I'm an experienced leader and manager who has worked in the creative, cultural and research sectors. As the Director of my own company Let's Make Culture Ltd., I work independently, consulting and delivering projects for a range of organisations across arts, culture and education. I work on participation, engagement, exhibitions and coproduction. Through my critical friend and strategy work, I focus on widening the channels of decision making and nurturing positive working cultures.I am confident building projects from scratch and working to engage diverse audiences in a range of formal and informal learning environments. This includes consultative and collaborative work that puts participants at the centre of shaping their own experience, and ultimately influencing the organisations I've worked within. I am passionate about authentic engagement, creating meaningful opportunities for people to engage with arts, culture and heritage, through programmes that dismantle the notion of expertise, opening participation, critical engagement and access to new people. I am also practicing maker who runs my own creative business, with experience delivering a range of arts, craft, and multimedia workshops. I've delivered creative projects like maker networking events, pop-up shops and workshops for festivals and events. I also manage 52Quilters, a social media project which shares the lives of quilters around the world through instagram and a blog.