A registered charity no 1144493
A National Centre For The Oral Tradition
"re-establishing oracy and the oral tradition as central pillars of our culture"
URGENTLY REQUIRED Transtitional Operations Officer: Initially on a voluntary basis, but could be a paid post once there are sufficient funds. Now NaCOT is a charity, work is required to fundraise, and do the administration and set up systems to get the charity up and running, established and working in the community. This is a unique opportunity, and could be a part time or a full time post. If you are interested please make contact by telephoning William Ayot on 01291 638807
Our declared purpose is to celebrate and cultivate the essential skills of oracy, by encouraging civil utterance, and folding the oral tradition back into modern lives. In education we are determined to establish oracy as an essential requirement and precursor to literacy; to ensure that all children in the UK receive a grounding in public speaking; and to balance the current gender divide in educational attainment by furthering oracy in boys. In offering artistic performances, we are committed to increasing access to the oral tradition by establishing excellence as a benchmark, raising the profile of neglected arts, and satisfying the public’s increasing hunger for live performance. We are dedicated to legitimizing storytelling as an art-form in its own right (as theatre was legitimised in the early twentieth century). In Public Speaking we seek to improve public discourse by promoting articulacy, civility and authentic delivery in all contexts. In Mytho-poetic work (story and image-based personal development work) we are dedicated to the proposition that story, metaphor and symbol are keys to individual and communal well-being and healing.
You don't have to live nearby in order to be able to be of some help: provided you have internet access
We also need volunteers to help with the following
Book-keeping and Accountancy
Donations
Help on the night at our On the Border events
If you can offer any help with the following please contact Sam in the first instance at sambaker.pa@gmail.com
or William at william.ayot@virgin.net