Poet Terry Caffrey joins Playing for Success Celebration Event
Posted on: January 5th, 2010

Terry Caffrey represented Streetspeak on 17th December 2009, at a celebratory event organised by Playing for Success in Preston.  The event was held in the Invincibles Lounge of Preston North End Football Club, where over two hundred mums and dads gathered to watch young people receive awards.

Young people  had been working with Terry and Streetspeak/Playing for Success to write a poem about Courage and the 2012 Olympics for a national competition.  Terry read out the poems of the four finalists and the audience were asked to select one poem to go through to the regional finals.  The winning poem, ‘2012 Courage’, was written by Heather Balshaw from Moor Park High School in Preston.

Also at the event, handing out awards, was Preston Midfielder Michael Tonge.

Streetspeak and Playing for Success in Preston have been encouraging young people to write and perform poetry since January 2009, and we are delighted that from Spring 2010 Streetspeak will also work with young people at Playing for Success in Burnley.