Nurturing the craft, creativity and wellbeing of women poets in the UK.
The Rebecca Swift Foundation provides support and creative professional development opportunities through the Women Poets’ Prize and the Women Poets’ Network
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Vacancies and Opportunities
There are no current vacancies for our Women Poets’ Network programme,
By Poets, For Poets.
By Poets, For Poets empowers women poets to build sustainable and fulfilling writing lives and careers. This project is generously supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Now open for applications!
Workshop Facilitator Training with Deanna Rodger (July 2025)
The Rebecca Swift Foundation invites applications from Women Poets’ Network members who are interested in developing workshop facilitation as part of their practice. This free training is offered through the Women Poets’ Network’s By Poets, For Poets programme.
Leading poet Deanna Rodger will deliver bespoke training to equip you with the skills and tools needed to devise and deliver exceptional poetry workshops.
Other ways to work with us
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Equal Opportunities
When applying for any of our vacancies or opportunities, please also complete the anonymous Equality Monitoring form here.
The Rebecca Swift Foundation (RSF) particularly welcomes applications from global majority women poets, neurodivergent women poets, and women poets with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses. We do not discriminate on grounds of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, maternity and pregnancy, race, religion, class and sexual orientation.
All applicants are invited to fill in an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form as part of our equal opportunities evaluation. Form data is collected and stored anonymously and confidentially in line with RSF’s Privacy Policy.
Workshop Facilitator Training with Deanna Rodger
Free training opportunity for members of the Women Poets’ Network
The Rebecca Swift Foundation invites applications from Women Poets’ Network members who are interested in developing workshop facilitation as part of their practice. If you are not already a member you can join here.
This free training is offered through the Women Poets’ Network’s By Poets, For Poets programme, which is generously supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Leading poet Deanna Rodger will deliver bespoke training to equip you with the skills and tools needed to devise and deliver exceptional poetry workshops.
The online training includes:
- A two-day group workshop (3 & 4 July 2025), 10am-3pm. Includes an hour-long lunch break each day
- A one-to-one session (approx. 40 minutes) to support the planning and promotion of your workshops (7 July 2025)
- A practice session, where you will deliver your own 40-minute workshop (10 July 2025)
- A group session for reflection and evaluation
Who is this training for?
This training is exclusively for members of the Women Poets’ Network who are interested in adding workshop facilitation to the services they offer. To apply you must:
- Be a member of the Women Poets’ Network (click the link to join)
- Be confident in your poetry practice
- Have delivered no more than one or two poetry workshops as a lead facilitator
- Be able to attend all the training sessions
There is no upper age limit.
How many poets will be selected?
The cohort is limited to four poets to ensure truly bespoke training.
How to Apply:
Submit a statement (no more than one A4 page) explaining why this training is right for you at this moment in time. Your statement should also include an idea for a workshop that you’d like to develop.
If preferred, you can submit this information in a video or audio file (max. length: 3 minutes).
No CV or formal qualifications are required. Please provide the name of at least one referee who can vouch for your work as a poet.
Deadline
31st May 2025
FAQs
What is the schedule for the first two days of training?
Rather than taking place over one extremely long day, the training takes place over two days. Each day will incorporate regular breaks and includes an hour-long lunch break. The morning sessions run from 10 am to 12 pm and the afternoon sessions run from 1 pm to 3 pm. The cohorts are small so that the training can be responsive to the needs of the participants.
I applied for the first cohort, can I apply again?
Yes. As long as you haven’t already established a workshop facilitation practice, you are welcome to apply again.
I’m not a member of the Women Poets’ Network, can I still apply?
This opportunity is exclusively for members of the Women Poets’ Network so you need to be a member to apply. If you’re not already a member you can join now.