I am a very old oak tree. My life started as an acorn. Over the starting years I developed roots and these roots became my base as I slowly grew. Next stage was my trunk, my legs. In the meantime, all different creatures from the forest lived on me, ants around the roots, mice, some creatures climbed up my trunk to the branches that were emerging from the growth of my arms. Squirrels rested in my hands and now leaves were forming and birds were coming to me to build their nests to live in my branches, carrying all small twigs from the forest floor to start their home.

I give them shelter and safety to rear their families.

The Story Seeds project supports young people to write with the aim of enabling them to understand their own life story – their personal, circumstantial and emotional story and their place, be it geographical, social or imaginative.

The pieces included here are a small sample of the amazing creative work from the Story Seeds project.