Children's literacy charity and Apothecary to the Magical, Grim and Co in Rotherham, has had a move across town into an old church. We ask founder, Dr Deborah Bullivant MBE, to tell us about what happens there.
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00:00 I'm Deborah Bullivant and I'm the founding chief executive of Grim and Co.
00:04 and you are currently in Grim and Co.'s Emporium of Stories
00:08 right in the heart of Rotherham
00:10 and we're all about stories in every way.
00:13 We are a charity, we work with children and young people right across Yorkshire
00:17 so we're here for Yorkshire, we're based in Rotherham.
00:20 When you come to the Emporium of Stories
00:23 you come to this centenary square of the town, it's beautiful
00:27 lots of gorgeous lighting and you come through our gates
00:30 into our building, into the foyer and then into our building
00:34 and there you've got the Apothecary to the Magical
00:36 where you can buy your things.
00:38 If you're a magical being you can come and get anything you need from there
00:41 from extract of genius to pinch of happiness
00:44 we also sell disappointment for those that are on the other edge of that.
00:48 So we've got that, we've got a beautiful bookshop
00:52 independent bookshop area where there's books, there's jigsaws
00:55 there's all sorts around reading and stories because we're about stories.
00:59 But then you can go into the Feast Array.
01:01 The Feast Array is all about story themed food
01:04 so that's where food and stories go together
01:07 so we blend the two very closely together.
01:10 So there you can buy your cup of coffee or a cake
01:13 we're selling the most amazing coffee, we're selling Dartwoods coffee
01:16 so locally sourced wherever possible
01:18 and you can come in and enjoy yourself
01:20 do a story themed activity at your table
01:22 for all ages, couples, families, everyone
01:26 but then all of this supports a charity
01:29 how often can you do that?
01:30 This is a unique destination based on stories
01:33 very beautiful, secret doors everywhere
01:35 and behind those secret doors that's where the real magic takes place
01:38 that's where the charity works with children
01:41 and does the magic of words
01:42 so that's where we create stories, reading, books
01:46 but much more than that
01:47 the children do a lot of writing, exciting writing
01:50 so they'll have an illustrator working with them
01:53 and they create a book
01:54 and they become the author of that book by the time they leave
01:56 we've got lots of holiday clubs, after school workshops
01:59 we do soap operas, galas, all sorts of performances
02:04 they create published outcomes from it
02:06 it's all very, very exciting.
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