Kerry Wheelwright-Lee Email & Phone Number

Halifax, Gb

The Todmorden Town Deal Board oversees the delivery of the £17.5 million Todmorden Town Deal Programme. The programme is ambitious and challenging, bringing together partners from the public, private, and voluntary sectors to deliver projects in the town.The Board works with Calderdale Council, the Accountable Body for the Todmorden Town Deal, to give strategic support to project partners, check progress, and make recommendations to ensure the programme delivers outputs and outcomes.Board Members add value to the programme by bringing their ability and knowledge of the area, its communities and business, to ensure the successful delivery of the Town Deal programme for Todmorden.

A senior management positionTo oversee, lead and manage the Events Team on the overall operational, technical, production and logistical delivery of the Kirklees Council’s large-scale outdoor events and festivals programme across the district.To oversee, lead and manage the Kirklees Year of Music (KYOM) project Team on the operational, technical, production and logistical delivery of the year long programme of events, installations, projects, performances, festivals and commissions.- End to end operational, technical, production and logistical management for large-scale events and festivals across Kirklees – including planning and executing multiple complex live events at a range of scales, settings and points of development.- Leading on the development and production of place-based cultural programmes: Year of Music 2023, WOVEN in Kirklees, Temporary Contemporary, public art programmes and supporting regeneration initiatives.- Develop and oversee the master production and logistics schedule for both Kirklees Council events and the KYOM project events and performances.- Safety Advisory Group representative on behalf of Kirklees Council- Recruit, lead, develop and manage the newly created Events Team and KYOM Team, including line management of staff and implementation of continuous learning and professional development.- Managing resources and risk, including budgets, staff, contracts, consultants, equipment, etc.- Manage and ensure projects and events delivered are in line and comply with all legislation from health and safety, financial and contractual procedure rules, GDPR, and all statutory services – legal, licensing, noise, and environmental standards.- Manage £4million Year of Music Project budget, and smaller operational budgets- Identify and secure funding opportunities - Develop and implement the Council’s access and inclusion policy for events.- Seeking and implementing commercial opportunities on events, festivals and projects.

Working to revitalise the town centres in Kirklees. Aiming to develop a strong cultural offer in Kirklees and improving the perception of town centres in the area.Creating the conditions to enable a strong events offer in Kirklees to develop and thrive.Working to create vibrant and thriving places in Kirklees that boast a strong economy and an excellent quality of life.

Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Responsible for managing the overall tourism and event functions within Skipton town centre.Focusing on creating a vibrant and thriving town centre which boasts a strong local economy that issustainable, resilient and visionary. Working to ensure Skipton as a whole is a thriving visitordestination that is also loved and used by its locals.• Responsible for managing and delivering our own events and festivals within the town – forexample the Christmas Lights Switch On and Christmas Markets.• Responsible for encouraging and supporting organisers to plan their own events andfestivals to allow for a strong event offering in Skipton. This includes managing systems tosupport event organisers, building strong relationships with event organisers to ensureevents are H&S compliant, creating a network for event organisers to share expertise andresources and build a strong community, providing training and advice as part of the CravenSAG and Town Partnership group.• Promote and market Skipton as a visitor and tourist destination. Destination marketing usingthe Visit Skipton brand which includes promotional campaigns to promote our tourism andevents offer.• Working alongside the Market Manager showcase Skipton Market to an internationalaudience and promote Skipton Market as a visitor destination to increase the profile ofSkipton. Delivering specialist markets and additional activities within Skipton Market.• Working with local stakeholders including Skipton BID.• Other duties include: Writing funding bids, arranging the towns Christmas lights, managingthe town centre ambassador scheme, facilitating civic events and parades, managing socialmedia and promotional activities

Halifax, England, United Kingdom

I was asked to join The Piece Hall to help deliver a high-quality programme of cultural events for there-opening and subsequent year following a £20million restoration project. I was brought in for theirfirst year of opening to help with their objective of reconnecting local people with the newlyrefurbished Piece Hall whilst showcasing the venue as a world-class visitor destination through theevents programme.• Creating, developing and delivering the opening campaign. Including the Welcome Festivalwhich was a month-long festival of events to celebrate the re-opening of The Piece Hall.• Delivering the Christmas programme of events• Planning for The Piece Hall to host the start for Stage 4 of Tour de Yorkshire 2018• Championing the venue as a catalyst for urban regeneration in Halifax• Developing the Halifax Culture Hub project. Halifax Culture Hub was set up toserve cultural organisations within Halifax and to support growth for the visitor economy.Working to ensure Halifax Culture Hub was used as a vehicle to enhance cultural tourism,developing the vision to support high quality cultural activity in the area, facilitating widerreach and deeper engagement with audiences• Setting up and creating the Box Office function at The Piece Hall• Stakeholder engagement and analysis

