Care Write Project.
PRESS INFORMATION issued by Shropshire Council
Care-Write
A new project called ‘Care-Write’ has been set up for Shropshire carers interested in writing.
Care-Write is an exciting creative writing project open to all Unpaid and Family Carers in Shropshire. The group who meet monthly write stories, poems and short autobiographical pieces which will be collected, and the best of them will form an anthology to be published later this year.
Dave Bingham literary magazine and anthology editor commented ‘Writing has many positive benefits for carers. It can enable individuals to release emotions, grow in confidence, share experiences, resolve difficulties, explore other perspectives and escape through imagination and fantasy. Also, carers have rich experiences directly of life and it's joys and sorrows and writing can draw on these and can benefit others who read their work.
The anthology will be launched at a celebratory evening in December and then circulated to Shropshire libraries and put on sale to the general public
Carers can get involved by taking part in the monthly sessions run at The Gateway Education & Arts Centre in Shrewsbury. These two hourly sessions allow individuals to work with other carers and benefit from the support of experienced writer Dave Bingham to them develop their technique and broaden their range of writing experience. Or if time is an issue, work can be sent directly to the Care-Write editorial team, who will be able to give people tips on how to edit and improve their work.
Councillor Steve Charmley, Portfolio Holder for Culture & Leisure commented: If you’ve ever felt you would like to express your thoughts and emotions in short stories or poems or if there been things which have happened in your life which you would like others to read about, then this the opportunity for you!
To find out more to take a look at some of the work already submitted visit the Care-Write blog: ww.carewrite.blogspot.com
The project is keen to include as many writers as possible; so please get in touch if you have any ideas to help.
For futher information contact Dave Bingham, 01952 432112 or email the project at
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or write to Care-Write, The Gateway, Chester Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1NB
