Spread the Word is a charity. Our mission is to help underrepresented writers get their work into the world and to connect communities to words and stories. We rely on funding from Arts Council England, support from partners, and the generous support of individual donors to do our work.
To make sure they are accessible, tickets for our workshops, masterclasses, salon events and talks are either free or very low cost. Our development programmes for early stage writers, community programmes with young people and elders, and Deptford Literature Festival, our annual celebration of literature that happens in libraries and cultural spaces across Deptford and Lewisham, are completely free.
We need your help to continue to provide accessible opportunities to write, read and tell stories to our neighbours in Lewisham and people across London and the UK from Black, Asian or Global Majority, working class, low income, care experienced, LGBTQI+, and/or d/Deaf and Disabled communities. In short, the communities that are otherwise left out of the often exclusive world of literature.
If you can, please consider making a donation. We promise to make your money work hard.
Thank you.