2022 has been a fantastic year work wise, with continued working from home and an increased return to being in real life. My focus has moved to solely supporting early career individuals, or those looking at making career changes at a later stage, into the museum and gallery sector workforce, especially those individuals who are under-represented in some way.

I have continued to work with Freelands Foundation (setting up their first traineeship), Art on the Underground (supporting on their secondment programme), Tate (evaluating the Tate Collective Producers Mentoring Programme), The Photographers’ Gallery (evaluating the sixth year of their DEVELOP Programme) and the Foundling Museum (evaluating their traineeships for care-experienced young adults), along with a new client - the Wellcome Collection - for whom I worked on a piece of Youth & Early Careers Research along with another freelancer, Rachel Craddock.

In addition, I have been mentoring for University of the Arts London (UAL) and involved in a number of seminars, including chairing a panel discussion for the Museum Futures Summit hosted online by the British Museum and presenting at the launch of the engage journal 46: Generation Z & the Future of Creative Work for which I wrote an article on ‘What next? Supporting on progression routes for young people within the museum and gallery workforce’.

Looking ahead to 2023, I will be continuing with my regular clients, as well as starting to work with the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), and coaching on Arts Emergency’s ten week pilot coaching programme.

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas & here’s to 2023!