Experience

The Burngreave Messenger Limited

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer Development Worker

  • Feb 2016 - Present

  Recruit, train and mentor volunteers in the production of this community newspaper, and design and deliver outreach sessions, with the aim of giving local and marginalised groups a voice whilst aiding community cohesion.



Square Circle Arts

• Education Administration Programs

• Director

  • Sep 2006 - Present

  Multidisciplinary arts project design and delivery, training and consultation, in education and voluntary sectors, specialising in drama and multisensory storytelling.



Youth Can Achieve

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Project Facilitator

  • Nov 2012 - May 2014

  I ran a youth-led community cohesion project, training disadvantaged young people to deliver community-based research around cultural diversity. Role included: Project management, volunteer recruitment, training, mentoring and facilitation, community liaison, event planning, budget management, marketing and communications.



Side by Side Intercultural Arts

• Founder and Project Coordinator

  • Sep 2008 - Apr 2011

  I founded, managed and facilitated this community arts organisation.Group aims: to promote the education and well being of people from different ethnic communities, particularly refugees and asylum seekers, through the organisation of activities and workshops that provide opportunities for: intercultural learning, social interaction, integration, cultural exchange, communication and understanding.Duties included: Facilitation, training, volunteer management and recruitment, management committee support, fundraising, record-keeping, report-writing, monitoring and evaluation, budget management, event-planning, marketing and communications, publicity, administration.Over the three years I raised over £35,000 for the group.In both 2009 ‘and’ 2010 we won two consecutive monetary Awards for Bridging Cultures from the Institute of Community Cohesion.



Various young people’s non-governmental organisations

• Freelance Outreach Worker / Drama facilitator

  • Feb 2005 - Aug 2005

  I worked with children and young people living or working on the streets, providing arts-based activities as a way of initiating contact and developing aspirations.



Bruce Peru

• Belgium
• Performing Arts

• Drama Project Coordinator

  • Mar 2004 - Aug 2004

  I designed and delivered drama workshops for children living or working on the streets



National Children's Bureau

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

• Assistant - Young NCB, Participation Unit

  • Mar 2002 - Dec 2003

  I helped to run a national participatory young people’s project, a youth-led advisory group and nation-wide consultations aimed at promoting youth voice.



Quest Overseas

• United Arab Emirates
• Education Administration Programs

• Project Coordinator

  • Jan 2000 - Jul 2000

  I managed voluntary placements in children’s homes and communities, liaised with the local authorities and mentored the volunteers