Our Work. Our Projects.
Sticks + Stones
Our poetry project for young people with care experience.
We work closely with our partners at the local authority and cultural venues to offer high quality poetry workshops and events for looked after children.
Sticks + Stones offers, quality arts provisions and focuses on using poetry and performance as tools to process, heal and make connections.
TLC- The Literati Clinic
Videography by Paul Stringer
Our innovative approach to poetry nights in Leicester.
Leicester's most affordable, diverse and intergenerational poetry night. At TLC we prioritise community and quality. Our unique format invites professional poets who are masters at their craft into the heart of our community and allows our audience to experience and interrogate their work in a meaningful way.
We are passionate about bringing poetry lovers together and improving craft and skill to support the future generations of storytellers. We host community salons, free poetry workshops and performance labs to support local talent.
Check out our Youtube channel here to experience our incredible headliners or check out our gallery
Black Care
Black Care is a key part of our mission to use poetry and the creative arts as a way to invoke social change and strengthen communities.
The work we do around being Black and having experience of the care system was inspired by our Artistic Director's lived and professional experience. By hosting live events, academic talks and panels and creating an oral history archive we have been able to shed light on history, support community members in telling their own stories and improve the future lives of Black children in the care system. You can learn more about this work here.
