I am an experienced professional in the fields of prison education, higher education and community development.
My work experience includes the following:
CURRENT ROLES
- I am a founder and Co-Director of Inside Out Support Wales / Cefnogaeth Tu Fewn Tu Fas Cymru, a new social enterprise for Wales, helping to reduce reoffending. My role with the organisation is as a Director, Education Mentor and Research Lead.
- I work for the South East Wales Reaching Wider partnership with the University of South Wales, as an Adult Learning Officer, facilitating outreach adult learning opportunities in Rhondda Cynon Taff and Merthyr Tydfil.
- With the EGIN programme I am a Facilitator for Rhondda Cynon Taff and Merthyr Tydfil supporting community groups to develop programmes tackling climate change.
PREVIOUS FREELANCE WORK
- Social Entreprise Academy Facilitor delivering numerous social enterprise programmes for Cwmpas.
- Wales representative with European partners with EPALE.
- Designed & delivered and online and inperson commercial training courses under the brand Licence to Learn, on criminal justice subjects and supporting clients for local authorities across South Wales.
- Criminal Justice trainer for Youth Cymru.
- Online career support through the creation and delivery of a student-centred personal development Stand Out programme for the NPTC Group of Colleges.
- ‘Issues and Innovations in Prison Health Research’ published by Palgrave Macmillan (2020), features a co-authored chapter with Professor Rosie Meek of Royal Holloway University titled ‘More Than Just a Game: The Impact of a Prison Football Team on Physical and Social Well-Being in a Welsh Prison‘.
- Blog posts published and post-release support for the Longford Trust.
- Blog posts on sport as a tool of engagement published by Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice.
PREVIOUS ROLES
- School of Hard Knocks as an Adult Facilitator for their South Wales programmes. Using sport, and especially rugby, as a tool of engagement and to help individuals to make meaningful changes in their lives.
- Media Academy Cymru as a Knife Crime Project Workshop Facilitator in schools across Cardiff and Bridgend at KS3 and KS4.
- The Meee Programme, as both a freelance Trainer and Development Worker in South Wales. I also designed and delivered two employability programmes in HMP Berwyn.
- Volunteer for Prisoners’ Education Trust’s Welsh Prisons Project, as a Research & Development volunteer, strengthening emerging pathways and pipelines, for prisoners in Wales to connect with educational institutions in their communities.
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