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Testimonials
Testimonials from children who attended Janet's storytelling
sessions and workshops at the Guildford House Gallery and extracts taken from
from a press release issued by
the Children's Trust are included on this page. Links to an
article reprint from "The Guildford Magazine"
are also provided.
Guildford House Gallery
The following are extracts from a few of the many letters
received from the children who visited the story telling sessions and workshops
at the Guildford House Gallery between January and March 2004.
Charlotte: "my favourite part of the trip
was the storyteller."
Annie:
"can you say thank you to the storyteller, she was fab."
Antony:
"I really enjoyed the trip, my favourite bit of it was the storyteller."
Tom:
"my favourite part of the visit was when we were listening to the stories, my
best story was the Sea Hare."
Katie:
"I enjoyed the visit lots, my favourite part of the trip was the storyteller
because she told me lots of new stories and they were very good."
Conor :
"my favourite part of the trip was the story telling because the stories were
interesting, not like the ones I know as fairy tales."
To view a reprint of an article by Helene Parry first
published in "The Guildford Magazine" in February 2004, titled "Telling All"
click on this link Article Reprint.
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The following are extracts taken from from a press release
issued by the Children's Trust in March 2004 on the occurrence of being selected
to receive the 2004 Roald Dahl Foundation's Quentin Blake Award.
"The funding will support the services of a storyteller who
will be able to open up the wonderful world of stories and imagination for the
profoundly disabled children in its care, as part of their therapy and leisure
activities. The additional drama workshops will be aimed at children who have
suffered a brain injury or who have other neurological conditions."
"Janet Dowling, from Ewell, a professional story teller
with 20 years experience and an incredible source of 150 stories in her memory,
visits the Trust every week to bring alive the wonderful stories and characters
from children’s favourite books. The importance of story telling became evident
during her career as a psychiatric social worker, where her expertise acted an
invaluable tool for therapy and counselling."
"Janet visits The Children’s Trust on a weekly basis,
to bring to life the most wonderful characters and exciting story lines in some
of children’s most famous books. About her work at The Children’s Trust, Janet
said: “Story telling allows the children to hear the pattern of the words, helps
them to recognise the story and anticipate what is going to happen next in the
narrative. You can build up the tension in the tone and pace of your voice, and
the children can really respond to that, even if they are not able to fully
understand the story. Story telling is not only an enjoyable experience for
these very special children, it also gives me a great deal of satisfaction to
know that I have made a difference to being able to make them aware of the
wonder of stories which we all take for granted.”"
"Quentin Blake said “I am delighted to be involved in
this Award, not only because story telling and drama are near to my heart, but
also because the Award shows that both the medical and literary interests of the
Roald Dahl Foundation live happily together.”"
Notes:
The Roald Dahl Foundation is a grant making trust set
up in 1991 in memory of Roald Dahl, to continue to support causes important to
him during his lifetime. The Foundation provides practical support for children
and young people with brain, blood and literacy problems through its support of
hospitals, charities and individual children and their families.
The Children’s Trust provides the best possible care,
therapy and education for children with multiple disabilities and complex health
needs.
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