Mental health & recovery poetry fundraiser for NHS Voyage to Recovery 27th

Come join us on a poetic voyage as we share poems with themes of mental health, wellbeing, hope and recovery. This is a Poetry fundraiser to support the NHS voyage to recovery.

Hosted and performances from published Bradford-based poet and spoken word artist Sharena Lee Satti.

Spoken word poetry performances will also be shared from NHS staff, and a limited number of public open mic slots will be available. Share your own poems or simply listen and connect with others through the healing art of poetry.

Thank you to Bradford City Library for kindly allowing us to use their venue!

If you cannot make the 27th July, we do have an event 8th June also, Get tickets here: 8th June event: www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-health-and-recovery-poetry-fundraiser-for-nhs-voyage-to-recovery-tickets-881295828547?aff=oddtdtcreator

See you there!

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WHAT ARE WE FUNDRAISING FOR?

Our Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCT) NHS mental health service "early intervention" supports service users who are at risk of, or are experiencing psychosis. As a service we run a variety of wellbeing activities for our service users, which has included some successful creative writing groups. Poetry can be a powerful tool for self expression and it felt like a natural choice to hold our very own poetry events to support our fundraising.

We are raising money for a 5-day sailing trip with 5 NHS staff and 10 service users called "voyage to recovery". This involves sailing and crewing a tall ship from Hartlepool to Ipswich, for 5 days in September 2025. This offers a one-in-a-lifetime experience that has significantly helped the recovery of past service users who joined the voyage, We aim to raise £9000 to fund all costs of the trip. The poetry events and any welcomed donations are one of the many ways we intend to raise money for our voyage to recovery!

To find out more about our fundraising, hear about our previous voyage or to make any additional donations please visit: www.justgiving.com/page/molly-smith-v2rpoetry

Host or Publisher Molly Smith NHS worker BDCT