Projects
My experience of working on large, complex projects in the cultural sector has informed a process I now use to help organisations make better investment decisions - in pursuit of more public benefit. This involves using evidence and imagination to fully unlock the power of an organisation in response to its assets and context. It also entails creatively modelling how this power may play out, in terms of investment, values and operating models.
WWT (Wildfowl & Wetland Trust)
I am currently undertaking an exercise to help WWT identify and map how its ten sites could deliver its new ambition.
Cultural Heritage without Borders, Albania
As a Board member of CHwB, I am working with the team to establish a new strategic direction and a transition to a new business and operating model.
National Lottery Heritage Fund
As a NLHF Consultant, I have monitored and mentored several large, complex projects, including The Box (Plymouth) National Marine Park (Plymouth), Cotswold Canals Connected and Brecon Catherdral.
Moseley Road Baths and Balsall Heath Library
In 2021/2 I led the development of a vision and project to create a new model of civic amenity through the merging and redefining of Moseley Road Baths and Balsall Heath Library. This was instrumental in securing £20m from NLHF and Levelling Up Fund, as part of £30m project.
Croome - National Trust
Croome Redefined (2013-18) was a NLHF project for which I developed the activity plan and a new concept of NT visit, aiming to redefine the role of the country house in the 21st century. The project broke new ground in the way the arts and heritage can work together to tell compelling stories. See projects Soul to Sole, Street Art Goes Rural, Birds in the Park and Summer Reading Challenge
Buxton Crescent - The Trevor Osborne Property Group
In 2014, I was asked by the NLHF to review and re-imagine the visitor proposition for a new heritage attraction as part of the £46 million redevelopment and conservation of Buxton Crescent. I did this with the help of WildWorks theatre company.
Roundhouse - Canal and River Trust and National Trust
Roundhouse was a derelict, iconic building at the heart of Birmingham canals. It had no purpose and had failed in previous reinventions. I led the development of the public programme from feasibility through to delivery; including creating activity and interpretation plans as part of a NLHF bid (2013-17). Roundhouse is now a thriving cultural resource at the heart of the city, with a business model that combines commercial and public benefit activity.
Other clients include:
Watershed, Bristol (as part of Clore Fellowship), Chatsworth, London Transport Museum, Hestercombe Gardens, Massey Shaw Fire Boat, Milton Abbey, Downside Abbey Library, Cogges Manor Farm Museum, Clare County Country Park, Bromley House Library, Ickworth Church, Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
