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

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

Freelance Museum Ed. & Research
    
   

East Midlands  Developing high quality hands-on workshops & resources for schools & families, specialising in science & natural history, graphics & design, museum education consultation & evaluation 

Northampton Museum & Art Gallery
The Science behind the Shoe: Research & development of school & family hands-on workshops & additional web & gallery resources

RCMG, Univeristy of Leicester
Working with RCMG on the evaluation report for the MLA project "Their Past Your Future", including qualitative analysis of vistor & museum feedback

Leicester Museums & Galleries
Producing a consultancy document on current theory & practice in museum education

Freelance Museum Ed. & Research






Tel :
Fax: 
Mob: 07759 858 587
elee@eleekirk.com
www.eleekirk.com

Tudor Music
    
   

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.

Tudor Music






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

Jane Allnutt
    
   

East of England  Writing and development of resources for Primary curriculum. Delivery of Science, History and Art based sessions to Primary school children and outreach projects. 

MLA East of England
Delivering Training in National Participation Database to museum staff throughout Essex.

Chelmsford Museum
Museum based & outreach teaching sessions to KS1&2. Under 5s sessions based on nursery rhymes. Holiday workshops linked to museum objects.

Kids in Museums
Research project for Family Ticket campaign, case studies & report.

Jane Allnutt
10 Ashtree Crescent
CHELMSFORD
Essex
CM1 2RP


Tel : 01245 359 865
Fax: 
Mob:
janeallnutt@btinternet.com

Sarah Baylis
    
   

East of England  Developing & writing scripts for audioguides, trails, exhibition text & other interpretive & educational material.Oral history projects with Gypsy, Roma & Traveller communties in East Anglia. 

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)

Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month
Co-ordinator for 'Our Big Fat Gypsy Festival' at Milton Country Park, Cambridge.

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

Oakmere Solutions Ltd
    
   

East of England  Project development and planning including: audience development, business and activity planning; learning and training development; evaluation planning, implementation and dissemination. 

Heritage Lottery Fund
Associate monitor, advisor and mentor for the people aspects of a wide range of HLF funded projects.

National Trust of Western Australia
Two consultancies: creating an education evaluation strategy; current work to establish methodologies to assess heritage value.

Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
External evaluation of five year volunteer training and development project focused on historic places of worship.

Oakmere Solutions Ltd






Tel : 01473 212 127
Fax: 
Mob: 07970 076 522
sharon@sharongoddard.co.uk
www.oakmeresolutions.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