GEM Freelance Network

Members are listed alphabetically by English region or country ("area"), and then alphabetically by surname or business name.

Many freelancers and consultants work across the UK and not just in the area in which they live.

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Digging the Past
    
   

East Midlands  Educator; Development and delivery of resources, teacher’s packs and workshops for schools and heritage sites. From KS1 upwards, specialising in Archaeology and History. 

Boston Guildhall & Haven Art Gallery
Developed & delivered educational workshops (Tudors and WW11). Facilitated Art workshops connected with touring exhibitions

Ayscoughfee Hall Museum & Gardens/ Linkage Trust
Created & del’d resource & w/shop based on Archaeology with students from Linkage Trust to give basic understanding of archaeology prior to site visit

The Museum of Nottingham Life
Aided in dev. & delivery of w/shops & supporting materials to establish a concurrent half-term event (based on Anglo-Saxon period)

Digging the Past
101 Skellingthorpe Road
LINCOLN
Lincolnshire
LN6 7QU


Tel : 07534 024 438
Fax: 
Mob:
janine@diggingthepast.co.uk

Dante Ferrara
    
   

East Midlands  Costumed presentations of Tudor music on ten instruments (for schools) and demonstrations for museum theme days. 

Grantham Museum
Series of schools presentations linked to Tudor studies.

WAG Screen Poductions, Lincoln
Recording of period music for film on The Luttrell Psalter.

Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
Series of short lecture-recitals to celebrate 400th anniversary of Bess of Hardwick.

Dante Ferrara
2 St Giles Avenue
LINCOLN
Lincolnshire
LN2 4PE


Tel : 01522 512 753
Fax: 
Mob:
dante.f@btinternet.com
www.danteferrara.co.uk

Focused Learning
    
   

East Midlands  Writing and development of educational resources; audience development, interpretation and education plans and strategies; reviews and policy development for heritage and environmental organisations. 

Natural History Museum
Redeveloping educational resources for formal learning including gallery guides.

English Nature
Writing and developing the 'Nature for Schools' website containing over 100 learning activities.

Eastside Oral History Archive
Preparing an audience development plan for Eastside Community Heritage.

Focused Learning
Glebe House
Ashby Road
TICKNALL
Derbyshire
DE73 7JJ

Tel : 01322 862 975
Fax: 01332 862 993
Mob: 07970 444 607
allanrandall@btinternet.com
www.focusedlearning.co.uk

Claire Adler
    
   

East of England  Project managing cultural heritage and education projects.
Working with non-traditional audiences, including immigrants and young people.
Developing education sessions and teachers packs. 

REM / Ayscoughfee Hall Museum
Developed and delivered very successful migrant worker and indiginous people project through pyramid consultation process.

Hackney Museum
Developed the new Hackney Museum and specifically designed and delivered the accompanying education service for primary school to ESOL students.

Heritage Lottery Fund
Expert advisor for HLF on applications that include education and interpretation. Recent applications from museums, NT houses and archives.

Claire Adler
268 Cherry Hinton Road
CAMBRIDGE
Cambridgeshire
CB1 7AU


Tel : 01223 411 555
Fax: 
Mob: 07970 671 965
claireadler@btinternet.com

Sarah Baylis
    
   

East of England  developing & writing scripts for audioguides, trails, exhibition text & other interpretive & educational material 

National Portrait Gallery, London
scripting an interactive PDA based Family Trail around the gallery - part of the new Family Learning Strategy to encourage social and learning

The National Trust
writing an audioguided tour of Lyveden New Bield, nr. Peterborough (an unfinished Elizabethan Lodge and Pleasure Gardens)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
scripting a web-based downloadable tour of the RAF memorial at Runnymede

Sarah Baylis
11 Owlstone Road
CAMBRIDGE
Cambridgeshire
CB3 9JH


Tel : 01223 526 575
Fax: 
Mob:
sarah.baylis@ntlworld.com

Helen Close
    
   

East of England  Project management; particularly adult learning and 11-16 year olds funding applications,
Research (historical, archival or market), evaluation, casual teaching/workshops 

Luton Museums Service
Organising 'End of Term Extravaganza' on the history of medicine.

Bishopsgate Institute
Devising adult education session on family & local history.

Bedfordshire and Luton Learning Partnership
'Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities' project evaluation and report.

Helen Close
32 Stanford Road
Southhill
BIGGLESWADE
Bedfordshire
SG18 9HX

Tel : 01462 815 748
Fax: 
Mob: 07721 008 153
h.close@virgin.net

Wobine de Sitter
    
   

East of England  educational resourses related to biology/science/environment
hands-on exhibits 

Te Manawa & Massey University, N Z
(student project): - Research and development of an exhibition on plastic
- hands-on exhibit about plastic recycling.

