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News, updates, and press releases from the National Poetry Centre

The Hope Collective – poetry and mental wellbeing

The National Poetry Centre is working with South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to promote the use of creative writing to support mental health and well-being.  The Hope Collective will invite staff, service-users, schools, community groups, charities and voluntary care sector organisations  to explore how creative writing gives voice

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Send us your poems for our Rubbish Words event

19th October 2024 Got some old magazines or packaging you’d like to make a poem from? Then send us a photo of your finished work as part of our Rubbish Words event! Rubbish Words is a collaborative poetry pop-up taking place at Leeds Corn Exchange from 18-20 October, with everyone

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Designated quiet sessions for collaborative poetry event

15th October 2024 The National Poetry Centre’s Rubbish Words event takes place on 18 -20 October with the first hour each day designated quiet sessions to help make the event more accessible to the neurodivergent community. Rubbish Words will run from 10am-4pm at Leeds Corn Exchange, with no background music

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Leeds hosting a three-day poetry event

LEEDS HOSTING A THREE-DAY POETRY EVENT 25th September 2024 The National Poetry Centre is delighted to announce a three-day poetry event in Leeds next month. Poetry pop-up Rubbish Words runs from 18-20 October at Leeds Corn Exchange and will see wordsmiths unleashing their creativity using recyclable materials such as magazines

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