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
Workshop Facilitator Training with Deanna Rodger
Free training opportunity for Women Poets’ Network members
The Rebecca Swift Foundation is partnering with poet Deanna Rodger to offer free training to Women Poets’ Network members interested in developing online workshop facilitation as part of their creative practice.
One of the UK’s leading poet-facilitators, Deanna Rodger, will deliver bespoke training to equip you with the skills and tools needed to devise and deliver exceptional poetry workshops online, drawing from your own poetic and artistic process.
The online training includes:
- A two-day group workshop (29-30 September 2026, 10 am – 3 pm, with an hour for lunch)
- A one-to-one session to support the planning and promotion of your workshops (6 October 2026)
- A public workshop, where you will deliver your own 40-minute workshop to a group of participants, supported by Deanna (to take place Nov/Dec)
- A group session for reflection and evaluation
Who is this training for?
This training is exclusively for members of the Women Poets’ Network who are interested in adding online workshop facilitation to the services they offer. If you are not already a member, you can join by visiting: rebeccaswiftfoundation.org/women-poets-network-membership
To be eligible you must:
- Be a member of the Women Poets’ Network
- Be confident in your existing poetry practice
- Be confident using zoom to participate in a creative workshop
- Have delivered no more than two poetry workshops as a lead facilitator
There is no upper age limit.
How many poets will be selected?
Each cohort will be limited to six poets to ensure truly bespoke training. There will be two cohorts in total, with another cohort recruited early in 2027.
How to apply
Please upload a document telling us:
- Why this training is right for you at this moment in time (max. 200 words)
- An idea for a workshop you’d like to develop (max. 200 words)
- A brief description of your poetry experience/practice to date (max. 200 words)
If preferred, you can submit this information in a video or audio file (max. length: 3 minutes).
You will also need to provide the name and email address of at least one referee who can vouch for your work as a poet.
No CV or formal qualifications are required.
Deadline: 17 August 2026
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.