Staffordshire Poet Laureate Scarlett Ward
We invite you to come and chat with Staffordshire Poet Laureate Scarlett Ward, and share your memories, thoughts and feelings about Burton — past and present.
As part of Our Freedom: Then & Now, a national programme led by Future Arts Centres and funded by Arts Council England, your voice will help shape a creative, nationwide reflection on what freedom means to us 80 years on from VE and VJ Day.
Through this collaborative project, we’ll be gathering personal histories from people living in Burton today. Whether you write down just a few words or an entire page, your responses to our prompts will capture Burton through the years, weaving together collective memories and reflections on freedom into a poetic homage to the history of our area.
Share your story. Reflect on freedom. Be part of Burton’s contribution to a creative programme spanning 60 arts centres and 20 museums across the UK.
Open drop-in workshops led by Scarlett Ward – Staffordshire Poet Laureate
- Burton Library – drop-in workshops – Saturday 13th and 20th September 11-1pm
