As part of the wonderful Ports, Past and Present project, which looks at ways to open up and engage with port towns in the UK and Ireland, I'm working to create a kind of story-walk around the town of Pembroke Dock. I'm inviting anyone living in the town to get in touch with me to share their Pembroke Dock stories and maybe do some creative writing of their own! Further information on this project and all the amazing PPP initatives here.

In January 2020 a group of us set up Wake Up Irish Poetry, a movement to challenge sexual and other abuses in Irish poetry. You can see our open letter, which has been signed by over 300 arts workers and allies, on our website, and read more in the Irish Times.

During our work over the last year we've encountered so many groups of volunteers in other sectors in the Irish arts who are experiencing and fighting the very same abuses. A few months ago several of these groups came together to form Safe Arts of Ireland: an umbrella group made up of women and marginalised genders fighting together to challenge sexual and other abuses in the Irish arts. Follow @SafeArtsIreland on Twitter and get in touch if you want to get involved. We'll be sharing performances by some of our members tonight, International Women's Day March 8th 2021 - to attend, email safeartsofireland@gmail.com.

We won't be stopping until the Irish arts is safe for everyone.