‘An Elephant in the Room’ was a national art project to encourage pupils from across the UK
to join together to combat bullying. Four winning elephants went into exhibition at the Saatchi
Gallery. Children wrote elephant diaries about their experiences. More elephants…
Promoting creative partnerships Sharing good practice
The Volunteer Corps Programme is being led by Oldham College and is run by team of
students from schools across Manchester as they support younger pupils in their learning
(literacy and numeracy) helping improve attainment, aspirations and self-esteem. More...
We went behind the scenes at the BT Paralympic Games with a group of disabled young
reporters who interviewed top sporting heroes including Oscar Pistorius and Ade Adepitan for
reports that were broadcast on Radiowaves.
As Press Officer for the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation’s National Peer Mentoring
Pilot, I promoted many of the groundbreaking projects running in the 300 participating schools
through articles and features across educational and youth press.
With the generous support of local businesses, PR and media companies, I worked with the
Young People at five of OnSide’s Youth Zones as they created press campaigns, promo
DVDs and websites to promote their projects.
Peer Mentors Niall and Gemma receive Diana Awards for their Anti-Bullying Club at Astley
High School. Niall explains “I used to have a reputation of being a bit loud and someone who
didn’t always listen – but I know that people have changed their opinion of me now.”
Promoting community engagement through art with renowned ‘Superlambanana’ Artist,
Patricia Lee. Regional press coverage included Manchester Evening News, BBC Radio
Manchester, Channel M, Metro and Cheshire Life.
As on-call freelancer for the Media Department at Cats Protection I help the team promote
national and regional initiatives, awareness raising campaigns and Award Ceremonies.
Details of our current early-neutering campaign can be found here...
In 2007 I set up the Holmes Chapel Primary School Press Office with a group of Y6 pupils.
This has now evolved into a News Team who write a termly school newspaper as well as
press releases promoting topical stories from the school to local papers.
NOVEL IMAGES: Every year Film Education takes over 1/2 million children to the cinema
free of charge to see a wide range of films including world cinema, animation, classics and
previews as well as the ever-popular Book-to-Film seasons.
