First Story is an English charity that encourages children and young people to write creatively, outside the curriculum, for self-expression and pleasure.
Its aim is to empower children and young people from low-income communities to find and develop their voices and, in doing so, thrive in education and beyond.
The charity works in state secondary schools serving low-income communities and its operating regions are Greater London, the East Midlands and the North of England.
In the 2018–19 academic year, First Story worked in 73 schools across England and 1,565 students (aged 11–16) completed its intensive writer-in-residence programme.
First Story was founded in London in 2008 by a former Teach First teacher, Katie Waldegrave, and a professional writer, William Fiennes, to provide young people in state education with extra-curricular support to develop their confidence, creativity and writing ability.