We are an independent not-for-profit organisation that runs dynamic poetry projects for young people in and around London.
Our aims are to:
- Get young people excited about poetry and draw out their voices
- Offer young people coaching on crafting and developing their poems
- Increase literacy skills and confidence through writing and performance workshops
- Offer platforms for young people to showcase their work through publication and performance
- Network young writers into wider poetry networks
- Increase awareness and knowledge of the creative industries
- Offer opportunities to culturally and academically diverse young people
How we do it
We choose leading writers and educators (poet coaches) from culturally diverse backgrounds to work with groups of students in schools over a period of time. Our poet coaches work with the students to develop a range of poems that they perform at an official showcase event (the showcase). Their poems are also published in a book by a leading poetry publisher and are broadcast live on radio.
Write Lines was created by writer and arts programmer Sundra Lawrence in 2006, It has been funded by the Arts Council England, the John Lyons Trust, together with contributions from the schools towards the cost of the project.
