Experience

Funding for All

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations

• Funding Mentor

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  After 9 years of organically growing Dover Smart Project I now share my funding experiences through mentoring other voluntary and not for profit organisations. After 9 years of organically growing Dover Smart Project I now share my funding experiences through mentoring other voluntary and not for profit organisations.



Dover smART Project

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management

• Fundraising Chief Executive Officer

  • Sep 2014 - Present

  Supporting the people of Dover – from school age to retirement and beyond – through creative workshops, groups and events

• Project Coordinator

  • 2014 - Sep 2014

  We are a Dover-based charity supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged people through community art projects.Established in 2013, the vision was to use the great leveller and our passion - art in all its forms - to bring people together and to unleash potential and talent, to nurture confidence and a sense of belonging.We are battling loneliness and exclusion and the devastating effects of mental health issues with our work and encouraging people into a safe space where before they have found themselves on the fringes of society, for one reason or another that with no way back from there. We are proof, there is always hope.We operate from my GALLERY on Dover seafront which serves as a hub. However, we also run a number of outreach projects and our aspirations to push this further are now pulling at the leash.Our current focus are young carers, people living with dementia, people without a home and hospice patients. From coffee morning birdbox painting sessions to large collage projects, from art exhibition outings to life skills workshops, from pamper sessions to film and pizza events, from poetry writing to installation beach art - we are being as creative as possible in order to make a difference to the lives of those who have put their trust in us.Friendships have been forged, skills have been uncovered and the reward is seeing smiles and laughter and joy with people empowered, feeling able to make their own decisions, to acknowledge their dreams and start working towards them, in a place where there is no judgement – they can just be.We have linked in with local businesses, councils and like-minded charities on developing a variety of projects and have galvanised a cohesive network. We are now attracting wider interest from further afield with successful support and funding bids.We love what we do - we simply want to do more of it. Show less



Kent Police

• United Kingdom
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Police Officer

  • Aug 2005 - Sep 2013

  Various roles including Response Policing, Events and Operational Planner and part of the Community Safety Unit. Various roles including Response Policing, Events and Operational Planner and part of the Community Safety Unit.


West Kent Mental Health Team Older People
• Medical Secretary

  • Apr 2003 - Aug 2005

Securitas Cash In Transit
• PA to Area Director South

  • Sep 1998 - Apr 2003


Aylesford Newsprint Limited

• United Kingdom
• Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trainee Secretary

  • Sep 1996 - Aug 1998

  2 year NVQ Work Based 2 year NVQ Work Based