Welcome to Survivors' Poetry

Survivors' Poetry is a London-based National arts charity (Reg. No. 1040177) that works to support, promote and publish the poetry of people who have been through, or are currently in, the UK’s mental health system. We work with ‘survivors’ of psychiatric illness, drug addiction, sexual abuse, and mood-altering medication. Many of our clients have experienced the dark end of life in psychiatric hospitals, prisons, rehabilitation units, or counselling centres; all are trying hard to get their lives back together again.  

Latest News:  14th July 2010 Survivors' hears the sad news of the demise
of Poet Amita Patel - click hear for more information

Latest News:  4th July 2010 The Birth of SP Internatioal - The Bread is Rising
  

News:    Summer edition of Poetry Express is now available to download

We have restarted and relaunched our Survivors' Poetry Forum.

Please Click Here to visit and sign up.

What we do
Survivors’ Poetry is a survivor-led arts group coordinating artistic activities using poetry to make connections between creativity and mental health. SP uses poetry workshops, readings, performances, music, visual arts, publishing, recording and other arts activities by and for survivors of the mental health system as a means to explore wellbeing. We believe that survivors have a particular hitherto unexplored artistic perception and contribution to offer society. Put more simply, Survivors’ Poetry exists to help all survivors combat the effects of mental distress in the most creative and personally empowering ways possible.

Our Vision
A world which celebrates the creative expression of survivors through poetry.

Mission
Coordinating artistic activity, publishing and promoting poetry by survivors. Supporting and developing survivors poets and establishing communication networks. Challenging and changing the social and cultural definitions of poets and poetry. Making connections between creativity and mental health.

If you want to find our more about us - get in touch!

Simon Jenner
Director of Survivors' Poetry