Share your story

1 About you

2 Your town and organisation

3 Your story

Answer at least two questions about your town in your own words. Add a photo, and a link to a video, voice memo, song or document if you have one.

Answer at least two of the six questions. A few sentences each is enough.

What do you love about your town?

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What is your town known for?

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What's something great about your town that people may not know?

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Where would you take a visitor, and why?

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Who or what is a character in your town?

0 of 600 words

How do people make a living here, and how does that shape the town?

0 of 600 words

Video, audio or document link (optional)

One photo (optional)

JPG or PNG. Large photos are made smaller before they are sent. A photo of a printed story card works too.

If the photo shows anyone under 18, a parent or carer has consented

About the storyteller

Storyteller's first name

Your own first name if it is your story.

Storyteller's age band

Not published.

Choose oneUnder 1818 to 2526 to 4041 to 6061 to 75Over 75

Connection to the town (optional)

Not published. Used for counts only.

Choose oneBorn hereLeft and came backMoved here more than 10 years agoMoved here in the last 10 yearsWork or study here, live elsewherePrefer not to say

Storyteller under 18

A parent or guardian must agree before we publish a story from someone under 18. Their details are never published.

Parent or guardian's full name

Relationship to the storytellerChoose oneParentLegal guardian

Parent or guardian's phone or email

We contact them only if we need to confirm their agreement.

The parent or guardian agrees to this story being published with the storyteller's first name and town

Permission to publish

Stories are not anonymous. We publish the story with the storyteller's first name and town, and the photo and link if you add them. We never publish surnames or contact details, or the school or address of anyone under 18. To take a story down, email us and we remove it within 14 days.

I agree to this story being published on the National Regional Challenges website and in Ready Communities social media and reports. If it is someone else's story, they agree too.

4 Staying in touch

We use your details to run the National Regional Challenges and report results. Photos of anyone under 18 need a parent or carer's consent. See our privacy statement.