United Kingdom
My background is in community engagement, social enterprise and the third sector more broadly, having spent 7 years working with Gorgie City Farm a year of which I was project manager of the site. The time here was hugely important to my professional and personal development, having the opportunity to start projects, develop educational programmes and test ideas all while supporting vulnerable members of the community. My key successes from this time were in launching a food bank during the pandemic in 2020. Almost entirely run on donations from the community and volunteer support, to date the service has provided in excess of 3000+ food parcels to families in Edinburgh and the Lothians. I also developed several outdoor education programmes, which again were crucial during lockdown for keeping children and young people engaged with their community. With further experience in recruitment, copywriting, marketing, fundraising, financial monitoring, and events planning – I like to think of myself as a creative problem solver when it comes to the unforeseen challenges that can be faced in any project. I joined Bright Red Triangle at Edinburgh Napier Univeristy in 2022, with the aim of supporting people to be more entrepreneurial. At BRT we had a strong commitment to our values, and believe in promoting accessible, inclusive and responsible entrepreneurship. My role was multi-faceted, varying across procurement, data analysis, reporting, social media, content creation, internal and external engagement, programme delivery, events delivery and much more. In my time I was also been able to collaborate on exciting initiatives with the Start for Future Network, the Connect-ed Network, as well as other industry partners. Outside of BRT, I have worked on a number of projects collating, reading and editing written and visual content for different literary magazines and more recently for a Scottish literary award. I've also had success in submitting my own writing for publication. In 2024 I was pleased to be a judge for the Bread & Roses Book Award. As of 2025, I have Prince2 qualifications in both Project Management Foundation and Practitioner. In 2025, I joined Geovation Scotland as Startup Community Engagement Manager, supporting land, property and location technology startups in Scotland.