I lead projects right from inception and planning, through implementation, to evaluating successes and learning. I build partnerships with all kinds of organisations (local and national, private, public and third sector), prioritising my values of widening access, bringing people together and maximising impact.

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I have a particular passion for new and ambitious projects that connect people and ideas, that widen access or tackle social injustices, or that need a real burst of energy to take them to the next level of impact.​ I'm interested in participatory research and sharing best-practice, working sympathetically with a range of stakeholders to understand what's working, what can be improved, and where lessons can be learned.  ​And I'm experienced in supporting organisations to work more effectively, embedding systems and processes that get the job done - supporting and not distracting from your priorities. 

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Project management:

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• Culture Collective: Programe Lead

• Cultured Mongrel Dance Theatre: Company Manager

• David Hume Institute: Project Manager, The Action Project

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Evaluation and learning projects:​

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• Junction Arts at 50 - reflecting back, looking ahead and building profile. 

• Working with tialt to evaluate Creative Scotland's Create:Inclusion fund.

• Fun Palaces - working on systems change in cultural democracy

• Arts Council England's Creative People and Places: Series of case studies of how community-led creative activity has adapted to the COVID-19 crisis.

• Film Hub Scotland's This Way Up conference: Evaluation

• Creative People and Places Hounslow: 3 year review and impact report

• Luminate Scotland: Evaluation of Creative Ageing the in the Pandemic project (including the creation of a short series of podcasts, available here).