Our
Governance
Our Board of Directors provide the strategic leadership and oversight that shapes our mission and ensures we stay accountable to our values.
As a social enterprise, Changing Relations’ purpose is to respond to community needs and achieve social impact. Our Managing Director and Non-Executive Directors meet regularly to share expertise and shape organisational development, with a commitment to ensuring our approach stays true to our values. We govern equally, supporting one another to implement our mission.
The quality of our work is further supported by project-specific steering groups, created to draw on the relevant expertise of specialist partner organisations, academic researchers, policymakers and commissioners, alongside those with lived experience of the issues we are addressing. We engage in a range of networks to ensure we stay up to date with different dimensions of our work.
The Board
Lisa is a trained teacher who brings 25+ years’ experience in designing engaging and impactful learning opportunities for young people and professionals. Lisa founded Changing Relations in 2013 to channel the arts as a powerful engagement tool to transform the way people think about gender stereotypes and relationship behaviours.
Lisa Davis
Managing Director
Lisa is a trained teacher who brings 25+ years’ experience in designing engaging and impactful learning opportunities for young people and professionals. Lisa founded Changing Relations in 2013 to channel the arts as a powerful engagement tool to transform the way people think about gender stereotypes and relationship behaviours.
Alix is a freelance curator, consultant and producer working within contemporary visual arts. She combines specialist understanding of modern and contemporary arts practice and collections, with an expertise in developing projects, exhibitions and participatory art programmes, building partnerships with artists, communities, and organisations. She is a passionate feminist and advocate for women’s rights.
Alix Collingwood
Non-Executive Director
Alix is a freelance curator, consultant and producer working within contemporary visual arts. She combines specialist understanding of modern and contemporary arts practice and collections, with an expertise in developing projects, exhibitions and participatory art programmes, building partnerships with artists, communities, and organisations. She is a passionate feminist and advocate for women’s rights.
Billie is passionate about working with projects and people that help individuals and communities to thrive. She oversees Communications and Fundraising in her role with region-wide charity Children North East, shaping income generation and awareness-raising projects. She is currently undertaking an apprenticeship in Operational Management and Leadership with Newcastle University.
Billie Jenkins
Board Associate
Billie is passionate about working with projects and people that help individuals and communities to thrive. She oversees Communications and Fundraising in her role with region-wide charity Children North East, shaping income generation and awareness-raising projects. She is currently undertaking an apprenticeship in Operational Management and Leadership with Newcastle University.
Dale is an arts professional with experience across museums & galleries, finance and youth engagement. She works with creative businesses accessing investment & also supports young people in museum based projects. She is passionate about widening access to the arts.
Dale Glenister
Non-Exective Director
Dale is an arts professional with experience across museums & galleries, finance and youth engagement. She works with creative businesses accessing investment & also supports young people in museum based projects. She is passionate about widening access to the arts.
Michelle is a visual artist who established Seaham’s Shoreside Arts Trail and co-designed artworks for the National Trust’s people’s landscape project. She is also founder at Creative Youth Opportunities, a CIC based in East Durham, which offers creative workshops, projects, events and opportunities for children and young people. She has collaborated with Changing Relations on numerous projects over the years.
Michelle Harland
Board Associate
Michelle is a visual artist who established Seaham’s Shoreside Arts Trail and co-designed artworks for the National Trust’s people’s landscape project. She is also founder at Creative Youth Opportunities, a CIC based in East Durham, which offers creative workshops, projects, events and opportunities for children and young people. She has collaborated with Changing Relations on numerous projects over the years.
Kim’s background is in knowledge mobilisation, communications, project / programme management, violence prevention research, statistics and information, and events and stakeholder engagement. She currently works at City St George’s University of London in the Violence and Society Centre as the Knowledge Exchange Manager.
Kimberly Cullen
Non-Executive Director
Kim’s background is in knowledge mobilisation, communications, project / programme management, violence prevention research, statistics and information, and events and stakeholder engagement. She currently works at City St George’s University of London in the Violence and Society Centre as the Knowledge Exchange Manager.
Kausiki is a mixed-methods researcher & photographer based at Newcastle University. Her work focuses on gender-based violence and intersectional inequalities across public health, sociology & criminal justice. She believes in the potential of creative methods to drive real-world impact.
Dr. Kausiki Sarma
Non-Exective Director
Kausiki is a mixed-methods researcher & photographer based at Newcastle University. Her work focuses on gender-based violence and intersectional inequalities across public health, sociology & criminal justice. She believes in the potential of creative methods to drive real-world impact.
Our wider team
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