what is abracadia

Welcome to the home of story, welcome home to Abracadia…

...THE ULTIMATE WORD IN CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

ABRACADIA COMBINES THE MAGIC OF ABRACADABRA WITH THE MYTHICAL PANORAMAS OF ARCADIA TO BRING YOU THE ULTIMATE IN 21ST CENTURY STORYTELLING, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION, EMPOWERING YOU TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE-SCRIPT TODAY TO FIT THE NEEDS OF TOMORROW.

Beyond storytelling, Abracadia has a distinguished record of delivering to a wide range of clients, including:

· Workshops for Professional storytellers AND the Society for Storytelling

· Writing about story for the journal of IPPR think tank (UK think tank of the Year, 2001 and 2007)

· Delivering keynote presentations, workshops, seminars and lectures for local authority education advisory teams in Bromley, Richmond, Camden, Wandsworth, Hammersmith and Fulham

· transformation programmes for older teenagers who are not in education employment or training (‘neet’)

Abracadia addresses issues of personal and social development for young people and for adults:

¨ THROUGH STORYTELLING performance and workshops FOR SCHOOLS, YOUTH GROUPS, BUSINESSES, CONFERENCES AND INTERESTED ADULTS.

¨ through training AND CONSULTANCY for PROFESIONALS IN BUSINESSES AND organizations

¨ through consultancy AND strategy planning with Local Authority education advisory teams and youth issue agencies

¨ through designing innovative youth-cultural-action projects involving NGO’s and public sector agencies

¨ through INSET workshops for teachers and youth work professionals

FRESH, CLEAR AND SPARKLING, STORY IS A WELL THAT NEVER RUNS DRY. DIVE INTO THE CRYSTAL CLEAR SPRINGS OF ABRACADIA TO SEE HOW WE PLUMB THE HIDDEN DEPTHS, QUENCHING EVEN THE DRIEST THIRST FOR MEANING AND PURPOSE IN THESE INCREASINGLY ARID TIMES. CLICK HERE FOR A TASTE.

FINALLY, ALL STORYTELLERS HAVE THEIR OWN STYLE ACCORDING TO THEIR BACKGROUND. SOME ARE FOLKSY, SOME ARMCHAIR, SOME QUIRKY, AND SOME IN SUITS. ABRACADIA IS UNASHAMEDLY ROOTED IN JAZZ, MATCHING INTELLECT WITH FEELING, INNOVATION WITH CORE VALUES AND POWER WITH SENSITIVITY. stories jump and swing and pitch, Deep and soulful, warming, rich. CLICK HERE TO DISCOVER ABRACADIA’S JAZZ BACKGROUND AND TO FIND OUT WHAT LIES BEHIND THE MOTTO: PASS IT ON!

Text Box: STORY LIVES IN ALL OUR MINDS, SHAPING WHAT WE KNOW; THE MORE WE USE IT WISELY, THE STRONGER WE MAY GROW.

Text Box: LIBERATING CREATIVITY EMPOWERING SELF-DEVELOPMENT INSPIRING MOTIVATION ENHANCING ACHIEVEMENT