{"id":1151,"date":"2023-09-25T12:04:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowordslough.org\/?page_id=1151"},"modified":"2023-09-29T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:07:19","slug":"npd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/empowordslough.org\/projects\/npd\/","title":{"rendered":"National Poetry Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1151\" class=\"elementor elementor-1151\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70677b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70677b4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-126beda\" data-id=\"126beda\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-815149f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"815149f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/empowordslough.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NPD2023-WebsiteBanner-1-1600x900-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1153\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empowordslough.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NPD2023-WebsiteBanner-1-1600x900-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/empowordslough.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NPD2023-WebsiteBanner-1-1600x900-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/empowordslough.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NPD2023-WebsiteBanner-1-1600x900-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/empowordslough.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NPD2023-WebsiteBanner-1-1600x900-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/empowordslough.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/NPD2023-WebsiteBanner-1-1600x900-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d0a24a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d0a24a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a75365\" data-id=\"7a75365\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea786e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea786e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Avenir;\">National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration on the first Thursday of October that encourages everyone to make, experience and share poetry with family and friends.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Avenir;\"><span style=\"background-color: #f9f9f9;\">Founded in 1994 by the charity Forward Arts Foundation, whose mission is to celebrate excellence in poetry and increase its audience. The Day enjoys the support of the BBC, Arts Council England and leading literary and cultural organisations, alongside booksellers, publishers, libraries and schools.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Avenir;\">Each year we come together because voices, words and stories help to bridge understanding in our community.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Avenir;\">National Poetry Day\u00a0generates an explosion of activity nationwide, thousands of amazing events across the UK \u2013 on doorsteps and at kitchen tables, in gardens and streets, in schools, libraries and public spaces both online and offline \u2013 all celebrating poetry\u2019s power to bring people together.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Avenir;\">The Day starts conversations, it encourages love of language and, best of all, it\u2019s open to absolutely everyone to join in. 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