
Shirley A May
@thegirldreams
Director /founder @YoungIDmcr, Honorary Fellow, Royal Society Of Literature, Visiting Fellow MMU, IOU Trustee, Neurodiverse, Poet. Views are my own.
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What a year its was 2024 please share with your students who love to write, without the aid of AI just them and the pen😅Xaverian College Whalley Range 11-18 High School Burnage Academy for Boys Parrs Wood High School and Sixth Form College Loreto College Manchester Chorlton High School People of Greater Manchester 🐝 Co-op Academy Belle Vue Withington Girls' School | Where Girls Shine ✨ Stretford Grammar Stretford High


🇩🇰 🫱🏾🫲🏽 Our Artistic Director Shirley May (Shirley A May) is in Denmark this week, joining other cultural organisations from GM to share and exchange practice! #CulturalExchange #SharingPractice


This is an absolute fantastic opportunity and it is supported commissioned bye Forward Prizes young people summit, New Writing North The Writing Squad Hive Young Writers Network Barbican Young Poets Manchester Literature Festival | ON BLUESKY Manchester Metropolitan Uni University of Salford English at Manchester Met


Get your tickets from for One mic stand. It’s in partnership with Forward Prizes young peoples summit! tickets from shorturl.at/ZU29s Experience the wonderful work of @LeylaJosephine1 And Rumbi Tauro New Writing North Hive Young Writers Network Barbican Centre The Writing Squad


One Mic Stand is BACK An evening of poetry & song with special guests from across the country! In partnership with Forward Prizes Tolu Agbelusi Barbican Centre Hive Young Writers Network The Writing Squad YOUNG IDENTITY Featuring Rumbi Tauro & #LeylaJosephine! Don’t miss it! 🎶 #OneMicStand

Honoured to open the Trafford Council Time to Shine Awards with poetry, celebrating the incredible staff who have worked tirelessly to support others! Joined by two brilliant poets from YOUNG IDENTITY, with support from The National Lottery Community Fund @ArtsCouncilEngland @StratfordGrammar. #TimeToShine


we have worked with so many young musicians and poets en route to genuine success and we send you our best wishes as you all travel to great Heights to some of the people that we have worked with nuff ❤️ JP Cooper m i S h a THABO-MUSIC hanc del chunkus PRIDO 🙏🏾Rumbi Tauro

Join Shirley May for 2 free online poetry workshops honouring Kath Locke, Elouise Edwards, Louise Da-Cocodia. we’ll explore their legacies & craft our own responses to them for #IWD25. Thurs 6th & 13th March 6:30PM - 8:30PM | Register: [email protected]






Young Identity has loads going on over the next few months,from junior to adult sessions! Want to get involved? Join us as a participant. see flyers below for what’s happening near you and spread the word! Stretford High Stretford Grammar SeymourPark Lostock High School Horace Jones

