First Stories

"First Story" is a business name of First Story Limited, a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales, whose company number is 06487410 and registered office is First Story, 4th Floor, Kensington Charity Centre, 375 Kensington High Street, London, W14 8QH. First Story Limited is a registered UK charity, number 1122939.

First Story's charitable objects (as set out in its Memorandum of Association and approved by the Charity Commission) are:

.1 to advance the education of young students in challenging UK secondary schools by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities not required to be provided by the local education authority for education in creative writing;

.2 to advance in life and help young students in challenging UK secondary schools through the provision of support, opportunities and activities which foster their creativity, literacy and talent to build self-confidence, skills and aspiration so they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society; and

.3 to promote the arts and, in particular, literature, poetry and creative writing by: (a) inviting, commissioning and maintaining services of British writers whether such services require the payment of fees by the charity or otherwise; and (b) encouraging and assisting in promoting, advancing and publishing the works of British writers.