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Inclusion
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Great stories are always inclusive
*Inclusion for Richard means when working with children in schools and other settings that every child no matter what their age, background or ability gets something from his stories and workshops. As someone who rarely saw his culture reflected at school and never once positively, he is very aware just how important it is for children to have something that really speaks to them. When there are no suitable resources available-he creates them.
With younger children, it's wooden toys they can connect with.
With older students it's plays, stories and songs.
Many of Richard's stories are based on British culture in its widest sense, be that country tales, urban family stories, or personal experiences of travelling around these wonderful British Isles. He believes that British working class culture is just as exciting and interesting as any other culture in any other part of the world and his stories reflect this and the interweaving of many other cultures, allowing us all to explore our differences, but mainly our similarities.
We especially hope that through our work more boys will be inspired to write, we have since 2008 on this website talked about the need for all children to be included in all discussions around inclusion, and our workshops in schools have always made this a key factor too.
* As a grandad Richard also wants to make sure that grandparents are included in his stories too. And it is wonderful to see so many schools celebrating grandparents and the huge positive benefits they make to children's lives.
With younger children, it's wooden toys they can connect with.
With older students it's plays, stories and songs.
Many of Richard's stories are based on British culture in its widest sense, be that country tales, urban family stories, or personal experiences of travelling around these wonderful British Isles. He believes that British working class culture is just as exciting and interesting as any other culture in any other part of the world and his stories reflect this and the interweaving of many other cultures, allowing us all to explore our differences, but mainly our similarities.
We especially hope that through our work more boys will be inspired to write, we have since 2008 on this website talked about the need for all children to be included in all discussions around inclusion, and our workshops in schools have always made this a key factor too.
* As a grandad Richard also wants to make sure that grandparents are included in his stories too. And it is wonderful to see so many schools celebrating grandparents and the huge positive benefits they make to children's lives.
