Experience

42nd Street Charity

• United Kingdom
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Producer

  • Dec 2018 - Present

  Working closely with young people, core programme team and artists/creative practitioners to ensure that 42ND Street deliver a high quality externally facing cultural programme that tells young people’s stories, presents and challenges perspectives on mental health and wellbeing. Overseeing the Horsfall gallery, linking it to young peoples art work and to the art world regionally and nationally. Working closely with young people, core programme team and artists/creative practitioners to ensure that 42ND Street deliver a high quality externally facing cultural programme that tells young people’s stories, presents and challenges perspectives on mental health and wellbeing. Overseeing the Horsfall gallery, linking it to young peoples art work and to the art world regionally and nationally.



Rod Kippen

• Facilitator

  • May 2014 - Present

  Freelance artist working with groups. Special interest in using the artistic process to support recovery from traumatic experience.

• Artist

  • 2006 - Present

  Working in various mediums including photography and sculpture.



The Christmas dinner group

• Core group member

  • Oct 2013 - Present

  Core group member who established and organise the Christmas Dinner for care leavers in Manchester. Core group member who established and organise the Christmas Dinner for care leavers in Manchester.



The Manchester Metropolitan University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Lecturer

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Children's Rights and participation Childhood and SocietyDepartment of Childhood, Youth and Education Studies

• Associate Lecturer

  • Jan 2018 - Jul 2018

  Teaching ‘Childhood and society’ within Childhood, Youth and Education Studies



RECLAIM

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• LEAD Network Manager

  • May 2018 - Dec 2018

  Network Manager role is to manage the expansion of the LEAD programme nationally, creating a coherent and fully evaluated series of pilot programmes – using a solid evidence base to inform area selection and the dissemination of outcomes.

• Fellowship Programme Lead at RECLAIM

  • Aug 2016 - May 2018

  RECLAIM delivers an award-winning two-year leadership programme with single gender groups from a single location. The LEAD Programme is the core of RECLAIM’s work. In line with all programmes, LEAD is driven by the needs and interests of the young people with whom we work, and is tailored to each cohort. The programme works with young people aged 12-15, supporting them to become powerful changemakers: local role models and activists for social justice at a national level. The LEAD Programme lasts for two years: the first year (LEAD Pioneers) delivers intensive support for young people aged 12-13 to develop their personal skills (e.g. emotional intelligence, team work, confidence etc.), critical thinking and leadership skills which enable them to advocate for themselves and lead their own development. In addition to this, the cohort experience a taster of LEAD (Leadership, Enterprise, Activism, Development), during their monthly weekend activities.



Sophie Willan's 'Stories of Care'

• Youth Liaison

  • May 2016 - Jul 2017

  Supporting care leavers (16-25) to attend Sophie Willan's 'Stories of Care'.Recruitment and support for those attending. Supporting care leavers (16-25) to attend Sophie Willan's 'Stories of Care'.Recruitment and support for those attending.



The Royal Exchange and One Manchester

• Artistic facilitator - On Top of the World

  • Oct 2016 - Jan 2017

  Working with residents of two flats in Hulme. Community/ creativity/ expression/ideas Working with residents of two flats in Hulme. Community/ creativity/ expression/ideas



Pivot Group

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer school tutor

  • Jul 2016 - Sep 2016

  Facilitating series of summer sessions for the care leavers summer school. Theme of personal development. Facilitating series of summer sessions for the care leavers summer school. Theme of personal development.



Royal Exchange

• Community Link

  • Sep 2015 - May 2016

  Link between community and charity groups and the theatre. Link between community and charity groups and the theatre.



The Children's Society

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Children's rights

  • Jun 2009 - Apr 2016

  Advocating and representing looked after children's rights. Advocating and representing looked after children's rights.



Nelly Globe

• Artist in residence and journal facilitator

  • Jan 2013 - Jun 2015

  Creatively journaling with people who have experienced trauma. Charities we have worked with do far include The Stroke association, ARC, Call Plus, Teenage Cancer Trust, and Freedom From Torture. Creatively journaling with people who have experienced trauma. Charities we have worked with do far include The Stroke association, ARC, Call Plus, Teenage Cancer Trust, and Freedom From Torture.



Manchester City Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• ESOL teacher

  • Oct 2011 - Jun 2012

  Voluntary ESOL teacher Harpurhey Manchester Voluntary ESOL teacher Harpurhey Manchester