The Poetry Trust gratefully acknowledges the substantial support of Arts Council England and Arts Council England, East. We thank them for their recognition and continued investment in us as a flagship organisation for literature.

The Poetry Trust is proud of its partnerships with charitable trusts, local authorities and other organisations who have all played a significant role in helping us prosper over recent years: 
Adnams Charity Britten Pears Foundation
John S Cohen Charitable Trust
Co-operative Membership Community Fund
Ernest Cook Trust
Esmeé Fairbairn Foundation
Fenton Arts Trust
Foyle Foundation
Garfield Weston Foundation
Golsoncott Foundation
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Idlewild Charitable Trust
Jerwood Foundation
Limbourne Trust
Old Possums Practical Trust
Robert Gavron Charitable Trust
Ronald Duncan Literary Foundation
Scarfe Charitable Trust
Tolkien Trust
Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust
Woo Charitable Foundation

Norfolk County Council
Suffolk Coastal District Council
Suffolk County Council

Aldeburgh Music
Fairweather Stephenson & Co,
Solicitors Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital 

Additional thanks to the following sponsors & supporters for their invaluable contributions to the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival 2011:
The Aldeburgh Bookshop
Australian Poetry
East Anglian Daily Times
Fairweather Stephenson & Co
Hammond Commercial Centre
HI-Arts
Hightide Theatre Festival
Ink Sweat & Tears
Jonathan Cape
The Poetry Business
The Poetry Society
The Rialto
Scottish Island Writers’ Network
Smiths Knoll
The Suffolk Poetry Society
Technology Insider Consulting
The White Lion Hotel, Aldeburgh

Michael Laskey’s ‘Coming of Age’ Appeal to mark the Festival’s 21st birthday in 2009 raised over £10,000.
We’d like to thank both the following list donors and also those who prefer to remain anonymous for all their generous support.

David Brodie
Marjorie Carter
Barbara Clarke
John Coleridge
Sally Cook
Elizabeth Curtis
Claudia Daventry
Jonathan Davidson
Jill Dawson
Helen Dunmore
Hilary Elfick
James Flynn
Michael Freeguard
Eleanor Goodland
Andrea Holland
Jean Jaffa
Herbert Lomas
Michael Longley
Alison Mace
Andre Mangeot
Lady Miranda Margetson
Jane Martin
Ian McEwen
David Message
Helena Nelson
Dr Denis Ryan
Mike Sage
Carole Satyamurti
Norman Scarfe
Jeremy Solnick
Philip & Jane Spender
Pauline Stainer
Anne Stevenson
Nicholas Symes
The Poetry Business
Christine Webb
Kaaren Whitney
Susan Wicks
Frances Wilson
Jean Worster

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