Poems for Positivity
UPDATE – Jake has raised £215 for Refuge and the Men’s Advice Line. Thank you so much to all who have donated. Jake is taking a break from reading his poems, but he will be back soon, tho our fundraising has now closed, so we can get the money over to the charities. 🙂
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As some of your may know, Jake has been reading and performing poems for the last 100 days, since March 19th… Every night without fail he has found a poem he loves and we have filmed him performing it, at his request. You can see them all here.
Initially, this started off as a way for Jake to do drama, as he was unable to attend Youth Theatre, which he has grown to love over the last few months… It has also helped him to explore reading in a new way and he now loves to engage with poetry every day.
Jake has asked to see comments from his friends and family and he has loved seeing that some people say how much his poems cheer them up, so he wanted to not only continue with them every day, but to get other people involved by encouraging them to read, write, share and enjoy poetry…
Because of this he has come up with a new campaign – Poems For Positivity – which we have turned into a hashtag
#PoemsForPositivity
Jake wants people to use the hashtag on social media to share poems to help spread joy and positivity across the world.
They could be poems you love, poems you’ve written, poems your children have written, you could perform the poems, simply copy the poem into a post, make a video for the poem, paint the poem… its just about sharing poetry to spread happiness.
The only thing we ask is that your try to credit the poems correctly with the title and poet clearly stated somewhere in your post.
Jake has also decided he would like this all to go to a good cause, so he is raising money for Refuge and Men’s Advice Line – both charities that support people affected by domestic violence, which of course, is a problem that has been exacerbated by the Covid 19 lockdown, but is also something that exists a debilitating, traumatic and life threatening issue for many people around the world at any time. If you would like to support Jake’s fundraising efforts, please visit his JustGiving page here: – Jake’s Just Giving page. Thank you!
Watch Jake’s Video about Poems for Positivity
So, whether you are going to join Jake in sharing #PoemsForPositivity, or whether you can donate to his cause, please share Jake’s post and help him spread happiness across the world!
Thank you!
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