Based in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales market town of Richmond, North Country Theatre specialises in taking professional theatre out into the country, touring to village halls, small theatres, arts centres, churches, auction marts, castles, railway waiting rooms, hotels, gardens, almost anywhere in fact. The company was regularly funded by Arts Council England until March 2012 - so is currently recruiting a Host of Angels of the North Country. Visit the website to find out how you can support the company's entertaining and exciting work by becoming an Angel or a Friend of North Country Theatre.

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Returned to the world of self-employement after ten years with Craven College. Most roles across Richmondshire remain unaffected. Company has three strands;Project management and business services; Conference and Entertainment services; 1-2-1 and Group music tuition.Current activities include;Lower Wensleydale - Aiming High. Community Liaison Worker managing the implementation of the Business Aciton Plan to develop www.lower-wensleydale.com and increase community and business engagement in the area;Hambleton & Richmondshire Work and Skills Partnership (Employer Engagement, Formal and Information learning opportunities);The Business Association (Wensleydale) Ltd. (Promotion of the area to visitors, local and business communities);Richmondshire Business Forum (Promotion of collaborative working to further Richmondshire as a 'place to do business');Yorebridge Sport and Fitness, Wensleydal Community Learning Centre, Askrigg (Operations management and development);BlueBoxt Productions (Young People's live performance workshops);Home Tution in Drums, Keyboards, Vocals and Music Theory.

14month secondment Richmondshire DC to lead Economic Development Team through to the implementation of Shared Services with Hambleton DC. During this time develop a number of private and community led initiatives to develop prosperity theme, business support, enterprise and employer engagement.

Secondment to North Yorkshire Learning Partnership• Co-ordinated the activities of five multi-agency task groups located across North Yorkshire.• Facilitated the development of five multi-agency employment and skills development plans.• Co-ordinated the mapping, research, planning and reports to influence the delivery of a cost effective and efficient learning offer for adults. • Liaised with sub regional, regional and national government agencies (Learning Skills Council, Primary Care Trust, Job Centre Plus, Economic Development Units), training providers and other partnerships to ensure economic development priorities and skills needs of the business and voluntary communities of North Yorkshire are represented. • Provided strategic sector representation at meetings, network activities and events.• Project managed the design, print, distribution, promotion and evaluation of five pilot joint adult learning directories to every household in the North Yorkshire.

• Management of the Askrigg Community Learning Centre.• Delivery and facilitation of learning opportunities in Richmondshire.