About the Wordsworth Conference Foundation

 

The Foundation was incorporated on 5 April 2008 and listed as a charity on 3 June 2008,

its purposes being to manage and develop the Wordsworth Summer Conference and Winter School and to administer bursaries to enable postgraduate students and private scholars to attend these events.

 

 

Board

 

Chairman  
Summer Conference Director Professor Nicholas Roe
Winter School Directors  
Membership Secretary Professor Bruce Graver
Conferences Administrator  
Treasurer Dr Patty O'Boyle
Posgraduate Representative Inês Rosa

 

Other Trustees


Professor Simon Bainbridge; Dr Elsa Hammond; Dr Thomas Owens; Dr Paige Tovey Jones

 

Become a supporter!

 

Members and Friends

 

Members and Friends of the Wordsworth Conference Foundation pay a one-off Life Subscription of £295. Membership is a legal status, requiring election by the Trustees and the signing of a liability guarantee. Members have a vote at General Meetings and in the Election of Trustees. Friends enjoy the same privilege of a 10% discount on the fee element of our conferences, for a period of fifteen years, but without the legal liability or the voting rights. For details, please contact the Foundation Secretary. 

 

To become a Friend, simply send your name and contact details using our Contact page at

 

https://www.wordsworthconferences.org.uk/contact-us/

 

and either pay your Life Subscription by PayPal using the button (the £311 includes transfer charges and currency conversion), or send a sterling cheque for £295 to: The Wordsworth Conference Foundation, 2 The Grove, North End, Durham DH1 4LU UK, payable to the "Wordsworth Conference Foundation".

 

It is of course possible to sign up first as a Friend of the Foundation and then apply for election as a Voting Member.

 

The Wordsworth Conference Foundation : Annual Reviews 

Wordsworth Conference Foundation, Annual Review 2019-2020
WCF Annual Review 2019-2020.pdf
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Wordsworth Conference Foundation, Annual Review 2017-2018
WCF Annual Review 2017-18 PDF Circulatio[...]
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Wordsworth Conference Foundation, Annual Review 2015-2016
WCF Annual Review 2015-16.pdf
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Wordsworth Conference Foundation, Annual Review 2014-2015
WCF Annual Review 2014-15_Optimised.pdf
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Wordsworth Conference Foundation. Annual Review, 2013-2014
A Textual and Photographic Record
WCF Annual Review 2013-14_optimized.pdf
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Images from Richard Wordsworth's Conference in the 1970s and 1980s

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The Wordsworth Conference Foundation


Registered in England and Wales, Company No. 6556368
Registered Charity No. 1124319
Registered Office: Clint Mill, Cornmarket, Penrith CA11 7HW