High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Poet in the City is a prominent London-based poetry charity, specializing in large-scale live events aimed at new audiences for poetry. Founded in 1999 by Rosamund McCarthy as a project of the Poetry Society, it became an independent charity in 2006. Open to anyone, and free to join, it has a current membership of over 4,000 people and runs about 25 poetry events a year, mainly in central London, including about 12 events a year at Kings Place, a new arts venue situated just north of King’s Cross station. The charity has been run since 2003 by its Chief Executive, Graham Henderson. Poet in the City has an original funding model. Keeping its core costs very low by means of in kind sponsorships and the use of new technology, the charity also benefits from the support of over 125 active volunteers. In April 2011, Poet in the City was offered National Portfolio Funding by Arts Council England, meaning that it will receive regular funding for a period of four years from 2012. This represents a significant endorsement at a time when financial support for the Arts is threatened due to the national "cuts" agenda.