Danny Broderick is the Course Director. He is permanently available on email for discussion of ongoing work and offers one to one support throughout the two years.

The Squad has two Associate Tutors, Patricia Duncker and Peter Sansom. Patricia is a novelist and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Manchester. Peter Sansom is a poet and Director of the Poetry Business.

Patricia and Peter work with us two Squad days each. We choose our other tutors when we have an idea of the needs of Squad members. In the past we have worked with Dorothea Smartt, Susan Everett, Jean Sprackland, Ann Sansom, John Siddique, Julia Darling, Gareth Creer and Mandy Sutter. We also bring in international tutors like Ashok Mathur, Hiromi Goto and Chenjerai Hove.

Steve Dearden is the Project Director, making sure the Squad runs smoothly, and providing one to one support with writers and activists who have been through the two year programme.

“ I was quite nervous and not sure what to expect from my first session but it turned out to be totally relaxed, massively inspiring and I walked away from it (as I have each time since then) feeling renewed and more committed than ever to my (increasingly less of a) crazy dream.” Katie Smith, Squad 3