Leading on the Create Growth Programme for Creative UK in the West Midlands. Developing Opportunities for Creative Businesses to be investment ready. After many years in London I am now based in Hereford where I'm growing my networks across the Creative and Cultural community. I am a board member at The Courtyard Theatre, Hereford leading on strategic oversight of outreach and operations I have worked across education and the creative industries in London for over 10 years. Including as Musicians Careers And Partnerships Manager at the music charity Help Musicians, a foundation which seeks to support artist development among emerging musicians. Prior to this as Creative Programme Manager for Help Musicians. As Employment Manager at Create Jobs I developed a training and talent development programmes for young adults managing a team, partnership building and engagement. Create Jobs is a leading initiative, pioneering approaches for advocating for and creating opportunities for diverse young Londoners in the arts and creative industries. I programmed a range of exciting and innovative creative learning opportunities and through effective partnership development across the sector. With a strong interest in research and gathering evidence of impact, I have led on the development of a an evaluation framework for the Creative Programme at Help Musicians. Creating training materials and seminars to train up my team in the consistent use of this tool. At A New Direction I engaged alongside my colleagues in the process of developing a theory of change for the CJ programme. I look for ways to dynamically and analytically tell the story of the good work myself and my teams have produced through effective monitoring and evaluation.