Winchester Poetry Festival, now working towards its fifth biennial festival in October 2023, wishes to recruit additional trustees.
Founded in 2013, Winchester Poetry Festival is looking to maintain the success and sustainability of the organisation and is seeking new trustees with relevant experience and skill, and with a commitment to help steer the organisation going forward.
If you have a passion for poetry in all its many and diverse forms and for the power and playfulness of words and feel you can make a creative and strategic contribution to the board of trustees, Winchester Poetry Festival would like to hear from you.
Trustees serve in a voluntary capacity, supporting Winchester Poetry Festival to be a round table for poetry where everyone is welcome. It is a poetry organisation that does all sorts of things – from hosting a much-acclaimed biennial festival in Winchester, to the international Winchester Poetry Prize competition, as well as one-off events, collaborations with other organisations and wider work with schools and community organisations.
The board of Trustees is aiming to build the festival’s reputation for surprising and delighting its audiences, fostering new partnerships, maintaining a robust financial operation, and broadening the audience base.
Jane Bryant, Chair of Winchester Poetry Festival, said, “Winchester Poetry Festival is here to share, showcase, celebrate and champion great poetry. We believe in its power to bring us all together and make a positive, enriching difference to our lives and the society we live in.”
For further information and a role description, and/or an informal conversation, please email the Chair, Jane Bryant, at chair@winchesterpoetryfestival.org
For more information and to apply, visit winchesterpoetryfestival.org/trustee-role-description
Expressions of interest are sought by 30 June 2023.
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