Before registering as a CIC, Rowan McCabe and Donald Jenkins ran a 7-week pilot project in Walker Riverside Academy. Funded by the Wellesley Trust, it was delivered in conjunction with Apples and Snakes, the UKs leading organisation for spoken word.
Working with a group of 15 young people, Rowan and Donald led them through the process of writing and performing their own slam poetry. The project culminated in a group performance where 7 young people competed against each other in a poetry slam. All of the work produced was also published on the Apples and Snakes website, exposing the poetry to a national audience.
‘One student who engaged particularly well was a boy who was at risk of being excluded last year. He has now been elected (with much enthusiasm) to join this year’s writers’ retreat.’
Martin Webster, English Teacher, Walker Riverside Academy
‘You can write anything, from cute to controversial and no one will judge you for it’
Participant
Spoken Word Workshops 