Essex Book Festival is looking for Essex-based Poets in the early stages of their facilitation journey who want to develop their skills delivering poetry education in schools to join the cohort of SPOKEN WORD POWER Future Leaders.

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Applications close at 11.59pm on Wednesday 16th December

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* 1. Full Name

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* 2. Phone Number

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* 3. Email Address

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* 4. Location - Town / City

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* 5. Why are you interested in participating in the SPOKEN WORD POWER Future Leaders training and shadowing programme? What do you hope to get out of it? (max 250 words)

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* 6. Please outline your experience working with young people in primary, secondary and SEND schools to teach spoken word poetry. If you do not have experience in this area, please outline other relevant professional experience as a creative or educator. (max 250 words)

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* 7. How did you hear about this opportunity?

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* 8. Do you have any spent or unspent criminal convictions? (Disclosure of a criminal record will not debar you from working with Essex Book Festival - we will contact you for further info if required)

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* 9. Do you have an enhanced child workforce DBS certificate issued in the previous 2 years or one registered with the update service. (If not - you will be required to apply for one which Essex Book Festival will validate but you will have to pay for - it will cost around £55 and be valid for 2 years. The cost is tax deductible)

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* 10. I confirm that I am eligible to work in the UK.

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* 11. I hereby confirm that the information I have given in this application is true and correct. By submitting this form, I give Essex Book Festival permission to store and process my data as described above in accordance with professional standards, the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulations 2018.

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* 12. Please upload your CV here.

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