Writing & CommunityBeyond the formal educational contexts of school and university, NAWE writers are involved with writing projects in many other settings within the community. These include working with youth groups and adult education, in healthcare and prisons.
WRITERS' GROUPS
|  NAWE has published a number of articles on the role of the writers' group (John Alcock) and the particular value of women's groups (Rose Flint, Debjani Chatterjee) and black writers' groups (Nicole Moore). These are accessible in the Archive within the Members' Area.
If you are interested in finding a writers' group within your region, the National Association of Writers Groups is a good place to start.
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MOVING STORIES
|  Moving Stories was a partnership project between NAWE and the National Railway Museum, collecting stories about railways and rail travel from people of different backgrounds and communities all around the world. Without Moving Stories, these tales would probably never have been told. Some of them are from people who have worked on the railways, and these are amongst the most unusual.
The archive site of the 200 best stories submitted has now been closed.
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COMMUNITY ARTISTS
|  NAWE works closely with other key organizations in the field of community arts, including Sound Sense, and the Foundation for Community Dance . Together, we form the Community Arts partnership within the 'CreativePeople' network of over 100 organizations, providing information, advice and guidance to practitioners - that's artists and also those who employ or manage them - to help them get better at what they do.
CreativePeople
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WRITING AND HEALTHCARE
| The Poetry Treatment - new project in major UK hospital
This August, The Poetry Trust, Suffolk-based organisers of the
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival will launch an innovative, year-long project
- The Poetry Treatment - in Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals.
Support for the project includes £16,000 of Grants for the Arts lottery
funding from Arts Council England, East. Read more.Many NAWE members contributed to the recent book, Creative Writing in Health and Social Care, published by
Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Edited by Fiona Sampson, contributors including Rose Flint, Dominic
McLoughlin, John Killick and Paul Munden.
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LIFELONG LEARNING
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NAWE member Rebecca O'Rourke has recently published a detailed historical account of creative writing in cultural policy. Creative Writing: education, culture and community provides a contextual framework that highlights the contribution of adult education to cultural change and community development. Published by NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education). ISBN: 1 86201 161 3
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The National Directory for Arts in Education, maintained by NAWE
Featured Artist:
Sue Teddern
I am an experienced scriptwriter for TV and radio. Since 2002 I have b...
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Issue No. 47 of Writing in Education focused on Writing in the Community. Copies are available on request from the NAWE office.
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