CREATIVE WRITING COURSE – MARCH 2021

In March 2021 during lockdown number 3, we held a Creative Writing course for unpaid Carers in North Manchester. We ran these sessions online via Zoom and offered a postal version where Carers were sent writing packs and tutorial videos.

In a series of six sessions, we explored writing poetry, short stories and dialogue. We focused on writing using mindfulness exercises, photo and real-life provocations from walking and being outside, exploring how to unlock our imaginations using the familiar, and what we can find that’s new in the things we look upon and encounter every day. We wrote letters of hope to and dialogue with our present selves, from our future, post-pandemic selves.

Following the sessions, the facilitator created a zine showcasing our Carers work which can be found here: Creative Writing Zine March 2021