Nurturing the craft, creativity and wellbeing of women poets in the UK.
The Rebecca Swift Foundation provides support and creative professional development opportunities through the Women Poets’ Prize and the Women Poets’ Network
Vacancies and Opportunities
Rebecca Swift Foundation Seeks New Chair and Trustees
We are recruiting for a new Chair and two new Trustees to support our national work advocating for and championing UK-based women poets.
While the charity is based in London, our current board is based around the country and we meet online. Our Women Poets’ Network has members in every part of the UK, and our current Creative Associates are working closely with women poets in London, Wolverhampton, and Newcastle where we are establishing connected in person hubs.
Job Role: Trustee (voluntary, 3-year term)
Deadline: 15th September, 9am BST
Interviews: online week commencing 13th October
Other ways to work with us
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, partner, or collaborating with the Foundation in any way, please send us an email.
Equal Opportunities
When applying for any of our vacancies or opportunities, please also complete the anonymous Equality Monitoring form here.
The Rebecca Swift Foundation (RSF) particularly welcomes applications from global majority women poets, neurodivergent women poets, and women poets with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses. We do not discriminate on grounds of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, maternity and pregnancy, race, religion, class and sexual orientation.
All applicants are invited to fill in an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form as part of our equal opportunities evaluation. Form data is collected and stored anonymously and confidentially in line with RSF’s Privacy Policy.