Brief biog

I have a real desire to help individuals and organisations thrive and not just survive. For over 20 years I have supported charities, community groups, arts organisations and artists to write winning funding applications raising £100,000’s for wonderful projects.

Fundraising has always played an important role throughout my career in the arts. For nine years I was an Arts Development Manager, and spent a good deal of my time working with artists and arts organisations to write and shape successful funding applications. I also co-wrote and edited several publications. I interviewed dozens of artists for public art commissions and read through hundreds of CVs and artist statements. I started running training sessions to help artists write their own statements and polish up their interview techniques. I want to help great artists make great applications and pitches.

Prior to that I curated exhibitions and developed educational programmes for galleries and museums. For three years I was Head of Visual Arts at South Hill Park Arts Centre, curating exhibitions, educational resources and managing artist’s residencies and studies. At the RIBA, I developed a new schools education programme to engage children with art and architecture exhibitions.

I started my career curating exhibitions at the Mead Art Gallery and then Craftspace Touring. A post grad in Museum Management was closely followed by working freelance at Tate Britain and The Crafts Council.

Having been an exhibition curator and commissioned public art projects I know first-hand how to put together a winning CV, biography, statement or proposal to get you noticed.

I have full membership of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising (MCIOF). I am an accredited coach with Performance Coach Training Ltd and the Cultural Leadership programme.

If you would like further information about any of the services that I provide, please use the  Contact Us page to get in touch, I would love to hear from you.