Associates
Alice Fuller (she/her)
Alice brings 10 years experience working in business development in the Arts & Culture sector, supporting the growth of creative organisations through audience development, logistics, lead generation, communications and marketing. She has worked with international agencies, festivals, theatre companies and arts venues.
"I believe the work of Changing Relations to be so valuable and relatable for all organisations. I love working with them to build an awareness of issues that will help to create a more sustainable future."
Allie Young (she/her)
Allie has a background in arts and event management, community engagement, and education. She has worked with various arts organisations in North East England and Scotland, alongside her role as Associate Lecturer at Newcastle University, researching gender relations and creative uses of space.
“The need for greater gender equality remains as urgent as ever, and arts and creativity are an incredible and effective way to work for change. As a vital organisation that brings these two passions of mine together I’m really excited to contribute to the work of Changing Relations.”
Ashlea Sanderson (she/her)
Ashlea Sanderson is an experienced actor, teacher, facilitator and Associate with Workie Ticket Theatre. She has worked extensively in theatre, radio and film, and as a Workie Ticket Associate, has performed, directed, produced and facilitated across works from Women Warriors, to Womxn Up?, Her Primal Scream, Savage Daughters, Magnolia Walls, All Men Can and Walk the Line. Ashlea has both a professional and personal drive to increase awareness and understanding of domestic abuse and is absolutely delighted to be supporting Changing Relations with their incredible work.
“The creative outputs and the booklets are such a significant achievement and I am truly honoured to be trusted with the material.”
Bridie Jackson (she/her)
Bridie is a musician and experienced facilitator, having worked for many organisations including Jack Drum Arts and New Writing North. Whether leading a mixed ability choir of 70+ singers, facilitating creative workshops or teaching song writing in a school setting, she aims to bring an ethos of inclusivity, joy and collaboration to her work.
“I passionately believe in the power art has to create spaces for developing understanding and to sensitively grapple with challenging topics and I believe Changing Relations are pioneers in this space.”
Cath Easton (she/her)
Cath is a former Detective Constable who has worked with victims of domestic abuse and designed and delivered domestic abuse training to colleagues in the police service, partner agencies and the voluntary sector. Cath recently completed an M.Sc. in Forensic Psychology and is an academic tutor at Sunderland and Northumbria Universities.
“I believe we can all play a part in stopping domestic abuse by understanding its many facets and empowering people to support victims. It’s a pleasure to deliver the training created by Changing Relations as it enables discussion, debate and understanding to grow.”
Jayne Johnson (she/her)
Jayne is a Professional Visual Artist who has developed her practice since leaving University in 2006. With over 10 years’ experience teaching many artforms in school education and the Adult Community Sector, Jayne is now a Director of a Community Arts Organisation, specialising in traditional textile skills. Crafts are a wonderful way to help support wellbeing, raise confidence, and re-engage people into their community.
“Working in the community, I encounter people who are affected by the barriers and issues that Changing Relations CIC are challenging. I am inspired by the innovative ways Changing Relations works with artists and creates such powerful engaging content that I am passionate and proud to deliver. I believe the work that I do for Changing Relations enriches me as a person but also the services and support I can provide”
JoJo Kirtley (she/her)
A writer, producer, facilitator and founder of Workie Ticket Theatre CIC, JoJo creates social impact through theatre. Her work has been performed at The Lowry, The Exchange North Shields, LiveTheatre and the 24:7 Theatre Festival.
With project management and producing experience in the arts, education and charity sector, JoJo specialises in working with survivors of abuse. She is most passionate about developing work within communities to raise awareness of issues that affect women. JoJo is a qualified and experienced teacher who is:
“really looking forward to working with Changing Relations C.I.C. and raising awareness of domestic abuse.”
Kate Gorman (she/her)
Kate has worked in the creative and VCSE sector for the last nine years (having previously been an accountant) both as an artist and providing business support to freelancers and micro/small organisations.
She has been involved with Changing Relations since its early days supporting business development, bid writing and evaluation.
“I really value the overarching vision of Changing Relations of using the arts to transform people’s relationship behaviours and gender stereotypes to make the world a better place to live in. Whatever I work on with Changing Relations I always feel that I am learning new things, seeing new perspectives, broadening my thinking – and that is an exciting environment to be in.”
Megan Watson (she/her)
Megan Watson is a visual artist and graphic designer with a background in fine art and critical and speculative design. Inspired by cyberculture theories, such as posthumanism and glitch feminism, she creates sci-fi worlds that reflect the otherworldly parts of life on earth. In her artistic practice, Megan combines traditional mediums such as painting with virtual reality and animation.
As a graphic designer, Megan is inspired by collaborating on projects that advocate for a more sustainable and equal future.
"Working with Changing Relations as an associate artist is an amazing privilege; the opportunity to create educational and impactful resources for audiences across the UK is something I'm very proud of."
Michelle Harland
Michelle is founder director, manager and artist at Creative Youth Opportunities CIC. She co-directs CreativePop CIC and works as a freelance community artist. She is also an academic tutor at the University of Sunderland, working in the faculty of education and society.
Michelle is a qualified and experienced teacher, youth and community worker and artist with a proven track record in the fields of youth work, community development, community arts, events management, training and children and young people's participation, who has worked for local authorities, charities and in the voluntary sector.
Children's rights, young people's voice and highlighting social issues using creativity has been contrail to her work for many years.
“I have been working with Changing Relations since 2018. I love working with the material they produce and how their artistic output really engages people in important conversations. It has been a pleasure so far and I look forward to what comes in the future.”
Sarah Stamp (she/her)
Sarah is a visual artist working in museums, galleries and on creative projects, exploring ideas, encouraging people to be creative, working in partnership with others and planning and organising projects. As an artist she works with a range of materials and methods, including sculpture, collage, print, textiles and creative writing, often working on socially engaged projects.
“I'm delighted to be working with Changing Relations as I'm passionate about gender equality and I feel they work to address issues if gender equality both directly and indirectly through wider work they do around domestic violence and relationship issues. I'm also really excited about using creativity to explore these issues.”
Sheryl Jenkins (she/her)
Sheryl is a freelance animator combining traditional animation techniques, including drawn, cut-out, and stop motion animation, with digital technology whose practice includes arts independent animated work, development of educational resources, community projects, commercial film work, and moving image content for theatre and television.
“Collaborating with Changing Relations has given me the opportunity to explore how animation can be used to address issues around gender and relationships in a way that is easy for people of all ages to engage with. Using animation to interpret sensitive subjects and personal stories can be a delicate balance to ensure the visuals don’t overshadow or trivialise. It is great to be involved with such knowledgeable and creative teams who see the importance in addressing subjects which are often overlooked.”
Violet Owen (she/her)
Violet is a Freelance Designer who uses a mixed media approach to her designs - combining traditional illustration, textiles and collage with digital image manipulation and digital illustration. Violet is also a PhD Researcher at Lancaster University. Her research focuses on using Creative Evaluation to help establish the impacts of Social Innovations. She has also worked in Education for the past decade, teaching Design and Art in secondary, further and higher education institutions.
“I’m really interested in engaging in design work that produces positive outcomes for society. I jumped at the chance to work with Changing Relations, as I really believe in their mission. It’s a privilege to be part of a team working towards creating a more equitable world.”