These are all related to my advocacy and campaign work. To see more about my full-time career as a marketeer in professional services, you can connect with me on LinkedIn. I am really fortunate that my workplace celebrates my achievements and continues to support me in my work outside of my 9-5. My full-time job is completely separate to my advocacy work, and I really enjoy the role: it gives me a chance to be strategic, yet creative, and the people I work with are talented professionals who are a pleasure to work with. Anything mentioned on this blog or on my social channels reflect my views, and are not those of my employer.
Roles
- Director,Inclusive Minds Collective CIC
- Steering committee member ManchesterAbility
- Member of EDI Committee and Disability Mental Health and Neurodiversity lead, pro-manchester
- Northern England Network Member, Business Disability Forum
- AccessAble North West Champion
Awards and Accolades
Shaw Trust Power 100 List, 2018, 2019
University of Hull in partnership with Team GB ‘Extraordinary People’‘
Northern Power Women Future List, 2020
Business Live ‘Rising Star‘, 2020
Changemaker, Children’s Media Conference
Publications and media coverage
Journal of Gender Studies, “The hyper(in)visible fat woman: weight and gender discourse in contemporary society“
Journal of Gender Studies, “Brilliant imperfection: grappling with cure”
British Society for Literature and Science,
Clare Barker and Stuart Murray (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability
BBC Ouch! Podcast
HuffPost, Books hold a special place in my heart – I just wish they had a place for me
Able Magazine, “Shared Experiences and no longer feeling alone”
Able Magazine, “Bringing my whole, true self to work”
Scope, The chaotic mosaic that makes up my cerebral palsy diagnosis
Scope, It’s not a competition: why we need to stop comparing mental and physical illness
Scope, Pacing yourself at Christmas
AccessAble, 5 Things Councils Can Do To Make Areas More Accessible
AccessAble,Using AccessAble to take the stress out of going out
Disability Horizons, Call for access guides with AccessAble
University of Hull Alumni, Feature on Shaw Trust Power list
Bury Times, feature
Rochdale Online, feature
Oxford International Centre for Publishing, feature
Panels and workshops
pro-manchester, No offence, but…minding your language in the workplace
pro-manchester, Flexible working in the workplace
University of Hull, “Rewriting the Corporeal Other”
University of Hull, ‘Destination Inspiration‘
Reed Exhibitions, London Book Fair, Building Inclusivity in Publishing
Reed Exhibitions, London Book Fair, Diversity: where’s the issue?
Children’s Media Conference, Accessibility: what’s next?
Children’s Media Conference, Intentional inclusion in children’s books
