Poems in the Waiting Room

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Poems in the Waiting Room (PitWR) is a registered charity (1099033) which supplies short collections of poems for patients to read while waiting to see their doctor; the collections are presented as a three-folded A4 pamphlet, printed both sides on card. The poetry cards are distributed quarterly. Each poetry card provides some seven or eight poems with about two hundred lines or so of poetry. The poems draws from both the canon of English verse and from contemporary works - poetry from Quill to Qwerty.
The patient is invited to keep the poetry card to be as an enduring rather than ephemeral contact with the poetry. There is no charge whatsoever for the poetry cards, either to the patient or to the health service host.
The aim is to promote poetry and to show gratitude to health service staff for their care. PitWR has published in its current format since 1998, after a trial run in 1996. At first, poetry cards were circulated each quarter only locally to some thirty surgeries in South West London. Growth soon became demand led, fuelled mainly by word of mouth. To meet demand, distribution was extended nation-wide at the end of 2000.
From late 2003, a major expansion programme was launched: the total waiting rooms served grew from some 300 at the end of 2003 to some 1200 by the end of 2004. The Winter 2005 Edition was sent to some 1375 waiting rooms, distributing some 40,000 free poetry cards throughout Britain and Ireland

Poems in the Waiting Room Locality of Operation

  • National

Poems in the Waiting Room Areas of Benefit

  • Aged
  • Children and Youth
  • Community Care
  • Cultural
  • Deaf
  • Disabled
  • Education
  • Family Welfare
  • Health
  • Hospices
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Welfare
  • Mental Health
  • Social Welfare

Address
PO Box 488
Richmond
TW9 4SW

Tel -
Fax -

Websites and Email Contact
The website of Poems in the Waiting Room is - http://www.pitwr.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

Number of Trustees
The total number at Poems in the Waiting Room is 5

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