Paula MacGregor is an artist, facilitator and project manager with experience in both the voluntary and public sectors. Originally qualified as a pre-school teacher, she then moved into working in the community with Young Offenders and Class One prisoners. During this time she realised the power of therapy in creativity.Since then Paula has obtained various qualifications in counselling, mental health and meditation facilitation - and has gained a distinction in her Masters Degree.An advocator of 'You do not have to be able to draw to make art', Paula has honed ways of gently luring people into the wonderful world of creativity, facilitating them to learn new skills which they can use to enrich their own lives.Paula has a passion for working with survivors of abuse in all forms, offering them Empowerment through Creativity.Her experience of being a mother for over 200 cumulative years, has equipped her with large doses of patience, understanding and empathy. This, added to her love of skill sharing in the community, makes Paula an unassuming facilitator who is very flexible and comfortable working with all walks of people.Paula has been project manager for various creative initiatives, including: 'Slow Stitch School''Slow Stitched Books - Ellens Legacy''Dangerous Pockets Project''One Green Bottle' aka '365''Nine Artists - Nine Lives' aka Heirloom Box'The Pigeon-hole Project'Quote from a satisfied participant: "This project has changed my life Paula. It took me weeks to get started as it was way out of my comfort zone.... but with encouragement, inspiration and support from you all, sprinkled with a lot of fun during our sessions, I finally managed to produce a few pages. Now I cannot wait to finish my book and already have so many other page ideas to continue my theme, I will be making a few more! Paula, you have helped me to discover another creative side to enrich my life - Thank you"
Listed skills include Community Artist, Therapeutic Art, Creative Workshop Leader, Curating, and 35 others.