Faye Hughes Email & Phone Number

Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

We are a craft organisation based in Hampshire, with impact across the UK. We literally make space for people and organisations involved in craft, whether physically in our own building or digitally in our virtual networks and events. Raising the profile of craft in all its forms, we work with local and national arts organisations, contributing to debate, supporting makers and providing opportunities.Through our outreach projects, we work with partners including schools, children’s centres, family learning environments and retirement homes.Our specially tailored projects inspire, challenge, skill-up, engage and build new audiences for the sector. We offer both first-time experiences of craft and work with those who want to take their skills to the next level. We enable people to develop new ways of thinking about craft and experience first-hand the important presence of craft in everyday life.

I work within arts and heritage organisations, as a creative strategist, developing and delivering quality programmes and initiatives, education and community engagement and operational, fundraising, and financial strategy. Moving between consultancy roles and in house Directorships, I identify the needs of an organisation and support its board / leadership team in developing potential. I've worked with start-ups, organisations at points of change and those in need of revitalisation to establish dynamic business planning and programming, setting organisations on their way to flourish.I have experienced creative practices in a diverse range of arts and heritage organisations, which has given me an excellent understanding of how the creative, charitable and museum sectors work. I clarify organisations’ visions and bring them together in partnerships, developing strategies to support mutual aspirations and programming to meet their ambitions. This can involve engaging facilitators, volunteer programmes, income generation, events, fundraising, budgets, recruiting and developing staff and management of resources.Whether diagnosing and organisations problems or creating a cultural space from its genesis, I work to leave spaces renewed and revitalised. This could involve establishing a business plan to meet the charitable objectives, including a sustainable income stream, operational procedure and programme. Or bringing together a leadership team through mentoring, establishment of a community base or dynamic network. I work with clients in a variety of ways, as meets their needs and resources, from one off strategic surgery sessions – where we spend an hour together to discuss next steps and possibilities, to my creating a strategy for the organisation to implement for you. People I have worked with include -