About Us

Survivors’ Poetry, a national charity established in 1991 which promotes the writing of survivors of mental distress. Please visit www.survivorspoetry.com for more information. A Survivor may be a person with a current or past experience of psychiatric hospitals, ECT, tranquillisers or other medication, a user of counselling services, a survivor of sexual abuse, child abuse and any other person who has empathy with the experiences of survivors.

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Staff:
Dr. Simon Jenner - Director
Roy Birch - National Outreach Coordinator
Blanche Donnery - Administrator 

Volunteers:
Dan Nelson (Fundraising), Dave Russell (London Events Flyers), John Weedon, Roy Holland - Office Volunteer, Alan Morrison - Volunteer Publications' Designer and Mentor, Xochitl Tuck - Volunteer Events Co-ordinator

Trustees:
Marius Jankowski, (Chair), Piers Marter (Treasurer), Djamal Ticemtal, Paul Jostling, Phil Ruthen, Sally Thompson

Advisory Group:
Paul Beasley, Christina Dunhill, Miriam Hastings, John Hirst, Danielle Hope,
Helena Twist

Patrons:
Moniza Alvi, Debjani Chatterjee

Funders
Arts Council of Great Britain (London)
The John Ellerman Foundation
The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Richard Cloudesley Foundation
Paul Hamlyn Foundation