Wolters Noordhoff, The Netherlands
Development of educational resources for the biology curriculum ?????

Waddenvereniging, The Netherlands
Development and promotion of lesson series; part of the multi media youth project 'Expedition Esjberg'.

Wobine de Sitter
64 Hartington Grove
CAMBRIDGE
Cambridgeshire
CB1 7UB


Tel : 01223 413 090
Fax: 
Mob:
wobine@hotmail.com

Claire Driver
    
   

East of England  Museum and archive education; Developing resources and delivering sessions for schools and families; Hands-on workshops for all ages, including early years. 

Sevenoaks Museum
Development and delivery of workshop exploring local historical figure using archive documents and drama.

Brent Museum and Archive
Planned and delivered INSET on using museum and archive collections to teach citizenship.

Kew Bridge Steam Museum
Consultation on and development of family activities.

Claire Driver






Tel :
Fax: 
Mob: 07708 287 216
claire@clairedriver.co.uk

History On The Move
    
   

East of England  Specialism:Consultants, facilitators, teachers, interpreting historic topics & sites, with tailor-made workshops, artefacts, resource packs. Clients:-historic sites, museums, schools & societies. 

London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
Healthy eating In WWII (PCT/Valence House Museum). Research information/resources, provide taught sessions for schools & INSET.

London Borough of Redbridge
Research teachers' information & themed activities to inform proposed Education Days at Valentines Mansion.

Eastbury Manor House, Barking
Prepare / write Education Policy Document as evidence for HLF bid. Devise / run themed family workshops.

History On The Move
7 Guildford Road
Seven Kings
ILFORD
Essex
IG3 9YB

Tel : 020 8597 6861
Fax: 
Mob: 07752 201 086
patelliott21@yahoo.co.uk

Susie Hodge
    
   

East of England  Writing books, articles and educational resources and guides (e.g. resource packs, exhibition text and web content) and running author/artist workshops 

Museum of London:
Web resources, including Medieval Art and Architecture, William the Conqueror and the Domesday Book.

V&A Museum:
A range of web resources and booklets, including 'Drawing in Museums,' exhibition leaflets and family trails.

Royal Academy:
Exhibition booklet for teachers and students, outlining exhibitions for one year with related projects to suit each Key Stage.

Susie Hodge
48 Westbourne Grove
WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA
Essex
SS0 9TQ


Tel : 01702 344 117
Fax: 
Mob: 07890 430869
susiehodge@hotmail.com
www.susiehodge.co.uk

Monica Askay: Cook & Food Historian
    
   

East of England  Food Historian and cook. Cookery demonstrations with tastings / food activities. Multiperiod. Apples and orchards, seasonal fruit and vegetables, hedgerow foods. 

Imperial War Museum, Duxford
Women and Children at War. Display, demonstrations and tastings. Emphasis on priority and welfare foods.

The National Trust, Sutton House, Hackney
The Story of Chocolate". Display, demonstrations, tasting and discussion. Recipes of different periods.

English Heritage, Audley End House
Walled Garden Apple Day. Display / demonstrations / tastings / discussion. Apples from Walled Garden and local orchards.

Monica Askay: Cook & Food Historian
The Haven, 2 Haddenham Road
Wilburton
ELY
Cambridgeshire
CB6 3RG

Tel : 01353 749 092
Fax: 
Mob: 07778 102 088
info@monica_askay.co.uk
www.monica_askay.co.uk

Nicola Power
    
   

East of England  Community development in museums through audience research, consultation and outreach work. Also evaluations and funding applications Particular experience of working with hard to reach audiences. 

Renaissance East Midlands
Evaluation of an outreach project with migrant workers at Ayscoughfee Hall Museum, Lincolnshire.

Bolton Museum Service
Feasibility study for a learning centre at Hall-i'-the-Wood site as part of an HLF bid.

National Museums Liverpool
Evaluation of three-year DCMS Commissioning Project engaging refugees and asylum seekers in Liverpool, Leicester, Sunderland and Salford.

Nicola Power
117 King's Avenue
Chorlton
ELY
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4QW

Tel : 07821 683 130
Fax: 
Mob:
npower2@msn.com

Storyline Designs (formerly Past Imagined)
    
   

East of England  Training in visitor communication skills and interpretive storytelling for 'front line' staff. Formal learning programmes. Interpretation planning. Writing/design of interpretive media. 

