Katie Danielle Harrison Email & Phone Number

Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

I support the Family Support Team at The Joshua Tree charity. A charity which helps families affected by childhood cancer. We provide emotional and wellbeing support to children and their families at diagnosis and beyond. The team are dedicated to working closely with families and offer tailored services to suit the family’s specific needs, by means of emotional and practical support. These services include creative arts, counselling, art and play therapy, health and wellbeing activities and lots more.

Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

I'm a small business owner of Creative Touch Ltd. I'm a Potter, Maker and Artist working in Cheshire and create unique artwork in my very own studio. Everything I create, is handmade with love and a special creative touch. Visit @kdh.design on Instagram or visit my website https://www.creativetouchceramics.com/ to see more.I also work as a freelance pottery tutor at Cheshire Clay Studio and Crosshatch Studios.

Stoke-On-Trent, England, United Kingdom

Education And Training Officer at New Era. New Era is the new holistic Domestic Abuse (DA) service delivered by Victim Support. In this role I lead on development and delivery of Domestic Abuse in the Workplace Champions (WPC) Programme in Staffordshire, delivering alongside the Community Officers within RRP perpetrator services. I supported the facilitation of online (women's only) Domestic Abuse work group programme called ‘iMatter’. Each session focuses around group discussion and the sharing of ideas. The focus of iMatter is not on individual experiences, but on helping victims of domestic abuse move on in their recovery journey. The programme looks at the importance of self-worth, self-care and mindfulness.

Derby, United Kingdom

In my role I develop and maintain relationships with employers to increase the recruitment of University of Derby students and recent graduates to work experience, internships and graduate employment. The role is also student facing so I advise students and recent graduates on developing high quality CVs and application forms, performing well at interviews and assessment centres, improve their understanding of the labour market, making the most of their work experience, skills and attributes to secure graduate level employment in the D2N2 region and nationally.Follow us on instagram @derby_creatives_01

Derby, United Kingdom

My role at the University of Derby is external facing and it involves engaging with local, national and international organisations to increase opportunities for students and graduates. In particular I support the college of Health and Social Care and the school of Arts. These opportunities are varied and include internships, work experience, placements, graduate schemes and events.

Derby, United Kingdom

My role involves providing administrative and customer service to students and community organisations in order to deliver a quality service for student volunteering and work experience in the curriculum. I work with students, community organisations, the Union of Students and Colleges to deliver all aspects of the service, making effective use of systems, implementing procedures and promoting the service using a variety of methods. I have frequent interaction with clients and service users. I also support the Volunteering and Futures Award Coordinator in delivering important events throughout the academic year.Follow us on @DerbyUniVol

Commissioned by Greater Manchester Combined Authority to make a creative response to COVID-19. Explore my piece and other artists work on the website - https://gmcovidcommissions.com

Mansfield

I joined The Access Project is at an exciting stage of its development. The charity was already established in Greater London and Birmingham and was starting to work with 3 schools in North Nottinghamshire, around the Chesterfield and Mansfield area. In Nottinghamshire, I focused on building a community of volunteers from the city and local area who donate their time to helping students improve their grades. Therefore, recruiting and training volunteers was absolutely fundamental to the impact on students and growth as an organisation. I supported the Head of the Midlands to recruit new supporters to the organisation, such as schools, donors, trusts, companies and volunteers. The role enabled me to shape and define volunteering in a new region.My role involved:- Developing and implementing a volunteer recruitment strategy in the region in order to recruit, train, engage and retain volunteer tutors for both online and in person academic tutorials.- Researching and identifying appropriate channels for recruitment or advertising our volunteering opportunities- Working with the communications manager to ensure our communications support volunteer recruitment regionally- administrative and data management supportThrough my connections and networking opportunities, I managed to gain a variety of PR opportunities in the East Midlands including these articles published below:http://www.mansfield2020.com/news/business-news/the-access-gap-is-widening-heres-how-we-are-fighting-to-close-it-in-your-local-areahttp://www.news-journal.co.uk/university-access-project-seeks-volunteers/http://www.wnc.ac.uk/About-us/News/Press-Release.aspx?PRID=2377http://www.d2n2growthhub.co.uk/news/1340/the-access-gap-is-widening-heres-how-we-are-fighting-to-close-it-in-your-local-areahttp://www.emfec.co.uk/2017/08/03/university-access-project-seeks-volunteers/

Derby, United Kingdom

Internship secured within the Careers and Employment service at the University. I support the Senior Volunteering Administrator in the delivery and promotion of the University's volunteering service to students and community organisations. - Create and promote volunteering adverts- Assist with planning and delivery of events-Collate case studies- Attend meetings with representatives from community organisationsExperience using Adobe software such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign to create marketing materials.

Derby, United Kingdom

Worked in a mixed gender specialist day school in Derby that provides education for children and young people with autism.Help a child learn how to develop communication, manage behaviour and emotions, make choices and gain skills required for adult life. Through Creative Expressive workshop's which were all facilitated using the 'person-centered' approach. - Experience of using PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) as a communication tool. - Experience in Intensive Interaction is an approach for teaching communication skills to children and adults who have autism, severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties who are still at early stages of development.

Derby, United Kingdom

I was chosen to be an artist in residence along with 6 other artists, the outstanding artist John Newling being one. I was comissioned to make a sculpture for the celebration of the Arboretum Park in derby (175th Anniversary, the first park in Britain).View pictures of this experience on my blog.

Derby

Delivered creative sessions in a range of art mediums designed to engage participants which includes children, youth, adults and elderly. Also worked alongside an NCS Challenge project to engage young people in activities and the culture of Derby City Centre

Derby, United Kingdom

Co-facilitated a series of Creative Expressive workshops for a special educational needs school, workshops included dance, drama, music, art in an outdoor creative environment. Offering the chance for children to explore from tactile experiences.

1St Class Degree In Creative Expressive Therapies (Ba Hons). Qualified Creative Practitioner., Arts, 1St Class Degree

Activities and Societies: DanceGained a 1st Class BA (Hons) - Specialising in Art https://www.derby.ac.uk/undergraduate/therapeutic-arts-co.

Education record

Activities and Societies: BSLLearning sign language

Education record

Online Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign Adobe Course

Education record

A-levels: Psychology Business Art and design Performing arts

Education record

Gained 12 GCSE's from A-C