Supporting Participation & Engagement

CircleTales helps create environments where participants become active contributors rather than passive observers.

By inviting people to build stories together, the game encourages:

• Participation

• Dialogue

• Imagination

• Shared ownership of ideas

• Creative collaboration

• Group engagement

Each storytelling journey is shaped by the people taking part, creating experiences that are unique to every group.

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Adaptable to Your Context

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CircleTales is designed to be adaptable.

Facilitators can use the game as a standalone experience or incorporate it into larger workshops, learning programmes and group activities.

Whether used as an icebreaker, storytelling exercise, reflective activity or creative engagement tool, each session can be shaped to suit the needs of the group.

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Suitable For

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CircleTales may be of interest to:

• Workshop Facilitators

• Trainers and Coaches

• Team Development Practitioners

• Community Engagement Practitioners

• Creative Writing Tutors

• Storytelling Facilitators

• Language Learning Facilitators

• Youth Workers

• Arts and Cultural Organisations

• Libraries and Community Groups

• Participatory Design Practitioners

• Psychologists and Counsellors*

• Museums and Heritage Organisations

*CircleTales is not intended as a therapeutic intervention but may be used as part of facilitated group activities.

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Applications

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CircleTales can be used to support:

• Workshop facilitation

• Group engagement

• Storytelling events

• Community conversations

• Creative consultation

• Team development

• Communication workshops

• Language-learning activities

• Creative writing groups

• Reflective practice sessions

• Intergenerational programmes

Because every story is created collaboratively, participants are encouraged to listen, respond and build upon one another's ideas throughout the experience.

 

Flexible Session Formats

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Story Sprint (10–15 Minutes)

Ideal for:

• Icebreakers

• Introductions

• Networking events

• Conference sessions

• Workshop warm-ups

Collaborative Storytelling Session (30–60 Minutes)
 

Suitable for:

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• Creativity workshops

• Communication activities

• Language-learning groups

• Community engagement sessions

• Team development programmes

• Storytelling events

• Facilitated group experiences

• Retreats

• Reflective workshops

• Creative learning programmes
   

Communication Through Storytelling

One of the distinctive aspects of CircleTales is that communication becomes part of the experience itself.

Participants listen, respond, and build stories together through imagination, conversation and sometimes even by acting out parts of their stories. As one educational psychologist observed after playing CircleTales, the game "asks players to access collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and communication in order to succeed" and "would be a useful tool to aid the development of prosocial communication skills in a non-threatening, collaborative and creative environment."

Workshop Bundles

CircleTales is available for facilitators, organisations and community groups through our Workshop Bundles.

Each bundle contains 8 games, allowing multiple storytelling circles to run simultaneously within larger workshops, events and learning environments.
 

Available for £160 per bundle (8 games), a 43% saving on the regular retail price of £35 per game.

View Workshop Bundles →

Facilitator Pilot Programme

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We are currently seeking facilitators interested in exploring CircleTales within workshops, storytelling, communication, creativity and group engagement contexts.

Participants will help us develop future facilitator resources, activity formats and workshop applications.​ If you are interested in becoming a facilitator partner, we would love to hear from you.