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Photo of the Empire Buildings in Burnley. Early 20th century sandstone two storey building. Three floors high and with seven striking tall gridded windows across the front of each of the upper floors. Floors 2 and 3 are very ornate with a dramatic red and black central set of windows decorate with neo-classical ornament.

Map of Bacup town centre in black and white. The main street areas are coloured in different colours. This shows where the work is happening.

heritage action zone evaluation consultant

BURNLEY
I'm working with Burnley Borough Council's Economy & Growth team with business, education and cultural partners; and Historic England, to embed an evaluation framework and toolkit into their High Street Heritage Action Zone. We're looking at the impact of investment into shop fronts and heritage buildings, and how creative and cultural activity enhances Lower St James Street's identity.

BACUP
I'm training Bacup's Regeneration, Economy & Growth team to understand the evaluation process from design to reporting stages. Thinking about how they can apply broad evaluation principles and practice to their work, and what makes for a good report.

Two black women with shoulder length straight hair sit facing each other at three-quarter angles. Behind them is a curtain of African wax resist patterned fabric. One woman wears a black shirt, gold earings and has her hair in a pony tail. She holds a microphone as she talks, while the other woman wears a blue floral blouse and red lipstick. She looks at the woman with the microphone and smiles. The two women are Clara and Keely Augustus. They are the two sisters who founded and run Lyrici Arts.

EVALUATION & ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT LYRICI ARTS

Working with Lyrici (Kent's Black lyrical theatre production company) is an honour. They're in a phase of strategic focussing and at the tipping point of a major boost in their profile. As they evolve from a business following opportunities, to one carefully and deliberately carving their own niche, they needed support creating, implementing, monitoring and reflecting their strategies. My support helps them:

better understand how to be inclusive of neurodivergent staff
bring policies and systems to life
create an organisational evaluation framework to track their evolution, report to Arts Council England on their NPO work, and reporting to other funders like Esmee Fairbairn Foundation; local authority; and Colyer Fergusson Charitable Trust
develop their leadership ambitions and qualities
map out what the next 3-5 years looks like for their engagement with audiences, artists, partners and investors.

BRITISH COUNCIL SAFEGUARDING SUDAN'S LIVING HERITAGE EVALUATOR

Mallinson Architect's have been commissioned by British Council's Cultural Protection Fund to help safeguard the intangible and living heritage of Sundanese people. The plan includes restoring access to Khartoum's Ethnography Museum by weatherproofing the building and collections storage; and by collecting examples of intangible heritage especially from nomadic tribes and people in rural areas of Darfur and Kordofan. The evaluation explores and reports on the strategic outcomes and outputs agreed with British Council. A feature of this work is the demand for responsiveness and flexibility, since Sudan suffers from ongoing flooding and conflict, meaning plans need to change regularly, yet sticking to the main outcomes of the work. The programme is also developing a new partnership with Unesco as a unique model of safeguarding intangible heritage in active war zones.