I developed a versatile platform for a small community business, allowing them to create and share events with local members. This platform enables community members to sign up for events and integrate them into their personal Google Calendar. Events can be free or paid, with payment options including set amounts or pay what you feel. Technologies Used: JavaScript​: For building the front-end of the website app.Bcrypt: For securely hashing user passwords on creation, comparison, and… Show more I developed a versatile platform for a small community business, allowing them to create and share events with local members. This platform enables community members to sign up for events and integrate them into their personal Google Calendar. Events can be free or paid, with payment options including set amounts or pay what you feel. Technologies Used: JavaScript​: For building the front-end of the website app.Bcrypt: For securely hashing user passwords on creation, comparison, and deletion.JWT (JSON Web Tokens): For secure authentication and providing tokens when users sign in.Dotenv: To manage environment variables and secure sensitive information such as database URLs.Express: For handling server-side logic and routing.Node.js: For building the backend of the application.MongoDB: For managing event and user data.Mongoose: For schema-based modeling of MongoDB data.Features Implemented:Event Creation:Admin Interface: Enabled staff members to create and manage events, including setting details, timings, and pricing.Event Data: Integrated an API to fetch and display event data.Event Signup:User Registration: Allowed community members to sign up for events, including options for free and paid events.Calendar Integration: Integrated Google Calendar API to let users add events directly to their personal calendars.Payment Integration:Documentation: Provided comprehensive documentation detailing the project setup, hosting information, and local running instructions. Show less

A three month coding bootcamp and traineeship at Northcoders. Whilst at Northcoders I developed the following technical skills:Languages: JavaScript (JS)Front-end: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, React, React Router, Axios, Mui.Back-end: SQL, MongoDB, Node.js, Express, Firebase, Open AI, Postgress SQL, Socket.ioTesting: Jest, SupertestSoft-skills: Test Driven Development (TDD), pair programming, agile project development, spiking, risk assessment, stand ups.

VSO is an non-governmental organisation which aims to eliminate poverty by removing the systemic causes of poverty: poor education, health and livelihoods. VSO implements the International Citizen Service (ICS) which is a programme funded by the UK Department for International Development that gives people in different countries a unique opportunity to work together, to develop and share valuable skills, and to make a practical contributions to systemic causes of poverty. The specific… Show more VSO is an non-governmental organisation which aims to eliminate poverty by removing the systemic causes of poverty: poor education, health and livelihoods. VSO implements the International Citizen Service (ICS) which is a programme funded by the UK Department for International Development that gives people in different countries a unique opportunity to work together, to develop and share valuable skills, and to make a practical contributions to systemic causes of poverty. The specific project George was managing was the Youth Economic Empowerment Project (YEEP), a Livelihoods project in rural Cambodia, which aimed to eliminate poverty by systematically target three thematic areas within the local youth community: business, agriculture and carers. George also managed Community Action Days (CAD), which mobilised the whole community to address development issues effecting the community and Active Citizenship Days (ACD) which raised awareness of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).George’s role within this project was as team leader. His main responsibilities included managing three sub teams (careers, business and agriculture) in implementing the aforementioned livelihoods project. His responsibilities included splitting and delegating workloads to the teams ensuring they met their targets and deadlines in addition to managing the sending of financial reports. George also managed the monitoring and evaluation of the project. He reported and researched if VSO had changed the community, if the project had met its intended short and long term impacts and outcomes as well as how the project could be improved. These research questions were answered using a mixed methodology approaches including: qualitative and quantitative data gathering techniques. George partially redesigned the research, lead twenty persons who gathered the data, analysed qualitative data and analysed quantitative data using SPSS. Show less

Mind is leading UK mental health NGO that promotes mental well-being and provides a diverse range of recovery oriented services for mentally ill service users. George took on three roles whilst at Mind which included facilitating meetup groups, providing financial advice and employment advice services to the mentally ill service users of Mind. Furthermore, whilst at mind George also conducted his MA research on the service providers. See education section for more information.

George advocated to local, national and European government the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) rights of people with AIDS/ HIV. He also received training from CHOICE, a Netherlands based SRH NGO, on effective advocacy. whilst at the event George also set up a INGO platform to improve dialogue and efficacy of SRH advocacy between international NGO'S.

George was an International Citizen Service Volunteer with Restless Development in Zambia. Restless Development is an youth led non-governmental organisation. It focuses on three thematic areas in Zambia: Sexual and Reproductive health, Civic Participation, Livelihoods and Employment.Restless Development implements the International Citizen Service (ICS) which is a programme funded by the UK Department for International Development that gives people in different countries a unique… Show more George was an International Citizen Service Volunteer with Restless Development in Zambia. Restless Development is an youth led non-governmental organisation. It focuses on three thematic areas in Zambia: Sexual and Reproductive health, Civic Participation, Livelihoods and Employment.Restless Development implements the International Citizen Service (ICS) which is a programme funded by the UK Department for International Development that gives people in different countries a unique opportunity to work together, to develop and share valuable skills, and to make a practical contributions to systemic causes of poverty. The project George specifically worked on aimed to spread awareness, cause behavioural change within local youth clubs which would ultimately affect the wider community. George met Restless Development's aforementioned development goals by leading classes, running after school health clubs, holding meetings with local communities, girls rights awareness campaigns and HIV awareness days. To equip him with knowledge and skills to achieve these aims he was given two weeks of intensive training. The project was funded and in partnership with the Department for International Development (DFID) and upon arrival George also helped provide feedback to Ecorys, the consultancy organisation evaluating ICS, to evaluate the programme for DFID. Since returning to England George has remained active with Restless Development on their Student Stop Aids Campaign, attending further Advocacy training events in the Netherlands with CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality. Show less

inProgress is a social enterprise that provides support to organisations in the non-profit sector, through the means of training courses and webinars, coaching, facilitation, evaluation and consultancy. These mediums are used to educate NGOs on various topics such as Project Management, Proposal Drafting, Advocacy, Monitoring and Evaluation, Fundraising and Management Skills, as well as to support them and respond to their organisational development needs.George started at inProgress as… Show more inProgress is a social enterprise that provides support to organisations in the non-profit sector, through the means of training courses and webinars, coaching, facilitation, evaluation and consultancy. These mediums are used to educate NGOs on various topics such as Project Management, Proposal Drafting, Advocacy, Monitoring and Evaluation, Fundraising and Management Skills, as well as to support them and respond to their organisational development needs.George started at inProgress as a Project Assistant intern. His responsibilities included preparing training material and providing logistical, administrative, marketing and research support for various projects and trainings.George also took on the responsibility of managing the development of a new marketing and advertising (M&A) approach for inProgress. This meant in addition to his Project Assistant role, he oversaw the development of a new M&A strategy and was responsible for tracking staff progress, tracking progress of M&A tasks and collecting feedback to be used in the monitoring and evaluation of the M&A approach. Show less