At The Poetry Pharmacy, we’re proud to collaborate with organisations that share our values of creativity, learning, and community wellbeing. Our partnerships span education, healthcare, mental health, and the literary world, each one a celebration of the healing power of words.

Event Partners

• How To Academy – The Poetry Pharmacy Live in partnership with the How To Academy on 12 March 2025 at the Royal Geographical Society. Featuring Denise Gough, Danny Sapani, and Olivia Williams.
  

• Mind – The Poetry Pharmacy Live in partnership with Mind on 10 September 2024 at the Royal Geographical Society. William Sieghart in conversation with Stephen Fry, Harriet Walter, Denise Gough, and Gloria Obianyo.
  

• Intelligence Squared – The Poetry Pharmacy Live in partnership with Intelligence Squared
  
  • 5 December 2023 – William Sieghart in conversation with BBC broadcaster Sarah Montague, Natascha McElhone and Sheila Atim
  • 2 March 2018 – The Power of Poetry: Words to Heal and Inspire with Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs and Jeanette Winterson
  • The Poetry Pharmacy Returns: William Sieghart in conversation with Sarah Dunant with guests Dominic West, Martha West, Nina Sosanya and Greta Scacchi

• The Queen’s Reading Room – The Poetry Pharmacy Live in partnership with The Queen’s Reading Room on 8 June 2024 at Hampton Court Palace. Featuring Helena Bonham Carter, Sir Ben Okri and Alexander Armstrong

• Hay Festival – The Poetry Pharmacy Live in partnership with Hay Festival:
  
  • 26 May 2024 – William Sieghart with Lisa Dwan, Indira Varma, and Dominic West, chaired by Rosie Boycott.
  • 3 June 2023 – William Sieghart with Karen Bryson, Denise Gough, Natascha McElhone, and Dominic West.
    

Outreach Partnerships

• Greater Manchester NHS – We’re proud to partner with Greater Manchester NHS to create uplifting poetry posters for hospitals, GP surgeries, and waiting rooms. These pieces are designed to offer moments of calm, comfort, and connection for patients and staff alike.

• Other NHS collaborations – We’re also proud to have collaborated with hospitals across the country – including Chelsea & Westminster, West Suffolk, South Warwickshire, East Sussex, and South West Yorkshire – where our poetry posters are now bringing warmth and reflection to corridors, clinics, and care spaces.
  

• Hospital Rooms  – In 2025, we partnered with Hospital Rooms to support their inspiring work bringing art into mental health settings. As part of their Digital Art School, William Sieghart led a poetic practice workshop—soon to be aired in wards for in-patients to experience and enjoy.