Laila Sumpton is a poet, editor, performer and educator who works with schools, hospitals, museums, galleries and charities on a wide variety of poetry projects. She co-founded Poetry Vs Colonialism and was the Keats House Poet in residence and continues to work with them as a consultant.

Laila co - edited 'Where We Find Ourselves' an anthology from Global Majority writers published by Arachne Press with fellow poet Sandra A Agard. She has been commissioned by Tate Modern, Poet in the City, the Tower of London and the Royal Free Hospital amongst others and has been published in numerous anthologies and magazines.

Laila also ran ‘SHEroes of Lewisham’ a poetry, film and photography project and exhibition tour which celebrates the women of Lewisham for the Borough of Culture celebrations. She runs regularly poetry workshops for the Ministry of Stories and Jesuit Refugee Services.

She was the Keats House Poet in residence and has co - edited 'Where We Find Ourselves' an anthology from Global Majority writers published by Arachne Press. Laila has been commissioned by Tate Modern, Poet in the City, the Tower of London and the Royal Free Hospital amongst others and has been published in numerous anthologies and magazines including Ambit and Modern Poetry in Translation.

Laila believes we all have important stories to tell and loves making spaces where learners of all ages can do this.

Working as a freelance poet for the last ten years delivering poetry workshops and projects for many organisations including:

Ministry of Stories Apples and Snakes Spread the Word Keats House Counterpoints Arts St Georges Hospital Royal Free Hospital Jesuit Refugee Services Middlesex University John Hansard Gallery, Southampton Goldsmiths Univeristy of London

Associte Artist from 2023 att Magic Me, an intergenerational arts charity.