Established in 2020, Skywriters Ltd was borne out of the heartache of a pandemic in an attempt to lift spirits and heads, including my own. The organisations mission is to use creative writing, education and training as a catalyst for uplifting personal and social impact experiences for individuals, communities and businesses. Skywriters combines my love of writing, activism and education to create an engaging learning experience and is now an award winning social enterprise, winning the Merseyside Woman of the Year Social Impact award.

I am a Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, advising organisations on anti-racist practice and strategy in order to make their work places more inclusive and innovative.

I am a Tutor for Your Edge Training, supporting learners to achieve their youth and community work qualifications to support young people in their neighbourhoods.

I am currently represented by Chloe Seager at Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV and Film Agency.I graduated from The Open University with an open degree which incorporated creative writing. I was runner up in Writing on the Wall's 'Pulp Idol' 2019 competition and the author of children's educational book 'Her Hair: A Crown', a resource developed in partnership with Manchester University, Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Centre, and Cedar Mount Girls group, to diversify the curriculum in Manchester Schools.In 2020, I exhibited poetry at Output gallery and commissioned articles and published on mental health, activism, literature and racism in ROOT-ed Zine, Rattle Magazine and Black Ballad. My latest educational resource, 'Skywriters' was launched on World Book Day 2021, and I was commissioned to write children’s stories for Liverpool Biennial. My exhibition, The Stuff of Poetry 2021, was held at Liverpool John Moores University to celebrate Black History month. The Exhibition, combined activism and creativity, encouraging participants to take action on issues such as Violence Against Women and Girls, Black Lives Matter and Period Poverty.

My role was to coproduce the Foundation’s Anti-Racism Professional Training Modules, advise on anti-racism content and deliver professional training.

To design, develop and manage the new Speak Out! Stop Hate. campaign, including hate crime reporting tool, young people’s programme and education and training sessions.

To develop and lead the Community Engagement Plan for Eureka! Mersey, taking responsibility for the inclusion and participation of diverse communities and engaging at a wide variety of levels within the private, public and voluntary sectors. Principle Objectives of the Role: • Lead on the creation and delivery of the Community Engagement plan. Seek out and recognise new opportunities and develop relationships that will support delivery of the plan and help meet our objectives. • Develop a regional network that can help deliver our objective to include underrepresented diverse audiences in the creation and ongoing development, delivery and long-term success of the attraction in the development phase to 2022. • Lead on the creation and management of key stakeholder and influencer groups, including the Content Advisory, Children’s Advisory and Access groups. • Be an Ambassador for the Eureka! brand in the region, understanding and representing the USP of the organisation and recognising and proposing new ways in which Eureka! can continue to push boundaries in STEAM and public engagement. • Ensure that the community engagement plan includes partnerships which create opportunities to meet fundraising objectives and help to remove barriers to participation. • Ensure that outcomes from engagement opportunities with community groups are communicated to relevant teams to support Content & Experiences. • As part of delivering the Community Engagement Plan, organise and utilise resources and support from the wider Eureka! team in Halifax, to deliver science, technology, engineering, arts and maths (STEAM) profile raising and brand awareness events. • Research opportunities, organise and create links and introductions between community stakeholders and Eureka! staff involved in fundraising and corporate sponsorship, PR and outreach.

To manage the adult and child’s eating disorder services across four geographical areas. To provide supervision and support to a multi-disciplinary team and ensure the safe management of patients, parents and the wider community.

To lead the development of innovative education and training programmes that meet the needs of young people and professionals working with young people. To oversee and monitor the delivery of high quality education and wellbeing services. To implement and maintain a quality assurance framework, identifying and responding to areas for improvement. Key responsibilitiesA. Delivery of high quality education and wellbeing services• Manage a team of education & wellbeing co-ordinators across the UK ensuring that a culture of high performance is fostered at all times.• Develop Brook’s education and wellbeing services to better meet young people’s needs and respond to the changing external environment.• Co-ordinate the delivery of training to professionals and identify areas for innovation and improvement.• Ensure consistency of Brook’s education and training across the UK.• Undertake regular reviews of staff’s development needs and work with the Head of Education & Wellbeing to produce an annual team plan.• Allocate and monitor staff resources to meet local need.• Work with the Communications team to support the development and co-ordination of programme marketing strategies and resources.• Ensure that programme resources are well researched, appropriate, well designed, consistently branded and of outstanding quality.• Manage budgets efficiently • Ensure programme outcomes are standardised for key topics and support teams to develop session plans with consistent learning outcomes.• Implement standards for collation of data to meet contract, funder and Brook requirements and ensure that effective monitoring and reporting systems are in place..B. Programme development• Ensure Brook’s programmes are innovative through the identification of local need, trends and tracking competitors.• Develop new education & wellbeing programmes and resources for young people and professionals working with young people to support business growth.

