As a freelance writer, I bring my natural enthusiasm and talent for communication and use them to get your message across in a creative and engaging way. I can write on a range of topics but am happiest in areas that have a human element.I offer the following services:Bid & Tender Writing, Associate Bid Writer working on health & social care and building services & facilities management bids and tenders. Quality Control & Proof Reader on bids for a Strategic Change Specialist.Grant Applications - Experience with Awards for All applications for schools, small charities, and organisations. Copywriting - Associate Writer for DistantJob, Inspiring Interns, The HOTH, OliveKnows, Recreation Insider and others.I also offer a mentoring service, to help you learn as you create your own bids or grant applications, and to offer advice on content strategy and creating your own content or affiliate marketing site.

Following the general election result, I was disappointed and worried about the future. I noticed lots of people asking the same question: We feel like we should do something, but we don't know what! I realised that I had the skills and experience to help answer that question and set up the Do Something! facebook page the next day. It gained more than 100 likers in the first day, and 300 in the first week.Together with my friend Emma, we now share local opportunities for people to become politically engaged, or to support causes and charities they believe in.

After working with Bid for Success on a freelance basis for three years, I was taken on full-time to carry out this busy and challenging role which includes Bid Management, Business Development and Marketing responsibilities.Business Development activity includes networking, identifying and qualifying leads, sales presentations, client on-boarding and relationship management. This has included designing and developing the 'SME Academy' program to support more small businesses into bidding, including securing LEP funding, managing web development, and creating all content. Bid for success has increased its client count by 100% in the last twelve months.Bid Management includes analysing bid requirements and creating compliance matrixes, solution architecture and identification of win themes, creating bid responses (including SQ/PQQ completion), and creating policies & procedures for clients in a variety of different sectors. I take a special interest in Social Value, writing these responses for the majority of Bid for Success' clients. The companies win rate (first on quality) is 91%.Marketing was a new function to Bid for Success, so I researched and developed a marketing strategy in order to support the BD function. This included delivering value through blog posts and a YouTube channel, social media posts/activity including hosting Clubhouse events. As a result, Bid for Success achieved visibility which has in turn generated sales leads.

Crafting winning responses for clients in Health & Social care as part of the writing team.

Providing interim and short-term bid writing support for eXceeding's client base.

Writing creative and informative copy about topics relevant to remote work. This includes team building tips for remote workers, advice for remote team managers and tools for distributed teams - all with a smattering of StarWars puns.

My first children's novel, Alfie Slider vs the Shape Shifter was published by SIlverwood Books in January 2017. Since then it's attracted 5-star review and won a red ribbon in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards. I've run workshops in schools, done book signings and given talks about how to get children reading and writing - get in touch if you'd like me to do something similar for you!More about Alfie Slider vs the Shape ShifterSome people say that Alfie Slider is a bit weird, but he thinks weird just means different. Weird is good!Living with his ‘different’ family is never predictable for Alfie, but nothing could prepare him for what happens when he findsa strange key on his way home from school. This is no ordinary key – it seems to break the laws of physics! Once he’s figured outhow to use it, Alfie is caught up in adventures that are literally out of this world.This story has evil grannies, flame-throwing frogs, bossy computers, shape-changing aliens, huge explosions, best friendsand parallel universes. In other words, it’s a bit weird…but weird just means different!The first book in the Alfie Slider series, this adventure sees Aiden learning there is much, much more to the universe than he ever imagined.Available in paperback, ePub and mobi formats.

The Netfolk Ltd. is a small business which provides Business Analysis to clients from both the public and private sectors. In my role as Operations Manager, I undertook administrative duties and assisted in directing the strategic operations contributing to the sustainable success of the business. Responsibilities included managing the financials compliantly, fundraising, reporting, and marketing for the firm. In my secondary role as Copy Editor for the firm, I was responsible for the co-ordination of all literature and marketing materials pertaining to the business, liaising with both internal and external writers in order to ensure consistency, accuracy, timeliness, quality and cascade. A key outcome of my role was the design of the ‘York Story’ initiative, whereby I deployed fiction to engage with the tourism industry and provide age-appropriate literature pertaining to key York areas of outstanding natural beauty or historical significance.

Facilitating clients in their own healing process using a variety of techniques including Upledger CranioSacral technique, Reflexology, Indian Head Massage and Reiki.

Working with a small group to investigate the options for redevelopment of the village hall in accordance with the wishes of the people of Haxby. Liasing with local authorities, users, support organisations and suppliers in order to identify requirements, legal obligations and other factors and move the redevelopment project on in a timely manner.

During my time as a Trustee I volunteered in the following roles:Responsibility for PAYEFundraising - grant applicationsSecretaryVice-ChairEnsuring compliance with legal requirementsAmendment of the Trust DeedPublic Consultation regarding RedevelopmentDevelopment of a Volunteer Management Program

Converted an application from a prior version of Uniface into a GUI. Developed bespoke solutions to allow data transfer from other systems to Sectornet solutions.

Administrating incentive and motivation programs for a variety of clients.