Key experience

* Self employed community education consultant and trainer. Currently working with a local community group in Wensleydale to organise the seventh Dales Festival of Food and Drink.

* Worked with BME youth groups in Liverpool on  an  education project linking host communities with others around the World

* Projects Co-ordinator for CREATE  responsible for the development and delivery of a wide range of community consultation and sustainable energy education projects with schools and local communities across the UK. 

* In NEA Development Officer Based in the east end of London, worked with local Bengali volunteers to develop a range of community based projects involving people of all ages.

*Islington Borough Council Training Officer - responsible for improving community consultation, training local residents to develop their communication skills and promoting the take-up of community grants. 

Education and professional status

* BA (Hons) Degree in Education

* Diploma in Management Studies

* Further Education and Adult Education Teachers Certificate

* Certificate in Youth and Community Work

* Certificate of Qualification in Social Work

* Energy Awareness Certificate

* Home Energy Assessor

* NVQ Training and Development

* Member of The Stamford Forum   

Career experience

* Head of the Energy Action Advice Team - employed via Hull’s Inner City Partnership Programme, responsible for the training and support of local energy advisors employed on Community Programme schemes across the city. 

* Green Action Project Co-ordinator - responsible for running a drop-in centre for local residents which provided training, social activities, work experience and voluntary work opportunities for local unemployed of all ages.

* Optima Energy Consultant and Trainer - responsible for the development and delivery of the community, advice and education portfolio of the company.

* Smethwick Energy Action Co-ordinator and Trainer - responsible for running a drop in advice service for residents with fuel debt problems and training and supporting unemployed people to offer advice to their neighbours.

* Worked with community groups in regeneration areas around Bolton to motivate their neighbours to get involved in local initiatives such as Friends of the Park and Food Co-operatives.  

 Specialisations

* Community consultation

* Training local volunteers to develop communication skills required to influence local opinion

* Sustainable energy education projects

Key competencies

* Excellent communicator

* Motivating local people to engage fully in initiatives that directly affect them

* Working with people of all ages

* Qualified adult trainer and educator

* Qualified youth and community worker.