OFFICE HOURS: bookable advice sessions with our Creative Leads

We're delighted to introduce Office Hours, bookable advice sessions with our Creative Leads. Whether you want to brainstorm an idea, find out more about local and national opportunities, talk through a project or just seeking some advice, these sessions are intended to offer support and help you develop and talk through your ideas.

Our Office Hours will take place on zoom and will last 1 hour.

Areas of advice

• Brainstorming ideas and exploring possibilities
• Local and national opportunities
• Funding options and potential sources of support
• Networking suggestions and relevant organisations
• Questions about developing your creative practice

Prior to the session, we will ask you to share a max 100-word summary of what you're working on as well as the areas of the advice you are seeking. 

A hour session is Pay what you can at £40/£50/£60 which includes the prior planning time of the creative leads.

What to expect

Office Hours are one-off advice sessions: a chance to talk, ask questions and explore your options. They are not a mentoring programme or an ongoing support service. There is no follow-up support included, and we do not offer critiques, edits or feedback on your writing or creative work.

Led by Lucy Beckley, a writer, poet and creative writing facilitator based in Cornwall. She is one of the Charles Causley Emerging Poets in Residence 2026 and is Creative Lead for Communities & Emerging Writers at The Writers' Block. Her work has been published in numerous books and anthologies and been recognised in a number of international competitions. She has a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Creative Writing from Cambridge University, an MA in Professional Writing from Falmouth University and an MA in European Cultures from Birkbeck University. She regularly runs workshops for adults, children and organisations and loves to help inspire others to find the joy and magic in writing.