July 8, 2025
Today I drove out to the Northumberland National Park. The route there never fails to remind me that this is England’s most rural county: through farms and narrow roads lined […]
June 24, 2025
A little while ago a client asked me to trial using ChatGPT to produce a grant request and then let them know whether I thought it was good enough to […]
June 23, 2025
Today I had the pleasure of visiting the Norham Flower Festival – an absolutely stunning floral display put together by members of the community at St Cuthbert’s Church Norham to […]
May 13, 2025
A few years ago I worked with the Bamburgh Bones project, which was hosted by Northumberland Coast National Landscape, working with Bamburgh Heritage Trust and St Aidan’s Church, and funded […]
May 7, 2025
Sometimes projects take several years in development and this is one of those! I have been supporting this partnership since 2019 and, in that time, it has grown in size, […]
March 14, 2025
I thought it would be helpful to share some thoughts on turning work down. I never like saying no to a prospective client or project and I find that I […]
March 1, 2025
Just wrapping up a successful project and reflecting on what makes success… I have been working with a new partnership for a few months, putting together an evaluation framework for […]
February 12, 2025
I am starting a new project evaluation with the Newcastle’s Nature Networks project. Today I met with partners from Urban Green Newcastle, The Ouseburn Trust, Ouseburn Farm, Northumbria University and […]
January 3, 2025
2024 was… well… busy! Here’s a taste of some of the projects I was working on last year and what is coming up in 2025… I started the year wrapping […]