A Poem for your Club

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A Poem for your Club is an exciting new collaboration between the National Literacy Trust and five football clubs which will provide an opportunity for fans from across generations and from different communities to come together to tell their stories and have them recognised and celebrated through poetry.

Calling all football-loving poets

The National Literacy Trust is seeking to commission five published poets with group facilitation experience to each take up a “mini-residency” at one of the following football clubs:

Stoke City F.C.

Portsmouth F.C.

Luton Town F.C.

Crystal Palace F.C.

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Through collaboration with local community groups, the chosen poet will create a poem for the club and local area. This poem will be the club's official poem and will be shared widely by the club and the National Literacy Trust, such as within matchday programmes, on websites and socials, and in the press.

The commitment will be roughly six in-person morning or afternoon sessions as well as independent time to prepare for workshops and write the final poem. This project will take place between January and July 2025.

The chosen poet will work in partnership with the National Literacy Trust and the club to deliver purposeful poetry workshops as well as other events.

Fancy some inspiration?

In 2018, poet and National Literacy Trust member Jamie Thrasivoulou delivered the We. Are. Derby. project in association with Writing East Midlands.

Funded by Historic England, ‘We Are Derby’ was played before every home game at Pride Park stadium.

In 2018, Jamie performed at the East Midlands derby between DCFC and Nottingham Forest, to over 31,000 people. He has since performed to over 33,000 against both Leeds United and West Bromwich Albion.

'We Are Derby' was played at Wembley Stadium during the 2019 EFL Playoff Final.

The National Literacy Trust is hoping to emulate Jamie's success!

How to get involved

If you are a poet and would like to find out more detail on how to get involved, please click on one of the links below to find a callout for the specific club you would like to work with.

Deadline for applications is Friday 13th December 2024.


  • Crystal Palace F.C.

    Crystal Palace F.C. Callout


  • Luton Town F.C.

    Luton Town F.C. Callout


  • Stoke City F.C.

    Stoke City F.C. Callout


  • Blackburn Rovers F.C.

    Blackburn Rovers F.C. Callout


    • Questions

    If you have any questions which have not been answered on this page, please email sport@literacytrust.org.uk

     

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