Hebden Bridge

My role at Hebden Bridge Town Hall was to oversee the effective operations of the Town Hall’sdevelopment, ensure the Town Hall acted as a community connector and to champion the Town Hallas a catalyst for the economic development and ongoing regeneration for the town.The Town Hall, Hebden Bridge is a community owned Town Hall, after it was asset transferred to theHebden Bridge Community Association from Calderdale Council. The vision was to transform, whatwas at the time, a barely used building falling into disrepair into a state-of-the-art centre forcommunity and creative enterprise – putting it back at the centre of the town’s civic life as the TownHall.• Managing and delivering a high-quality programme of creative events and festivals both inthe Town Hall and in Hebden Bridge itself.• Making sure the Town Hall was seen as the cultural hub of Hebden Bridge. Creating andmaintaining relationships to encourage event organisers to hold events in Hebden Bridgeand specifically using the Town Hall as the event hub. Assisting event organisers with theirevents to ensure they comply with H&S.• Managing the event spaces and booking them out within the Town Hall. Including utilisingthe spaces for Calderdale Council, local charities and organisations to deliver advice services– such as Citizens Advice Bureau.• Responsible for the marketing in relation to the Town Hall and specifically the promotionalcampaigns around the wealth of events and festivals held in Hebden Bridge and the TownHall.

Business for Calderdale is a not-for-profit networking association for local businesses within the Calderdale area. My main job role was to successfully plan, execute and deliver BFC’s monthly business networking events; whilst taking responsibility for overseeing all of the marketing and membership responsibilities.My job role included overseeing the whole event process from conception through to completion, finance, operations and all sales and marketing aspects of all events. I was also responsible for building relationships within the Calderdale community in order to increase the amount of business done locally. I also took the lead on website development and management, content creation, social media management, brand development and venue and catering sourcing and booking. The responsibilities of this job were similar to those within the CFFC role. www.businessforcalderdale.co.uk

Halifax, United Kingdom

I started life at the Community Foundation for Calderdale (CFFC) as a volunteer, before being offered a job within their marketing and events department. I worked alongside the Marketing, Events and Business Development Manager to deliver successful events, projects and marketing campaigns in line with both CFFC’s and the clients’ aims and objectives. My key responsibility was to organise fundraising, social and business events. This included sourcing and booking venues, guest speakers, special guests, creating detailed event schedules, planning room layouts, coordinating caterers, equipment hire companies, preparing delegate packs, and liaising with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the marketing of the event was in line with the charities brand and ethos. I was also required to work with my manager to manage and implement projects such as the Cycle to Work and the Safe and Warm Calderdale project.My job role also included, but was not limited to: Developing and implementing the marketing strategy, delivering social media campaigns, digital marketing, project management, content development, website development, membership drives, volunteer management, liaising and communication with other organisations and individuals to ascertain precise event requirements, writing press releases, devising leaflets/posters, sourcing venues and catering. Some events I have been involved in organising include The Mayor of Calderdale’s annual ball, Inspiring Fundraising and Philanthropy in the 21st Century National Conference, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire’s Tour of Calderdale and professional advisor events.www.cffc.co.uk

Hebden Bridge

I was the part-time manager and key holder at The Milk Bar, Hebden Bridge. My job role required me to lead, organise and motivate a team on a day to day basis, whilst taking responsibility for the successful running of the shop. During my time at The Milk Bar I worked as a team to develop the business to ensure it was performing to the highest possible standard. This included the generation and implementation of new ideas, products and services to ensure The Milk Bar reached its full potential.

Calder Valley

Volunteering to support, develop and participate in Lifeline Young Persons service in Calderdale.I was required to liaise with and build partnership work within local schools, community centres and partner organisations, with a focus of further strengthening current partnership agreements.I was required to help organise and run “drop ins”, activity based sessions and drug and alcohol awareness sessions in order to support young people and promote the services Lifeline offers.

Todmorden

I was the Assistant Events Co-ordinator for Royle Events and was involved in all aspects from conception through to completion. We worked closely with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ascertain precise event requirements, so we could then organise and tailor events to these needs and the specific budget. I worked closely with the events co-ordinator to devise financial budgets, staffing, marketing plans, brand development campaigns, carry out risk assessments, coordinate venue management etc.http://www.royle-events.com

Calder High School

Working for Calderdale Council to organise and plan activities during the summer holidays for Children who are making the transition from Primary School to High School to help them prepare and be aware. I had to work as a team with other members of staff to come up with activities which the children would find entertaining, and would also be educational to them. I had to be motivated and cheerful, but also have good listening skills.

Bachelor'S Degree, Event Management, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Global Events and Festivals, Events Project Management, Fundraising and Sponsorship, Creativity and Innovation.

6Th Form, Travel And Tourism, Distinction (Btec National Award)

6Th Form, Hospitality And Catering, Distinction (Btec National Award)

6Th Form, Business Studies, Distinction (Btec National Award)

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