I am a highly qualified and experienced creative learning professional and strategic practitioner with a 40-year record of working successfully in the creative industries, focusing on cultural regeneration, creative enterprise and inclusive educational development. 

 

I have worked in the independent arts sector, with public bodies, in the private sector and in higher education.  I have a specific interest in  understanding how creative endeavour can enhance the lives of marginalised learners but also how we can use the arts to positively influence our fast-changing society.

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I am currently travelling as a Churchill Fellow in New Zealand and Australia, to explore trauma-informed places, people, processes, polices and practices.

 

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