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 Launceston Poetry Festival.
— Mentoring opportunities with our organisation for working in the arts and heritage sector.

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Poetry Competition Winners 2025

The 2025 Charles Causey International Poetry Competition and Young Person’s Poetry Competition have both been judged and we were delighted…

June 6, 2025

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Festival Spotlights: The Poetry Pharmacy

The inaugural Launceston Poetry Festival is fast approaching and over the last couple of days preparations have been made for…

May 29, 2025

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Festival Spotlights: Frank Skinner

We’re busy with the last of the preparations for Launceston Poetry Festival this coming weekend! The festival is nearly here…

May 28, 2025

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Katrina Naomi’s Time at Cyprus Well

Read about Katrina Naomi’s time as a poet in residence in Charles Causley’s home of Cyprus Well.

February 24, 2025

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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