Experience

Cambridge Community Arts

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder / CEO

  • Nov 2017 - Present

• Founder / Managing Director

  • Jan 2014 - Nov 2017

  Cambridge Community Arts promotes positive change through art. Working with Arts practitioners across art forms we provide opportunities for people to grow through creative participation. Our community programmes target people at risk of social exclusion, in particular those with mental health challenges.



Cambridge Film Festival

• United Kingdom
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Development Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2014



The Phoenix Trust (Milton)

• Cambridge

• Social Enterprise Manager

  • Feb 2013 - Dec 2013

  A social enterprise providing supported work experience to adults and young people with learning difficulties. Making and selling hand-made products in wood and concrete. A social enterprise providing supported work experience to adults and young people with learning difficulties. Making and selling hand-made products in wood and concrete.



Squeaky Gate

• Cambridge / London

• Company Manager

  • May 2010 - Dec 2012

  A charity providing courses in performing arts (primarily music) for adults with mental health issues. • Organisational development • HR (staff, volunteer & freelance teams) • Financial administration • Line management • Strategic planning and policy development • Fundraising A charity providing courses in performing arts (primarily music) for adults with mental health issues. • Organisational development • HR (staff, volunteer & freelance teams) • Financial administration • Line management • Strategic planning and policy development • Fundraising



University of Cambridge, Dept of Pathology

• Fundraising Co-ordinator

  • Sep 2007 - May 2010

  CAMPOD (Cambridge Fund for the Prevention of Disease) was formed to provide funding for vital equipment for the Department of Pathology. My role was to co-ordinate fundraising events and administer the Fund. CAMPOD (Cambridge Fund for the Prevention of Disease) was formed to provide funding for vital equipment for the Department of Pathology. My role was to co-ordinate fundraising events and administer the Fund.



Cambridge Film Festival 2010

• Development Manager

  • 2010 - 2010



Arts Fundraising

• Director

  • Oct 2005 - Sep 2007

  Arts Fundraising provided strategic advice and fundraising support to small and medium-sized organisations in the cultural sector based in South and East UK. Clients included Cambridgewordfest, Theatre of Adventure, Cambridge Film Festival, Pied Piper Theatre Company, Bigger Sky, SeaChange Trust. Arts Fundraising provided strategic advice and fundraising support to small and medium-sized organisations in the cultural sector based in South and East UK. Clients included Cambridgewordfest, Theatre of Adventure, Cambridge Film Festival, Pied Piper Theatre Company, Bigger Sky, SeaChange Trust.



Norfolk & Norwich Festival

• Development Manager

  • 2003 - 2005



Eastern Arts Board

• Assistant Media Officer

  • 1990 - 1991