Through our storytelling grants, we offer our community the unique opportunity to have their ocean stories sponsored. Our commitment goes beyond merely providing financial support for these remarkable stories. We actively facilitate connections between the grant recipients and our expansive ocean community, enabling them to amplify their impact through the power of storytelling.
By connecting grantees with our network, we aim to create a platform for their stories to reach a wider audience. This not only helps in raising awareness about the importance of the oceans but also enhances the potential for meaningful change. Through the art of storytelling, we empower individuals to make a lasting difference and inspire others to take action for the ocean's well-being.
INTRODUCING THE grantees
The following organisations have helped to support our Storytelling Grant Programme
Your unwavering support and positivity mean so much to our storytelling community.
2022 Grant winners
Kaush Subramaniam awarded £3000 towards his film 'Peixinho' (Little Fish). A story of courage, documenting a community in Mozabique, where a young hero inspires a new generation of ocean adovocates; teaching them to swim and interact with the water safely, and improving the sustainability of fishing in the area.
Madeline St. Clair awarded £3000 towards the storytelling of EMPOWER OCEAN. A female empowerment and capacity building initiative conceptualised to facilitate ocean guardianship by local women from ocean-dependent coral reef communities within the Indo-Pacific.
Stefan Petursson (Styngvi) was awarded £3000 towards his CTA campaign LET THEM LIVE. Styngvi used his ‘Artivist’ skills to create a series of artwork and illustrations around the theme of whale conservation in Iceland.
Jack was awarded funds in 2023 to support the stories of three local ocean guardians. His films were used by organisations and the local Government to showcase some of the important work being done in Jersey to protect our ocean.
Angel is one of our OCL Storyteller Grant runner ups, receiving a small sum of money to go towards award winning film “Diving For Rays”
Alice is one of our OCL Storyteller Grant 2022 runner ups, receiving a small sum of money to go towards her latest project: 'Finally I Sea'.