Please help prevent the closure of PoetsIN. Help us continue to help adults, children and young people with their mental wellbeing in times when anxiety, isolation and depression are increasing but government support is not. PINners. our friends, our family. We cannot quite believe we are having to write this. Continue Reading
We are all currently experiencing unprecedented, unpredictable, and uncertain times. Those with mental ill-health have seen it worsen, and those without mental illness have begun to feel the effects of anxiety during these times. This is why we feel the need to update you on our contingencies to continue our Continue Reading
Huge thanks to our charity skydive team A while back, we had another fantastically successful fundraiser where seven brave (Read Crazy / Stupid / Kamikaze) people took it upon themselves to haul their asses over to an airfield in Cambridgeshire, don a very flattering jumpsuit and proceed to climb up Continue Reading
In our safe and monitored Facebook group, we bring you a writing prompt every single day. You should join it if you haven’t already. Link here. If you’re not a member of that community but you would like the writing prompts; or you’re too impatient to wait, then here they all Continue Reading
PoetsIN have their first Patron and he’s a bloody smasher who you’ve very likely seen on TV, in films or laughed at what he’s written. He’s called Miles Chapman – but why have we asked him? Well, one thing we’ve noticed at PoetsIN is that we’ve yet to tell people Continue Reading
It’s been nearly two weeks since the PoetsIN Schools Stress Ball and we’re still trying to get our heads around everything after being blown away by the success of it all. What a night! What a ball! People arrived in their tuxedoes and evening gowns, ate, laughed, danced and drank Continue Reading
This blog is written by a PoetsIN Ambassador. This is written from their perspective. Man up, man! We talk about it all the time here at PoetsIN. The stigma of being “a man” as the eyes of the surrounding world see it. We remind people that suicide among males is Continue Reading
PoetsIN is all about words. Whether they are written or spoken, they are fundamental to everything we do; empowering people who are struggling with their mental health through workshops and a safe community. We use terminology and phrases about mental health day in and day out – but what of Continue Reading
A while back I wrote an article about writer’s block called “Writing and the Dead Bedroom Phenomena”. In it, I discussed practical ways to alleviate this particular condition. I likened it to a relationship which needed spicing up and discussed specific habits by which to do this. Now I’d like Continue Reading
Everyone has a story to tell; each one of us a writer of poetry – some, without even realising. That stream of consciousness that runs in our veins? It’s poetry waiting to be written. We believe in the power of words, and that power is what urged us set up Continue Reading
