Experience

Living Streets

• United Kingdom
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Present

• Project Coordinator

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2020

  Responsible for the coordination and delivery of a sustainable travel project to promote and increase walking rates across Durham. Acting as a key contact in the Local Authority liaising with schools, workplaces, communities, the local authority and any other stakeholders. Responsible for recruiting target project audiences including schools, workplaces and local communities. Supporting each audience with the implementation of walking interventions, whilst developing and distributing resources to support people and enable successUndertaking audits to assess the walking infrastructure and working with partners to improve the pedestrian environment.



NSPCC

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Schools Fundraising Coordinator

  • Aug 2011 - Aug 2012

  Responsible for income generation to support the charities aims and objectives whilst raising awareness across primary school aged children of the risk of abuse. Keys tasks involved, recruiting schools to participate in fundraising activities, delivering educational assemblies aimed at awareness raising and tailoring assemblies to meet the needs and preferences of individual schools, Responsible for income generation to support the charities aims and objectives whilst raising awareness across primary school aged children of the risk of abuse. Keys tasks involved, recruiting schools to participate in fundraising activities, delivering educational assemblies aimed at awareness raising and tailoring assemblies to meet the needs and preferences of individual schools,



Shelter

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Childrens Coordinator

  • Sep 2008 - Aug 2011

  Responsible for the development, delivery and monitoring of a regional children’s service plan aimed at extending the reach of Shelters services to homeless families with children and facilitating the take up of policy and practice that improved the lives and future outcomes of homeless children. Developed relationships with LA’s and service providers to ensure the take up of best practice when working with children and families at risk of / experiencing homelessness and bad housing. Working alongside our National Children’s Service team to develop key policy objectives aimed at addressing the impact of bad housing and homelessness on children and young people and using these objectives to influence local, regional and national policy. Developing materials and delivering training to professionals from both children and young people’s services and housing services, to raise awareness of legislative and policy changes that effect homeless children and families. Developing a range of good practice materials, guidelines and toolkits to influence best practice within the sector. Online auditing of all North East & Yorkshire Local Authority strategies, policies and guidance on joint working between children and young people’s services and housing services.



Save the Children UK

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Development Officer (Education / Child Poverty)

  • Sep 2006 - Aug 2008

  Working across two priority themes, Child Poverty and Education, responsible for the development, delivery and evaluation of pilot projects aimed at improving the life’s of children and young people living in poverty. Supported schools to take part in a participatory education pilot and implement participatory education methods. Responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of the key aspects of the pilot through collecting case studies, conducting interviews and running focus groups. Worked in partnership with Durham County Councils Education department to raise awareness of the benefits of participatory education through organising a dissemination conference to share the results of the pilot with teachers and other stakeholders. Worked with groups of identified young people experiencing poverty to engage them in activity to improve their lives. Supported young people to work alongside local MP Roberta Blackman-Woods to carry out and review gaps in youth provision across Durham City.



Moving On

• Durham, United Kingdom

• Youth Homelessness Group Worker

  • Sep 2005 - Aug 2006



Barnardo's

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Young Carers Project Worker

  • Jan 2004 - Aug 2005



Durham County Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Youth Worker

  • Jan 2001 - Aug 2004