Scottish Poetry Library
Introduction
The Scottish Poetry Library is a unique national resource and advocate for the art of poetry, and Scottish poetry in particular.
We are passionately committed to bringing the pleasures and benefits of poetry to as wide an audience as possible. Physically and virtually, the Scottish Poetry Library’s doors are open. There’s poetry for everyone, and we can help you find the poem you’ll want to keep.
The Library has a range of projects you can read about here. We have worked with the Binks Hub co-director Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh on the Poetry Helps: Poems for Social Work Project and have plans to continue and develop this work in the future. We will also be sharing the learning from the Creative Words for Wellbeing in Scotland project with the Binks Hub. Together, we are looking at other ways to take this work forward.
Project aims
The aims of the Poetry Helps project were to:
- Explore poetry as a way of supporting and celebrating social work
Project dates: Ongoing
Outcomes & legacy
- Four workshops for social workers across the country were developed
- The sharing of new and previously published poetry by and for social workers, available here
Publications
Critchley, A. and Roesch-Marsh, A. (2021) Poetry Helps: Poetry as a means of creative reflection and learning in social work In D. Turner (ed.) Social Work and Covid-19 – Lessons for Education and Practice. London: Critical Publishing.
Critchley, A. and Roesch-Marsh, A (2020) An Uncertain Future: Poetry as a response to the impact of Covid-19 on social work. Social Work 2020 under Covid-19 Magazine, available at: https://sw2020covid19.group.shef.ac.uk/2020/05/18/an-uncertain-future-poetry-as-a-response-to-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-social-workers/
Want to get involved in research with the Binks Hub?
If you've got an idea for a research project – or are already working on a research project – which you'd like to talk to the Binks Hub about, please just send us an email. We'd love to hear from you.