Celebrating 20 Years of the Scottish Storytelling Centre

That the Parliament congratulates the Scottish Storytelling Centre on its 20th anniversary; recognises the centre, located on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, as the world’s first purpose-built modern centre for live storytelling, which was formally opened on 1 June 2006; acknowledges its important role in celebrating, preserving and promoting Scotland’s rich storytelling traditions and wider cultural heritage; notes that its artistic programme and creative output are produced by Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS), a Creative Scotland multi-year funded network that champions traditional music, song, storytelling, dance, crafts, customs and indigenous languages; further notes that TRACS produces the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which has been held annually since 1989 and is recognised as the world’s largest celebration of storytelling; welcomes the festival’s return from 21 to 31 October 2026; further welcomes TRACS being recognised by UNESCO in 2024 as an accredited advisory organisation on Intangible Cultural Heritage, and wishes everyone involved with the Scottish Storytelling Centre and TRACS continued success in preserving and sharing Scotland’s cultural traditions for generations to come.