ARTIST STORIES
Hear from the incredible artists we work with.
Fundraising with Greenside Primary School
We have been honoured and beyond lucky to receive the immense support and creative genius of the pupils and staff of Greenside Primary School since 2017. In six years they’ve raised over £30,000!
Our Change the Word Fellows at The Festival of Home!
Our first ever Change the Word Poetry Fellows, Diyo Mulopo Bopengo and Sarah Orola, will appear as part of the Festival of the Home on Sunday 19th September at the Museum of the Home.
“A perfect place to share our Voices, Stories, our Experience and Ideas”
Stage Door apprentice Gobika Utharathasan shares her experience of the Change the Word programme during their Research and Development workshops in Sheffield.
Change the Word with Emily Webb
Marketing & Administration Assistant Elizabeth Carpenter learns all about Change the Word with Director of Poetry Emily Webb.
Writing Life
Our NEW Change the Word project for emerging poets from around the world…
An Orchestra of Unexpected Sounds: A Collective Poem
It’s Human Rights Day so we’re launching our new Poetry Collection!
Today is Human Rights Day, a commemoration of the UN General Assembly’s adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10th December 1948, and we are celebrating by launching a book of poetry An Orchestra of Unexpected Sounds.
The Window Game
The Window Game has been played by members of the Good Chance Family all over the world! We invite you to look out your window and notice the little things. Write what you see, imagine, remember, dream…
Poem Postcards
In these strange, uncertain times, we want to share words of hope with people who are isolated.
World Turning: a poem for our times
Back in December, the Change the Word Sheffield Poetry Collective wrote a poem together. A poem about our world, how it is changing, how we can keep hope alive within it.
Why Change the Word?
Emily Webb, Change the Word Director, reflects on how it all came about.
Confidence and Self-belief in Coventry
Good Chance partnered with Coventry City of Culture 2021 to bring our Change the Word programme of poetry, puppetry and performance workshops to 20 locals and refugees.