# WINCHESTER POETRY FESTIVAL

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1150997
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Feb. 27, 2013
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1150997


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Faculty of Arts, University of Winchester, Sparkford Road, Winchester
- **Postcode:** SO22 4NR
- **Phone:** 07557 236890
- **Email:** hello@winchesterpoetryfestival.org
- **Website:** www.winchesterpoetryfestival.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO POETRY2. TO ENCOURAGE THE ENJOYMENT, APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF LITERATURE, THE BENEFICIARIES BEING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES THROUGHOUT HAMPSHIRE.

**Activities:** The first major festival in the south of England dedicated to poetry.It is intended to celebrate poetry within a civic environment in order to ensure the widest possible degree of public awareness and enjoyment.The festival aims to establish a structure, style and necessary partnerships for it to become a biennial event after the inaugural festival of 2014.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Hampshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Abanti Mukhopadhyay Chakrabarty |  | June 27, 2023 |
| Andrew O&#x27;Hanlon |  | June 30, 2025 |
| David Hill |  | June 30, 2025 |
| JANE VERSTEEG BRYANT |  | Nov. 9, 2020 |
| Jeremy Wikeley |  | Jan. 22, 2024 |
| Jo Fisher |  | Jan. 22, 2024 |
| Jonathan Whitfield |  | June 5, 2017 |
| Susmita Bhattacharya |  | Nov. 9, 2020 |




