Young People's Delegate Day

We're inviting young people's organisations and individuals in Dumfries & Galloway to join us for a specially devised programme of interactive workshops, talks, and activities.

Thanks to the Holywood Trust - it's free.

Lunch is provided and we can even help with transport if necessary.

If you’re accompanying a young person to the festival, please ask us about free and reduced tickets to main programme events at the festival. We want to make sure that designated drivers and carers have a great time too!

Itinerary

10.30am: Arrival and Signup

Delegates will receive their passes, information about the day and a small goodie bag. Scribble on our feedback wall. Quizzes and competitions. Light refreshments provided.

11am: Welcome and Keynote

Keith Gray: Why Read, Why Write

12pm: Taster Session One

Participants can choose between four different events (see below)

1.15pm: Lunch

Provided by Wigtown Festival Company

2.15pm: Taster Session Two

Participants can choose between three different events (see below)

3.15pm: Taster Session Three

Participants can choose between three different events (see below)

4.30pm: The Wash Up

Join up with the other delegates for ice cream and end-of-the-day socialising

Taster Sessions

Session One:

Slumboy, with Juano Diaz
Hear international artist Juano talk about his heartwarming and heartbreaking memoir of being born into poverty in Glasgow.

Evil Google Steals Your Words, with Pip Thornton
Did you know Google is stealing your words and selling them? A hilarious performance from the Edinburgh Fringe that will change the way you see the internet.

Journal Your Way to You, with Annaliese Avery
A brilliant, hands-on guide on how personalising a journal can help you get where you want to go and be who you want to.

Nature’s Ghosts
How have humans changed our planet over thousands of years - and what it can teach us in fighting climate change?

Session Two:

Dare to Dream, with Sarah P Corbett
What are your dreams for the future? Join craftivist (crafter + activist) Sarah P Corbett in this hands on dream-making workshop.

Roll for Story, with Annaliese Avery
A Dungeons & Dragon-inspired writing workshop, using dice and imagination.

Telling your Story, with Nadine Aisha Jassat
Join poet and performer Nadine for this friendly workshop in which you’ll discover how to tell your story through the superpower of poetry.

Session Three

(Un)Seen, (Un)Heard
(Un)Seen, (Un)Heard will run a creative writing session where people can explore their own personal histories, with options for both guided and self-led storytelling.

Scotland’s Young Makars
Meet the next generation of Scotland’s poets, the Young Makars, and find out how you can become one of them.

How To Turn Real Life Into Fiction (Without Upsetting Parents, Friends or Lawyers!), with Keith Gray
Lots of things happen to us which would make great stories - falling in love, keeping secrets, even dealing with death. But real life rarely comes with a plot. Join Keith as he shows you how to take all those big emotions and turn them into stories everyone will want to read.