Specimen projects :

Local Government

• South Yorkshire Archive Partnership development - Rotherham, Sheffield, Barnsley and Doncaster. (with Emma Parsons)
• The Hold Ipswich, HLF appointed mentor
• Cornwall Council - Stage 2 HLF funding application review; Development of community archives quality scheme.
• Cheshire Archives and Local Studies - Facilitation, Service Vision development, Option Appraisal.
• Staffordshire County Council - Consultation, Service Vision Development, Project Development and Heritage Lottery Fund Application. (with Emma Parsons)
• Warwickshire County Council - Strategic planning support.
• Oldham Metropolitan Borough - Collections review & space planning for archive, local studies and museum (with Emma Chaplin)
• North West Sound Archive - Service review
• Cumbria Archives Service - Successful Project management  of a Stage 2 to HLF, including the writing of an Activity Plan and fundraising
• Lancashire Record Office – Review of service provision and Project planning for a capital Heritage Lottery Fund bid
• Manchester City Council & Partners - Activity plan and evaluation for Heritage Lottery Fund bid for Archives+ (with Emma Parsons and Jane Davies)
• Sandwell Archives – Space planning exercise
• Wolverhampton Archives – Collections  backlog audit

 Central Government

•  The National Archives - Creation of a range of guidance documents including: Managing off-site archival services; Deaccessioning and Disposal; Review of public programming and audience development (with Emma Parsons).
• The National Archives and partners – The development of a UK wide archives accreditation scheme, scoping and planning stages.
• Museums, Libraries and Archives Council – Various contracts including management of the national schools database, management of a CPD programme for education staff and advice to London archive services
• Support for the development of a project and funding bid to provide almost 60 archival traineeships across England and Scotland - Skills for the Future project.

 Business

• Tottenham Hotspur FC - Collections audit, options appraisal and delivery
• Debenhams plc – Collections audit and options appraisal 
• United Utilities - Collections audit and recommendations.
• Silverstone Heritage Limited - HLF Activity Planning (in partnership with Emma Parsons and Marge Ainsley)

University

• Oxford Brookes University - Collections assessment (with Emma Chaplin)
• Edinburgh University - Collections assessment and collections backlog appraisal (with Alex Cave)
• Leeds University - Activity planning for Stage 2 Heritage Lottery bid.(in partnership with Emma Parsons and Jane Davies)
• University of Huddersfield - Activity planning for Stage 2 Heritage Lottery bid (in partnership with Emma Parsons)
• University of Hertfordshire - Management planning for hybrid digital/paper archival collection and photographic collection.
• Jodrell Bank, University of Manchester - HLF Mentoring.

Charities

• The Pilgrim Trust - Review of National Cataloguing Grants Programme.
• Royal Voluntary Service - Archive review; Appraisal development; Options assessment
• Lady Ryder of Warsaw Trust - Archive Plan
• Martins House Childrens Hospice - Options appraisal

Cultural sector

• South London Gallery - Archive Development plan
• Rambert Dance Company - Facilitating the development of a HLF Activity plan (supported by Justine Reilly)

Sports sector

• The Hockey Museum/ Federation International Hockey - Feasibility study (with Justine Reilly)
• Silverstone Circuits Limited - Activity planning (with Emma Parsons & Marge Ainsley)
• Bradford Bulls Rugby Club – HLF appointed mentor
• Amateur Boxing Association – Options appraisal for archive collection

Private organisations

• Lord and Lady Derby, the Knowsley Collection - Assessing and listing a archive collection prior to transfer to a local archive service. (with Alex Cave)

Other relevant clients

• Archives for Yorkshire - Investigating ancestral tourism (with Emma Parsons)
• Association of Independent Museums and The National Archives - Writing guidance for Managing Archives in Museums (with Emma Chaplin)
• Heritage Lottery Fund – Expert adviser  since 2001, mentor and monitor since 2008. Reappointed to mentor role (now incorporating the expert adviser role)
• Everton Collection – Evaluation of HLF funded project and ongoing advice
• St Helens Archives – Evaluation of HLF funded project, "Open Doors"
• Bletchley Park Trust – Creation of a collections management plan for a successful £5million capital bid to HLF (associate role with Emma Chaplin & Heather Lomas)
• National Waterways Museum – Options appraisal, project planning and management for archive collections move
• Liverpool Academy of Arts – Archive adviser for HLF project
• Guildford Cathedral - Archive advice for Activity Planning