Tees Women Poets aims to create change for and by women of all ages who live or work in the Tees Valley area.

The group hosts free monthly poetry writing workshops and free monthly sessions for sharing, editing and performing work. Their community of creative women keeps in touch through lively discussion on their Facebook group and they inspire women to come into their full power as leaders and influencers through creative self-expression.

During the pandemic, their workshops and open mic sessions were run digitally, followed by a blended approach once they could return to in-person events. They set up a ‘Poetry Penpals’ project with shielding members, performed at virtual festivals, ran public creative writing walks and set up a social walk group to support one another's mental health, among other ventures.

"We’ve retained and supported our existing membership at a time of great strain and isolation, attracted new members, given members the chance to shadow each other in delivering workshops, greatly increasing our organisational capacity and our members' engagement, involved other members as volunteers, building their confidence and raised our profile and cemented new partnerships with like-minded charities and community groups." Kirsten Luckins, Tees Women Poets

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