Podcast of Hope - Si Egan

For this edition of the Podcast of Hope we speak to Si Egan who runs Sidwell Scribblers at St Sidwell’s Community centre in Exeter.

We love Si’s story. He originally started attending creative writing classes at St Sidwell’s Community centre before enrolling in a creative writing course at Urban Leaning Academy.

Si now teaches his own creative writing classes at St Sidwell’s and has made a big difference to people attending the course. He also successfully applied for the Recovery Devon Community Development Fund, which a large amount of people entered.

Firstly, we talk about how Si arrived in Exeter, and how Si first had the courage to attend his first creative writing class with Devon Learning Community Centre. 

Si tells us about the unexpected way that he came to actually teach his own class.

Si describes a typical class to us, including some of the writing techniques he uses. He talks a lot about the process of running the classes and also how the Recovery Devon funding has really helped him. 

I really enjoyed doing the Podcast with Si, it was very natural talking with him.  I was very impressed by his passion for the writing classes. 

A great podcast to listen to if you are thinking about running your own class in the community. 

And I have personally been very inspired by this.