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Ministry of Stories wants to inspire a nation of storytellers.

We've opened a home for writing in East London, offering young people free workshops and mentoring support to help them to discover their gift for writing.

25/03/2026

🎉A HUGE thank you!

Thank you so much to everyone who donated, shared or supported our Big Give campaign. Thanks to your incredible generosity, we have smashed the target and raised a phenomenal £21,546!

That money will make an incredible difference to our young writers and the joy and creativity that bursts from our writing centre every week.

17/03/2026

🎉Double the donation, double the joy.

The Big Give is live! Any donation made to us from today till next Tuesday (24th) March will be doubled, at no extra cost to you!

⭐ £5 becomes £10
⭐ £10 transforms into £50
⭐ £100 morphs into £200

We're hoping to reach £7,500 this week, with every penny raised supporting our young writers, creating ambitious and joyful projects that help young people to grow their confidence, writing skills, wellbeing, creativity and sense of belonging.

Donate today: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000A4QXeYAN

05/03/2026

📗 The Ministry of Stories Booklist

This we’re celebrating by sharing the most requested books from the Ministry of Stories library. From thrilling graphic novels to emotional stories on climate change, grab your library card and come read with us!

Read more: https://ministryofstories.org/the-ministry-of-stories-booklist/

25/06/2025

In honour of we're sharing some lovely wish fulfilment writing from Arietta.

This work and hundreds more will feature in our summer exhibition DreamState. You can book your FREE family ticket today: shoreditchtownhall.com/whats-on/dreamstate

12/06/2025

Kick off your summer with us...

We're taking over The Ditch with DreamState - an interactive adventure for families, designed to bring the imagination to life.

Choose your own path through eight fantastical rooms, jam packed with interactive activities, intriguing experiences and more than a few surprises. Perhaps you’ll unearth a strange new plant, party with a neon leopard or get blissfully lost in the miniature worlds of nostalgia.

Created in workshops with 112 young people between the ages of 6 and 16, DreamState is a fantastical interactive exhibition for all ages that promises to be an unforgettable way to start the summer.

Book your FREE tickets here: shoreditchtownhall.com/whats-on/dreamstate

20/05/2025

📣Join our team.

We're looking for 2x Writing Facilitators to lead our Community Writing Labs.

Find out more: https://ministryofstories.org/about/work-with-us/writing-facilitators/

13/05/2025

DremState is coming...

This Summer, we are taking over the Ditch at Shoreditch Town Hall to bring you a playful exhibition that lets you wander through and interact with our young writers’ imaginations.

Each of the eight rooms at the Ditch offer a different dreamscape created through the writing of 112 of our young writers aged 6-16 and brought to life by the fantastic make:good

Whatever adventure you choose, DreamState is a great way to kick off your summer, relax and have fun as a family.

DreamState runs from the 28th July - 2nd August.

Tickets are FREE and booked via Shoreditch Town Hall.

https://shoreditchtownhall.com/whats-on/dreamstate

25/03/2025

🤩 Thank you so much!

That's a wrap! The Big Give is over for another year and you have helped us raise an incredible £15,000.

That generosity is going to ensure BIG things can happen at our writing centre, including new writing workshops and even more young people entering through our secret door to discover the power of writing.

21/03/2025

⭐️ You are all amazing!

Thanks to your incredible generosity, we have reached £11,000 with the Big Give 🥳

BUT it doesn't end there...

So let's keep going together to help even more young people discover their voice and creativity:

https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000001e7wfYAA?c=14057

18/03/2025

The Big Give is LIVE!

🎁 Donate: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS000001e7wfYAA?c=6031

For one week only, any donation made through the Big Give campaign link will be DOUBLED at no extra cost to you.

That means:

£5 grows to £10
£20 magics to £40
£50 morphs to £100

We're hoping to raise a transformative £10,000 this week to be able to reach 33% new people and open three more writing labs!

So please join us today in donating and helping us carry on championing imagination and the power of writing!

11/03/2025

✨One week to go!

This time next week, the Big Give will be LIVE and every donation you make will be DOUBLED at no extra cost to you.

We've hoping to raise £10,000 with the Big Give to support some big ambitions, including reaching 33% more young people!

How does the big give work?

🎁 You make a gift to Ministry of Stories via our Big Give link (going live next week!)

💸 Your gift is doubled, thanks to the Big Give, Arts for Impact campaign.

✏️ Every donation big or small goes right back into our writing centre and our young people's big, ambitious, creative projects.

06/03/2025

🥳 Happy World Book Day!

We're big fans of books here at the Ministry Stories HQ and love to celebrate a good story on World Book Day. To that end, we riffled through our library to see what books are the most dog eared, loved and recommended by our young writers.

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159 Hoxton Street
London
N16PJ

Telephone

+442077294159

Website

http://www.ministryofstories.org/

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