The winners of this year’s International Charles Causley Poetry Competition and Young Persons Poetry Competition have been selected and contacted! Everyone at the Charles Causley Trust extends heartfelt thanks to all who submitted their work. The standard this year was exceptionally high, and we were delighted to receive more entries than ... Read More

The Charles Causley Trust attended a recent visit from Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Tuesday, 24th March 2026. The King and Queen greeted local community groups in the Holy Trinity Church, including Nicola Nuttall, Director of the Charles Causley Trust. Her Majesty has been interested in and ... Read More

We're delighted to announce a new creative partnership that weaves together poetry, art and community. This winter, we commissioned Cornwall-based textile artist Olga Owczarek to create a large handwoven tapestry inspired by the poetry of Charles Causley and his profound connection to the local landscape. The designs are drawn from Olga's ... Read More

Join Lucy Beckley @lucyabeckley in March for some very special one-off Charles Causley themed online co-writing sessions as part of her Emerging Poets Writing Residency with The Charles Causley Trust. Wednesday 11th March | 13:00 - 14:15 Friday 13th March | 9:15 - 10:30 Sunday 15th March | 19:00 - 20:15 All sessions will take ... Read More

We at the Causley Trust are delighted to announce the chosen poets for our Emerging Poets in Residence Programme.  These poets will be joining us soon in Launceston for residencies tailored to each partner organisation – Creative Kernow Associates, Guillemot Press, Literacy Pirates and Cornwall Climate Care. This program is generously supported ... Read More

We're over the moon to announce a Launceston Poetry Festival collaboration with Cornish-based artist Olga Owczarek. Olga is weaving a tapestry inspired by a residency at Charles Causley's Launceston home, Cyprus Well. She has created this inspiring commission in dialogue with Causley's poetry, and the piece will be shown and ... Read More

The trust has recently been contacted by the team at 5PY Heritage with news of two delightful videos to add to our collection of treasures Charles contributed to. The first is a historic programme originally transmitted for the Region by BBC Southwest in December 1983. It is a staging of "The ... Read More

EMERGING POETS IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMME SPRING 2026  IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR WRITING, CREATIVE KERNOW ASSOCIATES, GUILLEMOT PRESS, LITERACY PIRATES AND CORNWALL CLIMATE CARE   The Charles Causley Trust is excited to announce 4 residency opportunities at the former home of Cornish poet, Charles Causley, Cyprus Well, in Launceston, Cornwall.  We are ... Read More

On this, the day that marks 22 years since Charles’s passing, we wanted to take a moment to give thanks for his life. We never lose sight of the man behind every initiative, event, and meeting, and we are deeply grateful for the years he spent writing, teaching, reading, playing music, ... Read More

Last Friday, the 31st, we had the pleasure of welcoming local MP Ben Maguire to Cyprus Well and our Causley bookshop! We were grateful to discuss the value of the Causley Trust to both the local community and the wider county, from our work mentoring young people beginning their journeys in ... Read More

We are delighted to have been chosen for the Co-op Local Community Fund this year! If you would like to pick us as your cause: 1. If you’re not already, become a Co-op Member on the Co-op App or coop.co.uk/membership 2. Log in to your Co-op account 3. Choose The Charles Causley Trust (Cause ... Read More