Colm Ó Cuanacháin: Finding words with Fighting Words

Episode 9,   May 25, 2021, 08:30 AM

For this episode, Tim Hannigan joins Colm Ó Cuanacháin of the Fighting Words charity, which works with children, young people and adults using creative writing. 
Colm is Fighting Words’ Education Director at Dublin City University, based in the Institute of Education. 
Colm explains the Fighting Words model – based on the idea of writing as a creative skill in its own right, a teaching tool and a force for social change – and how it can be deployed in education at all levels and in all disciplines to unlock the potential of creativity.

Fighting Words website: https://www.fightingwords.ie/