About

Richard is a producer, researcher, and writer based in Birmingham. He currently has two roles: Operations Manager and Producer with Friction Arts and Research Assistant with the Young Poets' Stories project at Nottingham Trent University and with University of Exeter. 

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Richard has produced projects in the arts since 2016: Journey to Justice: Nottingham (2017; AHRC), Movements (2018; AHRC), Young City of Literature Ambassadors (2019-2020; Arts Council England), MyVoice Creative Writing Competition (2019-2020, Arts Council England, Nottingham Hospital Charity), Letters of Solidarity (2020; Arts Council England), Culture Club (2021; Birmingham City Council, Near Neighbours). Richard contributes to arts projects in numerous ways: he was a consultant for Journey to Justice's Economic (In)justice project (2020-), and he evaluated Nottingham CAN's I Come From project (2021).

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Richard is also a researcher and writer. He is a research assistant at Nottingham Trent University and with University of Exeter on the Young Poets' Stories project (2020-). He has a PhD in English (2019), and currently, he works in education and youth studies research. He is co-writing an academic essay with Dr Frances Howard about Nottingham CAN's 2020-2021 poetry project due in 2022. His academic research and practice as a producer informs my evidence-based approach to arts work with young people. His first published work appeared in To A New Dawn (2021), a creative piece about connection during the pandemic. He is an experienced copywriter, producing online content for his work as a producer, and is the main copywriter for OTIUM Candles.