Founder / Creative Director

Liz

Even though it’s still so new, I feel as if the concept of The Patch has been part of my life for many, many years now.  Academically I have collected a number of degrees, MAs and professional training over the last 25 years, and worked in a wide variety of settings from the HR department of a City corporation, developing creative education plans for looked after children in residential care, designing community theatre for ATG theatre group, and working with the education sector to support teachers to bring creativity back into their classrooms (and to open their classrooms to the concept of outside learning).   

But as I reflect back on all of this, I realise that at the heart of all of these experiences was my desire to connect with others, to play and use creativity for good and powerful things, to go on adventures and take people to places that they didn’t think possible.  My personal experiences have shown me that life is too short for regrets, and I have had the pleasure of meeting some amazing characters on my journey so far, (some of whom are still standing beside me on this adventure today) who have given me the courage to have a go, dream big and not only think outside the box, but climb right out of it too, and spend the day playing under the wide open sky...