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Training and Qualifications

Commissions and exhibitions include 

Lancashire County Council Training and resource Unit, 1994; Documenting contemporary youth and community work with girls and Young women.

Blackburn Youth and Community Service (Bank Top Community Centre) 1994; Working with local women using photography to explore their feelings around employment issues.

Signposts Community Resource Centre Morecambe, 1995; Documenting the West End Arts Festival

The Lighthouse Resource Centre, Morecambe, 1996; Working with people on probation using photography to explore issues of culture

Lancaster City Council Leisure Services, 1992-1996; Photography taster workshops in Lancaster and Morecambe.

Behind the Lens, January – April 1995; Photography and Ceramics project culminating in an exhibition of colour and Black and White photographs and an on glaze painted tile panel entitled ‘Women’s impressions – Morecambe’s West End’.

Through the window, June – September 1995; A Photographic and Fabric project which culminated in the production of a multi media artwork using batik, appliqué, stencilling and raku ceramics.

Shop Windows, December 1995 – February 1996; A series of freestanding painted and photographic collaged panels, with the theme ‘The regeneration of Morecambe’ installed in the windows of vacant shop premises to brighten the street scene in the West End of Morecambe.

Sure Start multi agency support programme for families with children under five, 2001; Documenting the work of the project for an exhibition of photographs and a calendar.

‘This is Me’ girls work project for International Women’s Day, 2001; Exhibition at the Lancaster Maritime Museum of workshop photographs and Artist work in progress. Lancashire Youth Council, 2003; Recording youth participation drama residential for project and County Arts unit publicity.

St. Martins Business & Community Enterprise Unit: Connecting Communities Project:

2000 to 2004; Documenting the project including Eid Celebration events

2003; ‘Images of Muslim women’ multi media fashion show, photographs for a local exhibition and general publicity.

2004; Documenting Sharara Group visit to the House of Commons

2004; Documenting tall ship sailing trip

January 2004; C-Art Exhibition Central Lancaster High School

March – April 2004; Folly Members Exhibition, Folly Gallery Lancaster

March to May  2004; South Ribble Key Homeless Project. Recording the locations around Leyland, Lancashire where young people have slept rough. Photographs to be used for the projects  tenth anniversary publicity, exhibition and calendar.