Ledbury Poetry Festival
Delivering on Cultural Strategy theme 'Involvement of the community' - integration of communities across age, background and ability, and targeted schemes that specifically recognise diversity.Performance Indicator: % of people not previously involved in an arts project.
Delivering on Cultural Strategy theme 'Healthy living' - using culture in the broadest sense to create well-being in terms of fitness and mental health through learning and discovery.
Performance Indicator: % of people who rate their involvement in arts activity highly.
Address: Ledbury Poetry Festival, Town Council Offices, Church Street, Ledbury, Herefordshire, HR8 1DH.
Contacts: Chloe Garner, Festival Director, Tel: 0845 458 1743, Fax: 01531 634156, e-mail: info@poetry-festival.com
The Festival also holds a year round programme of literature development in the community, involving local primary schools, older people, and the mentally distressed. It also hosts the Talking Poetry sessions at The Brewery in Ledbury, and holds the Poetry Café at The Courtyard in Hereford.
The Festival also runs a prestigious international poetry competition which is judged by the Poet in Residence (Don Paterson in 2006).
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Local Site: Ledbury Poetry Festival
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