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Sgwennu’n Well | Writing Well: 15 Months of Development for Six Literary Facilitators

 


Congratulations to Tracey Rhys (Parthian Books) and all the rest of the Writing Well cohort:


We are delighted to announce the participants for Sgwennu’n Well | Writing Well 2025-2026, our annual development programme for literary facilitators.  

Sgwennu’n Well | Writing Well on intensely developing the skills and knowledge of literary facilitators specifically in the field of Health and Well-being, so they feel more confident and equipped to devise and deliver creative writing projects in the community.  This year, the programme will focus on the theme of nature too. It is a 15 month-long professional development programme for a group of early to mid-career facilitators, which includes mentoring sessions, a bursary of £1,000, a series of four online training sessions, a residential course at Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre, aftercare support and more.    

The first three months offers opportunities to hone skills in areas such as project development and management, running budgets, capturing and communicating impact, safeguarding their groups, and more. Following the initial three-month training programme, the intention is to offer facilitators a pot of funding to deliver projects they have designed and planned during the initial stages of the programme.  

We were inundated with interest in this programme once we opened for applications in January 2025, and after careful consideration, the panel has selected six facilitators who will benefit from the opportunity this year:  

  • Helen Comerford 
  • Megan Lloyd 
  • Tracey Rhys 
  • Gillian Brownson 
  • Duke Al Durham 
  • Durre Shahwar 

We look forward to welcoming and supporting our new cohort of facilitator, and to follow their transformative journey. Read more about them and their hopes for their time on this programme on the Sgwennu’n Well | Writing Well page. 

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