Traveller-led storytelling & wellbeing
Traveller Healing Through Stories
A creative programme supporting Traveller participants in Cavan and Monaghan to develop and share stories about identity, culture, wellbeing and lived experience.
Stories can create
voice,
connection
& understanding.
Programme area
Cavan and Monaghan
Programme approach
Creative writing, storytelling and storyboarding
Public sharing
Planned exhibitions in Cavan and Clones libraries
Programme leadership
Led by Cavan Traveller Movement
About the programme
Stories shaped
with the community.
Traveller Healing Through Stories is a Traveller-led creative wellbeing project that places participants’ voices, choices and experiences at the centre of the process.
Through supported writing and storytelling sessions, participants explore subjects that matter to them and develop their ideas into a completed story and storyboard.
The programme aims to strengthen confidence and connection while creating thoughtful opportunities to challenge stigma and misinformation about Traveller identity and culture.
Programme aims
Creative expression with a wider purpose.
01
Creative voice
Create space for participants to shape and share stories in their own way.
02
Wellbeing
Support confidence, connection and emotional wellbeing through a structured creative process.
03
Representation
Share participant-led perspectives on Traveller identity, culture and lived experience.
04
Understanding
Use stories and creative outputs to sustain conversations with wider communities.
The programme journey
From co-design to public sharing.
Phase One
Listen and co-design
Participants and partners shape how the programme will work, including themes, creative approaches and how work may be shared.
Phase Two
Create and develop stories
Weekly creative writing and storytelling sessions support participants to develop an original story, with additional wellbeing support available throughout delivery.
Phase Three
Draft and storyboard
Ideas are developed into finished stories and visual storyboards, with participants retaining choice over how their work is represented.
Phase Four
Share and continue the conversation
With participants’ agreement, completed work will inform public library exhibitions and a short learning resource for community groups and schools.
Partnership
Traveller-led and
delivered together.
The programme is led by Cavan Traveller Movement, working with Cavan County Local Development, Foróige UBU and Verbal.
Community partners support participation and access, while Verbal provides the creative storytelling programme.
Programme funding
Traveller Healing Through Stories is supported through the Traveller Wellbeing Through Creativity programme, a joint initiative involving the HSE, Creative Ireland Programme, Healthy Ireland and the Arts Council.
Find out more
Connect with
the Verbal team.
For more information about Traveller Healing Through Stories or Verbal’s community storytelling work, contact us.