‘Amanda manages to create an inclusive group that allows each participant to achieve their own goals. Each writer is valued and their work celebrated – everyone is given the opportunity to learn and to contribute.’
WEA Creative Writing Student
‘Amanda manages to create an inclusive group that allows each participant to achieve their own goals. Each writer is valued and their work celebrated – everyone is given the opportunity to learn and to contribute.’
WEA Creative Writing Student
I’ve been teaching creative writing since 2015 and have delivered courses and workshops online and in community centres, libraries, museums, galleries, day centres and schools across North East England to inspire and support people to write. I’m particularly interested in helping people benefit from being creative in their everyday lives and my sessions are designed to be enjoyable as well as inspiring.
I’m a qualified adult education tutor, having gained a Level 3 Award in Education and Training (NCFE) in 2015. I have an enhanced DBS certificate and Public Liability Insurance and I’m a professional member of the National Association of Writers in Education. I’ve completed Emergency First Aid at Work and First Aid for Mental Health (Level 2) training and a course in how to facilitate Writing for Wellbeing groups.
Please contact me if you’d like me to run a course or workshop or to talk or read at an event. My courses and workshops page has details of all my current and upcoming events and I also offer a mentoring and critique service for anyone wanting one-to-one support with their writing. For more about my work in schools and with children and young people see my schools and young people page.
Talking about my teaching for The Cultural Spring in Sunderland and South Tyneside
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
I’ve worked with a wide range of groups and organisations. Here’s a list of my current and previous projects, workshops, and creative writing courses:
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Feedback from Jesmond Library Residency
‘I wasn’t sure that I’d be able to write anything on the day, but Amanda put us at ease and had the skill to help us unlock those memories and put pen to paper. She ensured that each participant had an opportunity to share what they had written and to be heard and valued.’
Feedback from Jesmond Library Residency
Feedback from Jesmond Library Residency