English Heritage
Delivery of over 400 on-site learning sessions for schools at 12 sites nationally

English Heritage
On-going training for staff and learning volunteers in delivering engaging children's presentations and tours

Ashmolean Museum.
Inset for 50 teachers in teaching history through story

Storyline Designs (formerly Past Imagined)
Valley Cottage
70 Northrepps Road
CROMER
Norfolk
NR27 0JS

Tel : 01263 519 582
Fax: 
Mob: 07796 753 770
stewart@storylinedesigns.co.uk
www.storylinedesigns.co.uk

Gilly Vose
    
   

East of England  Creation of learning resources and activities; community based projects and exhibitions; Family audiences, Under 5's , Young people, Oral history projects. 

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Uni of Cambs
Creating story loan boxes and activities for Under 5's working in partnership with nursery schools

Cambridgeshire Museums Advisory Partnership
Finding and recording interviewees for regional reminiscence project, editing and uploading audio etc. to website

Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon
Devising and creating contents for family activity cabinet, writing text for children's guides

Gilly Vose






Tel :
Fax: 
Mob:
gillyvose@hotmail.com

Lesley Walker
    
   

East of England  Heritage learning, interpretation and audience development for archives, museums and historic sites - site-based, outreach and online learning resources for all audiences 

MLA East of England
'Thomas Clarkson & Abolition' archive project - regional sources for online DB, workshops for KS2-3 teachers /pupils, dev/eval web learning resources

HLF
Expert adviser and project monitor - Learning and Access - recent projects have included archives, museums and heritage sites

Cambridgeshire County Council
Loan box project with 6 indep fenland museums - training workshops for volunteers & teachers, working together at each museum to dev /eval loan boxes.

Lesley Walker
116 Castle Street
WOODBRIDGE
Suffolk
IP12 1HL


Tel : 01394 610 420
Fax: 01394 610 420
Mob: 07748 500 933
lesleywalker@mac.com

Artist/Educator/Illustrator
    
   

London  family-friendly illustrated maps, treasure hunts, and design of custom-made ‘art cart’ activities 

The National Trust
Illustrated maps, treasure hunts and art cart activities for several London properties

London Zoo
Giant hand-made illustrated book for the education outreach team to take into schools

Mall Galleries
Design and delivery of KS2 workshops – book making and illustration

Artist/Educator/Illustrator
The Old Sweet Shop
11 Brookwood Road
LONDON
SW18 5BL


Tel : 07814 705 226
Fax: 
Mob:
maxwellandmyrtle@yahoo.co.uk
www.janeporter.co.uk

Audience Focus
    
   

London  Exhibit, programme and web site evaluation; consultation for planning exhibits and programmes; training in outcome-based evaluation and evaluation / research methods. 

Science Museum
Front-end and formative evaluation for the new mixed media exhibition 'The Science of Survival'.

Victoria and Albert Museum
Front-end evaluation of the new Buddhist gallery

National Maritime Museum
Formative and summative evaluation of a digital handheld learning service, Atlantic Worlds gallery.

Audience Focus
117 Haverstock Hill
LONDON
NW3 4RS



Tel : 0207 449 2606
Fax: 
Mob: 07736 546 161
t.moussouri@ucl.ac.uk
www.audiencefocus.com

Martin Bazley
    
   

London  Website user testing. Development of learning projects involving use of ICT. Evaluation of online learning resources and other ICT based projects. Website design and maintenance. IT training. 

Manchester Art Gallery
Consulting on redevelopment of website, including web developer recruitment and user testing.

National Archives Moving Here
Project evaluation and design of interactives.

V&A and 9 other nationals
Assisting with preparation of webquests and creative user journeys.

Martin Bazley
15 Margin Drive
Wimbledon
LONDON
SW19 5HA


Tel :
Fax: 
Mob: 07803 580 727
martin@ict4learning.com
www.ict4learning.com

Nicky Boyd
    
   

London  Consultancy work in audience development, evaluation (museum, gallery & heritage learning projects, e-learning resources, exhibitions & interactive exhibits), interpretation & training. 

National Portrait Gallery
Evaluation of Hospital Schools Programme & development of toolkit.

LMA London
Part of small team developing & delivering a capacity building programme re audience development.

Ashmolean Museum
Consultation and evaluation project (including training) to inform the development of the Museum re-design.

Nicky Boyd
17 Lizban Street
Blackheath
LONDON
SE3 8SS


Tel : 020 8853 0110
Fax: 
Mob: 07759 393 779
info@nickyboyd.co.uk
www.nickyboyd.co.uk

Ruth M Briant
    
   

London  Teaching sessions; activities and events; written material for children and families. 

V&A Museum
A range of activity sheets for families, and supervisor on family and adult activities programme

Ragged School Museum
Rôle play teaching sessions for school groups

Museum of London
Object handling sessions for school groups and the public, including outreach work with special needs.

Ruth M Briant
3 Kennington Park Place
LONDON
SE11 4AS



Tel : 020 7735 7002
Fax: 
Mob: 07767 822 945
3kpp@fsmail.net