The Poetry Trust gratefully acknowledges the support of all sponsors and funders - without whom the Festival would not be possible

 

Arts Council England
Arts Council England works to get great art to everyone by championing, developing and investing in artistic experiences that enrich people’s lives. As the national development agency for the arts, we support a range of artistic activities from theatre to music, literature to dance, photography to digital art, carnival to crafts.
www.artscouncil.org.uk

 

Australian Poetry
Australian Poetry is the umbrella poetry organisation in Australia, with a charter to promote and support Australian poets and poetry locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Since launching in January 2011, AP has put poets on iPhones, in cafés, on planes and on television, and profiled their poetry on radio, on pillows in hotels, at festivals and in gift books.
www.australianpoetry.org

 

The Community Fund
The Community Fund is created by members of The Co-operative Group who elect to donate all or part of their twice-yearly dividend payments directly to the scheme. Funds are then shared with local community projects across the country and we welcome applications up to £2,000.
www.co-operative.coop/communityfund

 

East Anglian Daily Times
The East Anglian Daily Times is at the heart of the community and actively supports the Arts across Suffolk. EADT Editor - Terry Hunt, works closely with community groups and organisations to ensure that together community events and arts programmes are supported, encouraged and promoted across Suffolk.
www.eadt.co.uk

 

Flick & Son
Flick & Son was established in 1833, (when Alfred Lord Tennyson was 24), and is an independent, privately owned, estate agent and surveyors with five offices on the Suffolk Heritage Coast. It is also the largest, with over 50% of home sales and 65% of lettings.
Selling, buying, letting? Only one call to make – 01728 452469.
www.flickandson.co.uk

 

The Golsoncott Foundation
The estate of artist Rachel Reckitt (1908-1995) established The Golsoncott Foundation in July 1998. Its aim is “to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular… the fine arts and music.”
It is funding the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival for the first time in 2011.
www.golsoncott.org.uk

 

HighTide Festival Theatre
HighTide Festival Theatre exists to discover, produce and champion emerging playwrights. Our productions originate in our annual festival in Halesworth, Suffolk. Our productions transfer nationally and internationally in partnerships that have included: the Bush Theatre, National Theatre, Old Vic Theatre , Ambassador Theatre Group / West End, to the Edinburgh Festival and internationally to the Australian National Play Festival.
www.hightide.org.uk/

 

The Idlewild Trust
The Idlewild Trust was set up in 1974 and gives grants to charities which support “the encouragement of the performing and fine arts and crafts” and “the advancement of education within the arts”.
It has funded the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival on several previous occasions, but always with a 2-3 year gap between grants.
www.idlewildtrust.org.uk

 

Ink-Sweat & Tears
Ink-Sweat-&-Tears is the literary webzine that changes the way poetry and prose is published, presented and read. With an average monthly readership of over 16,500 people worldwide, this is poetry and prose for the digital age, for the iPad generation.
www.ink-sweat-and-tears.com

 

The Rialto
Truth and Lies are the Matter of Language: Poetry is Language's Guardian and its Deftest Trickster. Strong Poetry keeps alive Imagination, which brings us Bread and Meat and our Continuation as a Species. For 25 years The Rialto has been Searching Out and Publishing the Very Best Poetry.
www.therialto.co.uk

 

The Ronald Duncan Literary Foundation
The Ronald Duncan Literary Foundation exists to encourage and support creative excellence in the arts, especially poetry, drama and literature and to sustain interest and research in the work associated with its namesake, the poet and playwright, Ronald Duncan. Duncan's archive is now housed at the University of Exeter as part of their Special Collections hub for research into South West based writers.
www2.plymouth.ac.uk/ronaldduncan/trust.htm

 

The Suffolk Poetry Society
The Suffolk Poetry Society was founded in 1952.It has a tradition of friendly meetings at many locations around the county. Our programme includes workshops, readings, music and improvisation; members meet to explore and celebrate poetry from all periods, including translations. The George Crabbe Memorial Competition is held each year.
www.suffolkpoetrysociety.org.uk/

 

Technology Insider Consulting
Technology Insider Consulting: the inside track to strategic market intelligence, branding and communications services for technology companies. Long-time IT industry commentator Charles Christian provides the Words and the Vision.
For details email Charles Christian
www.technologyinsiderconsulting.com

 

The Tolkien Trust
The Tolkien Trust was established in 1977 by the four children of the author, J R R Tolkien, to enable the Tolkien family to give regularly to its chosen charitable causes.The Trust is wholly discretionary, which means that the trustees largely decide whom to benefit on the basis of their own knowledge of charities operating in areas of interest to them.
www.tolkientrust.org

 

 

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