My dancer’s perspective brings a new way of looking at policies and systems and during my PhD I leaned into this to complete two consultancy projects for County Durham Sport (now merged with RISE).

The first was a review of 16 Durham County Council policies across areas such as planning, recreation and leisure, and travel, applying a systems approach and considering overlapping opportunities to improve policy around physical activity and the environment.

The second was more in-depth and hands-on, evaluating the effectiveness of Active Schools – a physical activity intervention that was being introduced in several schools by Gethin Mon Thomas. In this I used multiple creative methods with the children, alongside observations, and interviews with teachers to compile a detailed report with recommendations. These informed subsequent years of the project, not only in County Durham, but in other areas in which it was being introduced.

I am available for similar contracts.