In 2022 I published my second book Living Together about communal living across the UK and Europe. You can read more about it on www.mimskinner.co.uk

Founded in 2015, we now run a cafe, restaurant, catering company, employability programme and environmental campaigns in Chester Le Street. As seen on C5, The Secret World of Your Waste, BBC News, BBC Look North, The Sunday Times and The Guardian. Winner of multiple County Durham Environment awards including Outstanding Environmental Organisation.

Author of 'Jailbirds: Lessons from a women's prison' published 2019.Optioned by BBC Studios, Stylist's Top Reads 2020, Elle Magazine 50 Game-changers of 2019.I've never read a book like Jailbirds before - which shows quite how much we need it. It is very funny and very important and reminds us that women in jail are still women worth listening to. I'm only grateful - for them, and for us - that Mim was listening., Pandora SykesMim's warmth and understanding make for a humane, sometimes humorous, and always perceptive account of prison life. This book is a fine achievement., Ken LoachJailbirds is a very real and powerful account of living and working in a women's prison - with all the complexities, pain, frustrations and hope to be encountered there. It's a really accessible, engaging read and we will be recommending it to new staff as part of their induction., Kate Paradine, CEO of Women in PrisonSkinner's warmth and empathy radiates from the pages in this eye-opening read. Humbling, hopeful and wryly hilarious in equal measure, it serves as a powerful reminder about the importance that women's voices - even behind bars - deserve to be heard., SUNDAY HERALDSkinner's book is full of nitty-gritty details of life inside, and peppered with stories (some tragic, some funny, some poignant, all real) of the women who make up Britain's female prison population. -- Joanna Moorhead, THE OBSERVER

For The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The I, Elle Magazine and Huffington Post.You can find a full archive on www.mimskinner@gmail.com

Writing and facilitating arts and spoken word workshops at prisons around the North East,http://www.junction42.org

I manage partnerships with the suppliers of Foodcycle Durham. I organise events, produce newsletters, and meet with potential suppliers.

'What's the Point of Politics?' was a resource, delivered in local schools, designed to engage pupils from school years 8-11 in politics during the time running up to the 2015 General Election. I designed the lesson plan and delivered it in to schools.

I am an amateur performance poet and facilitate collaborative and non-collaborative arts workshops. Including a therapeutic public art workshop on behalf of 'Radical Artists'​ and a spoken word workshop around self-esteem on behalf of the 'Beautiful is...' schools campaign.

The year following my graduation was spent on this Church internship training programme. Including part-time study at the School of Theology, running courses and events for the church, and training and practice in community work and outreach.