Part One Eighteen months ago I made a startling discovery that changed my life. Not only my future life but also my past life. Or at least the past eighteen or nineteen years of it. I’ll tell you about that shortly but first I want to say that this is Continue Reading
It’s our Birthday! We’re two years old. How on earth did that happen? Another year of being a formally established as a charity, and BOY has it been a year of change and growth – so once again we thought we’d share some of amazing things we’ve achieved in those Continue Reading
The idea of life being a celebration of the ‘journey’ and not the ‘destination’ is not a particularly new concept, I see it bounced around in quotes on Pinterest and on the web in various forms, but it can so easily be overused and its meaning lost and diluted. I Continue Reading
No is such a negative sounding word yet can be the most positive word for ensuring a balance in your life and an improvement of your mental wellbeing. In this blog we’re going to look at why we shudder when using the word and why we should all use it Continue Reading
A study conducted by the NHS in 2017 shows that one in eight 5 to 19 year olds had a mental disorder in 2017. Quite a staggering number that’s likely to be even more shocking now in 2019. If you’d have told me one year ago that my daughter would Continue Reading
We keep saying it, and we’ll say it again – don’t judge a book by its cover. PoetsIN are much more than the name suggests; and we’ve evolved much over the three and a half years since we began. However, people still refer to us as ‘the poets’ and think Continue Reading
In the UK, men are three times as likely to take their own lives than women. Whilst the number is starting to decrease through the erosion of the stigma attached to talking about our mental health; men are still accounting for 75% of suicides. PoetsIN are on a mission to Continue Reading
We had some sad news a while back, when we learned that injury had stopped our Virgin London Marathon runner being able to take part. Panic ensued as it was only a couple of days before the point of no return. So we once again put feelers out for super 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 to set Continue Reading
This year is an exciting one for PoetsIN. We have plans. Big plans of growth through extending what we do, where we do it and with whom; by collaborating and aligning with people and organisations that mirror our views and outlook. It’s going to be a great year. To that Continue Reading
