As a Transport Consultant for Community Rail, I work for two Community Rail Partnerships covering the Isle of Wight and New Forest. I also am a member of the Wessex Route Crime Working Group and a former director of ACoRP for 3 years. I also regularly attend the All Party Parliamentary Rail Group meetings in Westminster.My work is as wide as it is diverse but in a nutshell it’s about encouraging people to use public transport through a raft of schemes and initiatives working with Local… Show more As a Transport Consultant for Community Rail, I work for two Community Rail Partnerships covering the Isle of Wight and New Forest. I also am a member of the Wessex Route Crime Working Group and a former director of ACoRP for 3 years. I also regularly attend the All Party Parliamentary Rail Group meetings in Westminster.My work is as wide as it is diverse but in a nutshell it’s about encouraging people to use public transport through a raft of schemes and initiatives working with Local Authorities, private business, Community organisations, transport operators and the Police, giving me the opportunity to work at both grass roots to Central Government. This ensures that projects delivered are disseminated across all organisations showing our integrated transport links for commuters and visitors with marketing initiatives, safer stations and station regeneration projects. The very recent report from ACoRP’s the ‘Value of Community Rail’ gives a clear and verified indication on how well CRP’s are doing across England Wales and recently Scotland as not for profit organisations, helping to achieve national, regional and local aims and objectives for all in difficult financial times, where targets still have to be met with depleted resources and tighter budgets.I still also work across all sectors as a Health Consultant mapping projects to share best practice and writing bids securing funding to help to deliver projects helping to improve healthy lifestyles for the SE Region. This has included securing money for community gyms, grow cook and eat programs in schools which included funding for new and improved facilities, woodland trails in schools and organisations to encourage young people to enjoy the outdoors whilst learning about our surroundings and finally helping sports clubs with funding bids for new facilities and equipment. This is all done through my own business, Fit 4 Life Southern Ltd. Show less

My work is often called ‘reportage’, candid, observational and informal. Put simply, my aim is to capture the spirit and atmosphere of all events from weddings, to children’s parties, special occasions, corporate entertainment, festivals and sporting events, to showing the luxury of hotels food and guest accommodation, to covering fashion and shows, portraits, architecture and friends just kicking back and having a good time.

As a community development officer for East and West Cowes, my role was to work across two communities for the two Community partnerships to predominantly deliver healthy activities with local need first and foremost in mind.This proved to be a challenging role as the two communities are divided by more than the river Medina! Therefore I had to learn and quite quickly, the 3 P’s… power, politics and personalities. Being a facilitator for sometimes one outcome for the two towns, meant a… Show more As a community development officer for East and West Cowes, my role was to work across two communities for the two Community partnerships to predominantly deliver healthy activities with local need first and foremost in mind.This proved to be a challenging role as the two communities are divided by more than the river Medina! Therefore I had to learn and quite quickly, the 3 P’s… power, politics and personalities. Being a facilitator for sometimes one outcome for the two towns, meant a fine balancing act and I learnt that you could do this with a calm, dedicated and sensible approach, with a sense of humour (vital) encouraging those involved to understand that the ideas for projects were entirely their own?In my role I was able to attract considerable funding to set up two community gyms and introduce an achievable fitness programme, offering affordable and local fitness to the community with my team of staff instructors. This was addressing both fitness and lifestyles and barriers, perceived or otherwise. I believe this role stood me in good stead for the role I am in and have enjoyed now for 5 years, as community development is key for increased transport use, with education, projects to increase civic pride and the flexibility within a Community rail partnership to achieve these aims. Show less