Are you a writer interested in bringing writing to community groups, to boost confidence, develop employability skills, get more out of life? Then join the wordkit Writers Register. Please Contact Us to find out more.
wordkit have drawn a step pyramid of the impact of writing on the individual and ultimately on society. At the top of our writing pyramid is a small box containing simple words. But look beneath and see the impact that writing can have!
Our ambition is to make writing an integral part of every UK community project.
Eileen Barlex
Fascinated by the transformative power of writing things down, maybe it releases human potential
Writer – teacher – educational consultant
Mindfulness Meditation enthusiast
Specialises in developing creative approaches to learning
Capricorn – likes sprouted seeds and singing off key
Contact – eileen@wordkit.co.uk
Arnfrid Beier
Likes to promote writing as a resource for healing – ‘writing had a life-transforming healing effect on me’
Writer – teacher – counsellor – linguist
Fluent in English and German
Specialises in cross-cultural projects and working with the hard-to-reach in society
Aquarian – a fan of rye bread and atonal music
Contact – arnfrid@wordkit.co.uk
Carol Falaki
Carol believes in the capacity of the written or spoken word to reach further than we can ever know
A midwife from 1985 until 2004 with expertise in preparing women for childbirth through bringing out and supporting their own power
A mother, grandmother, wife, writer and poet, breast-cancer survivor
Practices tai chi and chi-gung daily
Loves life and the beauty of nature
Carol Falaki MSc
contact – carolfalaki@hotmail.co.uk
Elizabeth Gates
Handling language is Elizabeth’s life. As a child, she started writing because no-one was writing the stories she wanted to read. Since then – with a BA Honours in English Language and Literature and an MA in Linguistics – she has taught English Language Skills and English for Special Purposes to adult learners at home and abroad and been a journalist on health and well-being issues (first published in 1985). And since 2005, she has had her own writing and communication coaching practice – currently running workshops on creative writing and writing for professional development. Simply, she says, because she loves the excitement in a room full of writers.
Director – Lonely Furrow Company
http://lizziegatestales.typepad.com/lizzie-gates-tales
Tel: + (0) 151 342 3877
Mobile: 0796 961 8890
Skype: lizzie.gates1
Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/LizzieGates
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lonelyfurrowcompanyelizabeth
Judi Goodwin
Helps people rediscover their natural abilities to write and communicate. Her approach surprises people with the fun of writing and what their writing sets off inside them for the rest of their lives.
Judi believes all learning should be enjoyable so creates a safe yet fun environment where students enjoy trying new ideas and different writing techniques.
Her background is journalism and radio broadcasting, with extensive training experience in the public and private sectors including Lloyds TSB, Friends Provident and the NHS.
Judi works in business and in drop-in centres, and has worked with life-term prisoners, at women’s centres and with people with AIDS and HIV at the London Lighthouse.
www.unleashyourwritingpower.com
01625 439000
07799 644000
Margaret Raine RMN MBACP (Accr.)
I believe that self expression through writing contributes significantly to people’s mental health and hope to spread the Word in the future!
I have often incorporated writing in my therapeutic work. Frequently, it has been life changing and I’m glad to have been able to encourage the practice of a skill that is much under-used.
I have worked in a variety of settings including psychiatry, the voluntary sector, the private sector and prisons. Over the last 14 years, I have worked as a Counsellor for several EAPs.
Contact – margaret-raine@sky.com
Carol Ross
Am just starting out in writing for therapy and reflective practice. Leading a ‘Year of Writing 2010′ project in my organisation. This includes writing sessions with mental health inpatients and workshops for mixed audiences.
Scorpio – like sushi, watching fungi (they don’t fly away like birds do) and singing along to Jennifer Warnes.
contact – carol.ross@cumbria.nhs.uk
website – http://www.cumbriapartnership.nhs.uk/year-of-writing.htm
Lisa Rossetti
I want to facilitate the return of Creativity to people’s lives and livelihood, for well-being, connectivity and innovation.
Writer – poet – personal & professional coach
Specialises in connecting people, helping women become the Leader in their own Life and creative thinking
I love story telling, World Music, and walking in the country
Member of International Coach Federation (ACC)
Member of Association for Coaching
Ambassador for Women’s Enterprise
mobile number: 07815 888803
