Consultancy Services

With over thirty years experience working in arts and culture, as a practitioner, a consultant, senior roles at Arts Council England, and Executive Director roles at five arts charities including LEEDS 2023 year of culture, Phoenix Dance Theatre, and Freedom Studios, I bring extensive experience of arts and culture funding, strategy and operations. My work has spanned theatre, performing arts, museums and galleries, local authorities, music services, heritage organisations, as well as individual practitioners.

Organisations

Supporting arts and cultural organisation small and large to:

Review your current business model and explore opportunities for development

Review the financial model and enhance or develop income generation streams

Facilitate Board away days – planning and facilitation tailored to your needs

Develop or review Vision, Mission, Values

Build strategies and actions to realise the company vision

Research and undertake partnership development

Fundraise from Trusts & Foundations and Statutory sources

Provide coaching or mentoring of senior staff

Individuals

Supporting sole traders, artists, producers or social entrepreneurs to:

Develop your business strategy

Optimise income generation

Develop a formal business structure

Fundraise

Provide personal access support in fundraising

Give peer support, advice and guidance

Provide coaching and mentoring

Interim Executive Director Support

Joining your team on a part time temporary basis to:

Undertake Executive Director functions whilst you recruit or work through a period of change

Work collegiately with senior staff and board

Support the management of staff

Provide financial monitoring

Hold stakeholder relationships

Recruitment

Support in the recruitment of theatre and performing arts posts:

Bespoke packages available including:

Undertaking extensive search and initial meetings

Job pack development

Short listing

Representative on interview panels

Get in Touch

For an informal chat, to ask questions and for a non-committal discussion about your work, do please get in touch at any time.