Becky was inspired to join Manchester Poetry Library to work with the team and partners to create a public space that celebrates the power of poetry. She is an experienced youth worker, English and Drama teacher, coach and arts learning facilitator. She has led national programmes for artists and teachers with Creative Partnerships and Creativity and Culture and Education (CCE), and creative writing programmes at Arvon. A Clore Fellow (2009) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, she is currently a member of the Young Poets’ Stories poetry writing development research.