Volunteering Experience

Project: Refugee Council

Role: Integration Advisor

Oct 2020 - Feb 2021

refugeecouncil.org.uk

My role was to support refugees in their first 6 months of gaining refugee status. I supported them with accessing housing, welfare, employment and education.

Project: Sleep Pod

Role: Production Support

March 2020

sleeppod.org.uk

I helped build the shelter units

Project: Discourse with professor Stephen Hawking

Role: Production Manager

July 2017 - Aug 2017

We hosted a day sparking debate on the future of the NHS. Panel discussions included key speakers in the field; Ayan Panja, GP and media star, Denis Campbell from the Guardian, and Philippa Whitford, breast cancer surgeon and SNP MP. With Professor Stephen Hawking closing the event with a 45 minute talk on his experiences and what the NHS meant to him.

Project: Bring Back The NHS

Role: Production Manager

April 2015 - May 2015

bringbackthenhs.org

Bring Back The NHS was a major pre-election event I managed and supported on a voluntary basis, in my spare time. It presented a programme of 25 celebrities, medical professionals and patients, hosted by Sir Ian McKellen, all delivering pre-election testimony on the state of the NHS.

I was responsible the marketing and ticket sales strategy which helped to fund the event. I produced the live event from artist liaison to giving technical cues. I also helped onboard the speakers, contacting celebrities, liaising with their management and convincing them to be a part of it. The entire event was organised, funded and sold out in three weeks.

Ian McKellen: "the NHS defines us as a nation"