Mick is a poet, songwriter, musician, and events organiser from Doncaster. He is an associate member of Right Up Our Street; a nationally funded project with the aim of increasing arts engagement in the Doncaster region. He works with Creative Directions, a project that delivers arts workshops to help adults who are experiencing mental health difficulties get back on track. He runs Well Spoken! – a monthly open mic night held at Doncaster Brewery and is involved in a long-running song-writing collaboration with the poet Ian Parks; their first CD - Songs of our Town - was released in 2017. Mick’s second poetry pamphlet, When the Waters Rise, was published by Calder Valley Poetry in November 2019.