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Occupations and Interruptions: A Poetry Workshop For Carers
Occupations & Interruptions is a series of free, online workshops for carers inspired by the work and life of Victorian poet Christina Rossetti and led by poet Dr Sarah Hesketh and Rossetti expert Dr Dinah Roe.
They are organized in collaboration with Carers Oxfordshire. The workshops are designed to be flexible, and you can work with us during online sessions, or offline in your own time. Attend as few or as many sessions as you can! Access is provided to all resources for the duration of the workshops. Poems will be published (with your permission) in a downloadable anthology.
If you have any questions, would like more details, or are interested in joining future workshops, please contact Dr Dinah Roe: d.roe@brookes.ac.uk
Feedback
Are you interested in joining the workshops, but not yet sure whether they're for you? Here is what other workshop participants had to say.
- "I have loved these workshops, and appreciated the contact with other carers in this setting. I would never have thought of using poetry to help me reflect on my role in caring but it has been a wonderful way of reflecting on thoughts and feelings previously barely acknowledged."
- "I have not thought of myself as a writer, but the encouragement to share has been freeing."
- "A treasure chest of inspiration surfaces when given prompts, and a sense of shared understanding flows amidst the group. This heartfelt experience was immediately unifying."
- "Supportive, friendly, inspirational and informative are the words that spring to mind - indeed, I have looked forward to every session."
- "It was so good to be in the company (online) of other Carers, carers like me, experiencing the same worries and responsibilities and finding comfort and inspiration in the poems were we introduced to as well as being encouraged and supported to write our own."
- "We each wrote from our own experiences of caring, we felt connected via those experiences and our writing. There was no pressure to produce - just a lovely, inspiring atmosphere. I felt better, in every way, after each session."