The Charles Causley Trust keeps alive the memory of the late Charles Causley and aims to raise the profile and appreciation of his work, and to promote writing and the other arts — especially (but not exclusively) in and around the community in which he lived, and the wider South West region of England.

Our key activities include:
— Maintaining Causley’s former home, Cyprus Well, and make it available as a place to stay and work via lettings and residencies.
— Educational activities in schools and further workshops to promote writing and the arts.
— An annual international poetry competition and young people poetry competition.
— The Causley Festival.
— Mentoring opportunities with our organisation for working in the arts and heritage sector.

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The Charles Causley Trust Poetry Competitions are now LIVE!

The Charles Causley Trust is delighted to announce that our International Poetry Competition and Young Person’s Poetry Competition are officially…

December 8, 2024

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Celebrating the Launch of The Drifted Stream with the National Poetry Library

On Tuesday 5th November, The Charles Causley Trust with the National Poetry Library hosted a commemorative event to celebrate the…

November 7, 2024

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Reflecting on a Residency with Tommy Sissons

Over the Summer the Trust was delighted to welcome poet Tommy Sissons to host a residency at Cyprus Well. Whilst…

October 30, 2024

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Causley’s Poem featured at the Opening of the Constituency Garden of Remembrance

Today on the 28th October, the Causley Trust’s Director, Nicola Nuttall, was invited by the Speaker of the House of…

October 28, 2024

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‘My room is a bright glass cabin,

All Cornwall thunders at my door,

And the white ships of winter lie

In the sea-roads of the moor.’

The Seasons in North Cornwall, Collected Poems, 1951 - 2000 [revised edition] p.31