- Event Date: 22/05/2026
Writing Coffee and Conversation at Tate Britain with Charmaine Pollard
Event Details
- 11:00
- Tate Britain Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
- From £25
Event Description
“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” Aldous Huxley
Writing Coffee and Conversation—a welcoming event for anyone interested in self-reflective writing, journaling, poetry and creativity in all its forms.
Our focus is on self-discovery and self-improvement.
We meet at selected bespoke cafés and places of interest across London, using these inspiring venues as a jumping-off point for our writing.
We will meet at Tate Britain in May and write in response to selected paintings from 1500’s – 1800’s. The Tate Britain is the national gallery of British and International modern art. The main British collection spanning The Renaissance age through to the present day remains at the Millbank.
You don’t need to worry about spelling, grammar, style, or having any background in expressive writing. Just bring your curiosity and willingness to connect, reflect and experiment with words in a friendly and supportive environment.
About the Facilitator:
Charmaine Pollard is an experienced Certified Poetry Therapist, Counsellor and Coach with a passion for leading writing for wellbeing workshops with a particular focus on confidence and resilience. Her fusion of contemporary coaching with poetry therapy techniques have helped people from all walks of life, find self- compassion, contentment and success.
She is author of Writing for Resilience, a workbook designed to improve your resilience and well-being through poetry and expressive writing.
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This standalone workshop is an invitation to accept and welcome all parts of yourself – the valued parts, the neutral parts, and the parts you find most challenging.
Informed by Internal Family Systems and Compassion Focused Therapy, we’ll move through two practices together. First, a guided lovingkindness meditation – cultivating warmth towards different aspects of yourself. Then, compassionate two-pen dialogue – tuning in to what your body needs, and offering space to the parts that feel loud through pain or discomfort, or that have quietly grown silent.
An invitation to soften, and let your embodied wisdom guide you.
You can find out more about Self-Centred, my Substack publication here: https://katepoll.substack.com/
If you are not yet a subscriber, you’re still very welcome to join. There is a paid option through my website (katepoll.co.uk) but, given you can subscribe for free, you might choose to sign up here: https://katepoll.substack.com/subscribe
Take time to pause and create – giving voice to parts of yourself that often get overlooked, and building self-trust in yourself and your creative process.
Sessions work at your pace – with multiple ways in through writing, image, sound, and movement. There is also the option to include Emotional Freedom Technique and guided visualisations.
Nurturing and shaped entirely around your needs and interests.
Currently available fortnightly on Tuesday mornings, or weekly on Thursdays and Fridays – online via Zoom.
What? One-and-half hours to reflect and recharge.
Creative writing prompts assist another part of the self to come on stream, dreaming and noticing, seeing a bigger picture.
When? Saturday 9 May 2026 10.00 – 11.30am
Where? Online – Zoom link sent when you sign-up.
How much? £15.00
One ticket reserved for pay-what-you-can-afford – get in touch asap
Small group, limited spaces.
What is therapeutic writing?
No creative writing experience necessary. It is not about grammar, spelling or the perfect sentence.
It is about expressing the self (whoever the self is at that moment) through creative writing in an encouraging and supportive environment.
We may share our writing. And, there is no obligation to share. Everything is confidential.
I offer creative writing prompts and a poem to facilitate:
– Reflection
– Grounding in the moment
– Writing freely.
Contact Elisabeth for how to join at https://elisabethwinkler.com/contact/
Look forward to writing with you!