Committee Member of South Yorkshire Climate Alliance – SCA (2019-Present)

• This organisation works as a ""hub"" organisation allowing a structured approach to the challenges facing Sheffield in light of climate and offers a reasonable strategy for responding in an effective manner.

Housing Quality Network - HQN (2019-Present)

• Write articles on the implications of Climate Change on Social Housing and resilience strategies as well as presenting at their yearly conference.  In addition, I recently (17/06/20) chaired an On-line full day conference titled; ""Saving tomorrow today: Social landlords and climate change.""

Environment News Desk: Doncaster Free Press - JPI Media, London (2019-Present)

• I regularly offer advice and research on environmental issues with the ""Environmental Story lead reporter"" at DFP - Laura Andrew.
  
  

Committee Member of Sheffield Green City Partnership Board (2018-2023)

• This Sheffield City Council supported organisation is the body responsible for setting the pathway to the Zero Carbon Plan for Sheffield to be achieved by 2030.

""The ARC"" (2020) - Sheffield Hallam University - PR and Press Office (2015-Present)

• Director of ""The ARC"" (Adaptive & Resilience Committee), medial facing scientist and professionals based at SHU we regularly work with SHU press office on; local, national and global news organisations seeking advice and comments from experts on environmental issues assisted by Nicky Swire (Senior News and PR Officer).

Director - Solar Active-Energy Education Project (2002-Present)

• This charity uses education to promote the financial and social opportunities of renewable energy and energy conservation.  (www.pluggingintothesun.org)

Radio Sheffield: Regular Appearance Commenting on Environmental Issues (2000-Present) 

• This very popular regular ""slot"" (every 6-8 weeks) allowed me to put an ""environmental"" slant on the analysis of the weekend papers.

Media and Communications Training: The ARC Project

The ARC project builds on my personal media involvement over the last 20 years. It has become increasingly obvious that journalism and media in general is arguably in crisis with significant miss-truths, manipulation of data and vested interests being promoted in an “information-sphere” that as well as including “traditional” media outputs (radio, TV and Newspapers) the more informal online media platforms are very powerful in creating narratives.

This projects seeks to empower Staff and Students (through media and communication training) to engage more effectively in traditional media outputs but also engage effectively in online media platforms having Podcasts and Vlogs embedded in the training as well as developing confidence and the emotional resilience to engage with what is often an aggressive media “sphere” through “standard” and role play exercises as well as familiarity with the technology and techniques used by more informally trained journalists.

In addition to training in effective external media engagement, it is hoped that these skills will include an internal nature of data management of comms by staff and students so they will be able to employ media outputs more effectively. This will assist in the control of narratives in a positive way, that is both empowering personally but also improves the student voice and effective outreach and dissemination of academic work here in SHU.