[Inkscape-user] Kern, baby kern

Hi First greetings all - am new to the list but avid Inkscape (ab)user and advocate for a few years now using it in most of my graphic and web design work. Had a question someone on list might be able to help me with. I'm aware of kerning individual letters in Inkscape, but is there a way of applying global kerning to a block of text (so that each letter in the group undergoes the same amount of kerning?)

Diolch in advance,

Cole

PS posted this also on the Inkscape forums so apols for cross-posting if you hang out there too