To support Brook to diversify its income through the growth of its education and wellbeing work. To identify, develop and maintain effective and successful partnerships with schools, local authorities, commissioners, trusts and foundations and other relevant organisations contributing to the financial sustainability of the organisation.Working closely with Education and Wellbeing delivery teams across the UK to support innovation, programme development and quality whilst ensuring sufficient skills and resources are available, at a regional level, to deliver the education and wellbeing work secured. Responsible for meeting income generation targets and ensuring all new business opportunities are accurately budgeted.

I worked two days a week with the Anthony Walker Foundation planning, organising, delivering and evaluating hate crime, racism and diversity workshops. I coordinate all workshop and assembly bookings from senior and Primary schools, colleges and youth provisions across the country and carry out all delivery. I also deliver peer education training to young people and train teachers and other professionals to deliver religious and racist hate crime workshops to their pupils. I also give presentations at events such as universities and community groups and create new resources for the Foundation.

My role was to develop innovative and creative work with vulnerable young people and those who work with them to address their sexual health needs through face to face support, universal and targeted educational group work, service development and professional training.

Supporting young people aged 10-18 with their personal development, preparing them for work and independent living through budgeting and life skills sessions.Delivering accredited personal development programmes tailored to the individual.Reducing risk of re-offending through access to positive activities in their communities to prevent reoffending by networking with different organisations and being aware of what was on offer.Delivering prevention through Triage to access drug and alcohol education as well as supporting the prevention team in their summer programmes.Mentoring young offenders whilst completing their Order and line management responsibility for volunteer mentors.Key Achievements:I developed and delivered the Anthony Walker Hate Crime and Diversity project for young offenders to identify and challenge inherent prejudices on a 1 to 1 and group basis. In partnership with the Anthony Walker Foundation, I facilitated a nine week programme exploring stereotypes, racism, anger management, diversity, hate crime and their own offending. I delivered offending behaviour programmes such as Crime and Consequences, and The Violent Offenders . I used cognitive behavioural therapy to tackle young people's attitudes and thought processes in relation to their offending.I also developed and delivered a specialised girls work programme that was inform by research and influenced by a focus group of females to meet their needs and prevent re-offending.

Supporting young people to remove barriers to attending mainstream education.Working with families at home, at school and in the community to deliver support to young people.Developing sustainable partnership working with Teachers, Social Workers and Education Welfare Officers to provide better communication for the families.Management and supervision of staff, coordinating the workload and managing the budgets. Working with two schools in the south of Liverpool to provide alternative activities such as drama and dance and personal development programmes to help the young people work through issues. Lead professional on the Common Assessment Framework (CAF). Supporting young people to apply for funding for their groups and delivering community fun days and residential breaks.Management of the Saturday provision, Outreach and Detached work, coordinating peer mentoring opportunities accrediting young people for their volunteering.

Delivering detached and centre-based youth provision for 13-19 year olds. Engaging young people in international youth exchanges and creating a programme of work to fit their needs. Supporting a social inclusion project for young people who had been excluded from mainstream education. Delivering health programmes for young women through detached and outreach sessions in the community.

I was a part of a partnership project team between Connexions and Liverpool Youth Service called Vision 8. The aim was to support young black males in the NEET category to remove real or perceived barriers and gain the Youth and Community Diploma.

Providing an advocacy service for other young people in decision making processes, and arranging consultation events and activities. I also supported and mentored the Liverpool Youth Council and School’s Parliament.