I am a freelance creative and cultural planning practitioner. I enjoy working in all the regions and nations of the UK, and I'm prepared to go wherever people can usefully use my skills.

I have a wealth of experience of working with all kinds of people, helping them to develop their creativity and bring their ideas to fruition.

I started my professional career as an art teacher, and ran my own studio practice at the same time. As a borough councillor for the village of Belford in Northumberland, increasingly I became convinced of the role of creativity in the regeneration of communities. This led me to make a career shift, and I have since worked as Arts Development Officer for several local authorities.

Since 1997, I have worked extensively with colleagues from da capo Arts Development & Cultural Planning, on projects including:

• 2021 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe;
• Development of arts venues in Lichfield, Staffordshire;
• Development of an Arts Staregy for Doncaster;
• Feasibility studies for arts facilities at schools in Leicestershire and Worcestershire;
• Arts Strategy for Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire;
• Arts Strategy for Staffordshire Moorlands;
• Youth arts audit for Kirklees
• Cultural Strategy for Cumbria

As a freelancer, I have

• Produced the annual report for Walsall Community Arts Team;
• Designed presentation packaging for Fraoch Heather Ale, Scotland;
• Facilitated community groups to produce a set of flags for Tamworth town centre;
• Co-ordinated 'Critical Measures' evaluation event for arts into health work in the West Midlands;
• Developed and delivered 'Vital Spark' programmes to creative industries in different regions of the UK;
• Led a workshop on environmental art for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in the grounds of one of Shakespeare's houses
• Designed a number of websites for small businesses and large national organisations

For a full CV, please e-mail jules@cadie.net