Experience

Charity Retail Association

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

• Head of Outreach

  • Sep 2020 - Present

• Head of Events

  • Mar 2017 - Sep 2020

• Events Officer

  • May 2015 - Feb 2017



Diabetes UK

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Project and Events Manager

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

  Project Support- Providing excellent project management support for the Enjoy Food project group, including arranging and chairing regular project group meetings and carrying out admin duties. - Working with all members of the project group, maintaining and updating master documents, including the dashboard, budgets, and risk registers, as well as contributing to the development of content- Liaising with, motivating and influencing colleagues (including people in more senior positions) to stay on budget and on deadline- Supporting the Head of Projects to develop targets and evaluation metrics that demonstrate the success of the wider projects- Evaluating the success of the project against agreed metrics and providing performance updates Event Support- Coordinating and rolling-out a series of healthy eating pop-up events in Tesco stores across the UK to promote healthy and delicious food choices to families affected by diabetes. - Working closely with the Clinical team to plan content and to ensure all materials are clinically accurate, with Creative Services to plan and develop materials and with the Volunteer Development team to coordinate volunteers to assist with different aspects of the project- Drafting all supporting information, reports and communications required for internal and external audiences- Working with the Marketing and Media teams and external contacts to ensure a marketing plan is implemented and that all events are well publicised- Carrying out a full evaluation for events and producing reports on the results and outcomes- Assisting with other events, in order to maximise the distribution of resources and promote the programme Show less

• Children and Young People's Events Manager

  • Apr 2012 - Aug 2014

  Responsibility for the delivery of the programme of care events for children and young people, including nine residential events, one training weekend and one review meeting every year. Key components of this role included:- Managing two full time members of staff, and over 150 care events volunteers, including volunteer healthcare professionals- Selecting suitable venues each year to ensure appropriate legislation, guidance and good practice standards of health and safety and safeguarding are adhered to and a varied programme of activities is in place- Managing a £200,000 budget for the children and young people’s events and all financial transactions and contracts with suppliers including the payment of invoices and volunteer expenses- Recruiting suitable volunteer teams for all events and ensuring all volunteers have undergone the appropriate checks, have been trained and have received all necessary guidance documents- Developing evaluations for the events to collate feedback from children, parents and volunteers to inform the care events strategy and improve the events programme, and producing an annual report for the consideration of the Executive Team- Supporting the Head of Events and Conferences to develop the care events strategy Show less



National Association for Gifted Children

• Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

• Children and Youth Development Coordinator / Event Coordinator

  • Oct 2008 - Apr 2012

  Event Coordinator - Coordinating three prestigious awards luncheons to celebrate the achievements of volunteers, as well as coordinating the flagship event, BIG Family Weekend, including negotiating contracts with children’s activity providers, caterers and keynote speakers - Managing one part time member of staff, as well as the Head Office Internship Programme and all interns - Evaluating feedback from event attendees and monitoring KPIs to drive strategy Children and Youth Development Coordinator - Developing and managing the Youth Board, a group of young people who help to steer the strategy specifically on behalf of young members and help to raise the profile of children with high learning potential - Delivering children’s workshops in schools and at events on topics such as Critical Thinking, Motivation and Organisation Skills - Training and monitoring associates working with children and young people, including assessing portfolio submissions and shadowing workshop delivery - Developing quality standards for all children’s workshops to be assessed against, ensuring all training meets the social, emotional and learning needs of attendees Show less