The Open University

Santa Monica College

Director, Nevergrey

In his final years, Sir Ken Robinson was working on a book that would serve as his manifesto. This book was being written for both new and dedicated audiences alike as a coherent overview of the arguments that he dedicated his life to, and as a pivotal piece of literature for the education revolution he began. When Sir Ken received his prognosis in August 2020 he asked his daughter and collaborator, Kate Robinson, to finish writing this manifesto and continue his work.

IMAGINE IF… is a call to action that pulls together all of Sir Ken Robinson’s key messages and philosophies, and that challenges and empowers readers to re-imagine our world, and our systems, for the better.

IMAGINE IF… Creating a Future for Us All

Author

Inspired by Sir Ken Robinson, our mission is to help individuals and organisations understand and harness their innate powers of imagination, creativity, and collaboration, to recreate the worlds that we live in.

Our purpose is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to imagine, reimagine, create and recreate.

We Imagine If

Co-Founder

Nevergrey operates internationally with organisations and individuals who are driven by social purpose to develop their platform. 

We work closely with clients across sectors extend their reach and transform how they communicate with their audiences.

Nevergrey Ltd

Director

HundrED.org

Head of Strategic Operations

Editor in Chief of HundrED. www.hundred.fi

Editor in Chief

A collaborative movement which brings together arts and cultural organisations from across the UK, to articulate and strengthen the role of culture in society. What Next? currently has over 20 chapters across the UK. http://www.whatnextculture.co.uk/ 

Responsibilities included:
-Supporting Chapter Chairs across the UK in the management and organisation of running a chapter.
-Ensuring that the national agenda of What Next? is maintained at the highest level within the movement.
-Organising and coordinating bi-monthly Chapter Chairs meetings. This involved everything from logistics such as securing locations for the meetings, which are held at major cultural institutions in London (including King’s College and the Roundhouse), to managing communications with Chapter Chairs and ensuring that they felt their issues / concerns / items for conversation were well represented in each meeting’s agenda.
-Writing and distributing the Digest - a bi-monthly newsletter which includes updates from each chapter as well as any other important information for Chapter Chairs. I was responsible for collecting the updates from each chapter, editing and compiling them for the Digest and distributing it to all Chapter Chairs

What Next? Culture

National Movement Lead

UK based representative of the Office of Sir Ken Robinson. Responsibilities include research for Sir Ken, as well as reporting on arts, culture and education in the UK and Europe.
Other responsibilities include:
-Being the person of contact for all UK based requests (speaking and otherwise)
-Being the person of contact for all UK based events that Sir Ken took part in during his most recent book tour (June 2015), organising book signings, and ensuring that all specific requirements are taken care of.
-Traveling with Sir Ken on UK and European based trips.
-Attending UK and European based events / conferences / meetings etc on behalf of Sir Ken when he is out of the country.

Office of Sir Ken Robinson

European representative

My freelance work within creativity, education and the arts ranges from event coordination to project management and beyond. I spent 2014 at the Clore Duffield Foundation on a year-long contract coordinating and managing all of their 50th anniversary celebrations (please see below) amongst other work.
Please message me for more information on past experience as well as current projects.

Freelance

Creativity, Education, Arts

A grant-making charity which concentrates its support on cultural learning, the creation of learning spaces within arts and heritage organisations, leadership training for the cultural and social sectors, social care and enhancing Jewish Life. The Foundation is chaired by Dame Vivien Duffield DBE 

Position: 50th anniversary events coordinator 

Responsibilities included: 2014 was the Foundation's 50th anniversary year and I managed all related anniversary celebrations. This included the planning and coordination of key events at two cultural locations in Central London - the Royal Opera House, the Natural History Museum; guest list planning; liaising with contacts at these locations; organizing catering, production; event management. 
My additional responsibilities at The Clore Duffileld Foundation included: 
•	Coordination of The Clore Prize Fund - a special 50th anniversary grant open to Clore Fellows. My responsibilities for this this included administering and handling applications, website management and being the point person for Clore Fellows. 
•	Clore Graduate Scholarship at Oxford University – this year marked the first year of applications for the Graduate scholarship at Oxford University, which covers the costs of tuition and accommodation for one student per year for five years. I was the key point person for all applications, whilst also handling website management and the administration of all applications

The Clore Duffield Foundation

Project Manager

Teaching intern learning about Reggio Emilia inspired education, and Blue School philosophy. I worked with children ages 2 - 4 primarily, focusing on play, exploration, and creativity as well as social skills and development.

Blue School

Teaching Intern

Interactive fan site for teen acting/singing star Miley Cyrus.


Responsibilities Included: supervision of two student interns, management of customer service responses (by emails, chatroom, and phone), direct interaction with members organising competitions, writing promotional text for site including scripts for Miley Cyrus to present, assisting on set of Hannah Montana.