These are peer-to-peer ‘interviews’ that do not have pre-determined questions.open question enables the storyteller to start Community Reporter recording the story
 Personal Monologues: people record themselves talking about a particular topic, experience, life journey etc. planned mind-mapping exercises, journey story maps, story and ideas boards, and story element planning sheets.

12. Messages
KEY MESSAGE(S)
OWN THOUGHTS
5 minutes
PEOPLE’S VOICE MEDIA

13. Snapshot story
Snapshot public servce refoms

14. How can you use Community Reporting ?
Undertake 4 day programme: Tailored to need but could include:
Responsible story telling practise
What's your story
Collecting Snapshot and dialogue story using “technology in the pocket devices”
Curation of content
Get login and place content on communityreporter.net web site
Achieve silver ICR accreditation
Improve communication skills, confidence and interview skills

15. Impact model Purpose: To challenge/ disrupt
Commissioners and providers
of services
Collaborate for Social Change
Newcastle University
Report on funding and commissioning
In complexity

16. Thank You!
Web Site: peoplesvoicemedia.co.uk For reporter content see communityreporter.nett