The Scottish Poetry Library runs an active education programme for Scottish schools.

The Scottish Poetry Library aims to inspire young people of all ages and encourage them to see poetry and creative writing as a source of personal pleasure.

With our unrivalled collection, year-round workshop programme, publications and website resources, we aim to promote the enjoyment and understanding of poetry in education, as an art in itself, as a field of study, and as a medium for exploring and expressing a range of subjects in the Curriculum.

We believe that poetry is a vital element of the life of the imagination, and that a love of poetry should be nurtured and sustained in every child, both in the home and in educational environments. All young people should be given the opportunity to discover the rewards of reading and writing poetry from an early age, as a means to engage the creative imagination and to find in poetry a source of long term pleasure lasting and continuing to develop throughout adulthood.