OURTEAM

Our Team

Rebekah Fozard
Creative Producer

Rebekah joined Hebden Bridge Arts as Creative Producer in January 2022, joining us Hebden Bridge Picture House where she was Manager for 9 years.

Rebekah has always been passionate about the arts. She worked at Harrogate Theatre and Harrogate International Festivals as a student and whilst studying law at University of Cambridge she ran St John's Picturehouse - a student run cinema screening new releases from 35mm.

In 2009 she moved to Hebden Bridge and studied for an MA in Culture, Creativity and Entrepreneurship at the University of Leeds. Leaving legal practice after 9 years, she became the Volunteer Coordinator and Development Assistant at Square Chapel Arts Centre in Halifax, and in 2011 joined the newly reformed Friends of the Picture House as Vice Chair.

She lives in Hebden Bridge with her partner and two sons and enjoys walks, watching theatre, live music and films, messing about with clay, making jewellery and photography.

Rachel Jones
Co-Chair

Rachel is an Occupational Therapist and Project Manager who has worked for visual and performing arts charities in London the North West focusing on health and inclusion for individuals and communities. She currently works for a local NHS mental health trust, supporting volunteers and developing a programme of volunteer-led therapeutic activities.

Over the years, Rachel has developed skills in co-creation, community engagement, project management, volunteer coordination and safeguarding. Earlier in her career Rachel undertook a Masters in Photographic Studies and Art.

Since moving to Hebden Bridge in 2018, she has felt at home within such a creative and cooperative community, spending her time life drawing, creating sculptural forms and roller skating. Rachel became Co-Chair of the board of trustees in October 2022.

Duncan Stuart
Trustee

Duncan has spent 15 years working in some of the UK’s most renowned and creative advertising agencies. He has helped to build brands from all manner of categories. In more recent years he has set-up his own brand and marketing consultancy business where he continues to help brands grow through strategic planning and creative communications.

His only stint away from being agency and consultancy side was as Head of Marketing with inclusive theatre company, Chickenshed.
Duncan moved to West Yorkshire in late 2020 and lives in Huddersfield with his family. As part of plugging into life across the region, he enjoys hosting a weekly radio show for Calderdale’s Phoenix FM.

Joëlle McNichol
Trustee

Joëlle is Director of Communications for a local multi-academy trust, helping schools to achieve strategic goals, build community, morale and culture and bring values to life. 
  
Joëlle has a broad and creative skill set, spanning strategy, video, web design, copywriting, graphic design, social media, PR, live events, and internal comms. This is paired with a deep insight into education and youth engagement - with experience as an art teacher, school governor and parent as well as work within the government education regulator and at a major youth charity before moving into school communications. 
  
A passionate advocate for the value of the arts within education and beyond, Joëlle believes access to quality arts experiences is a social justice issue. She has a degree in History of Art from Cambridge and loves the creative and cultural life of the Calder valley. 

Lisa Graham
Administrator & Volunteer Coordinator

Lisa started off as a volunteer with Hebden Bridge Arts in 2015 to meet people when she moved to the area. She was thrilled when the opportunity arose to get involved with a Staying Well project called Cafe Culture as a freelance Project Coordinator. After this, she jumped at the chance to work as an Assistant on the annual 9-day festival and relished gaining more experience in event organisation, volunteer coordination and social media marketing.

Since 2020 Lisa has been focussed on supporting the board and assisting the Project Manager on community projects.

She works as Administrator and Company Secretary, as well as managing marketing activity, assisting on projects and looking after the finances! Lisa is Hebden Bridge Arts' dedicated Volunteer Coordinator and is looking forward to working with volunteers across Calderdale to support the 2024 project, The Man Who Planted Trees.

Tom Snape
Co-Chair

Tom studied Fine Art at Carlisle University and established and ran an art space in Carlisle after graduation.

After moving to London, he taught himself web production and graphic design from online tutorials, beginning his career in heritage and branding design.

He has built beautiful campaigns for luxury travel company Belmond (formerly Orient-Express) and leading auction house Sotheby's, and Manchester menswear brand Private White VC.

Now a freelance creative and illustrator Tom is enjoying contributing as part of the HBAF Board, most recently undertaking the rebranding of the organisation to Hebden Bridge Arts, and became Co-Chair in September 2023.

Jessica Burroughs
Trustee

Jessica has performed at all the major concert venues in the UK and toured internationally as a classical cellist. She has played for big-screen motion pictures, worked with legendary pop/rock/soul stars, performed as a soloist at the Royal Albert Hall, London and been broadcast on many BBC, Electric and Educational Proms as well as Radio 3, Classic FM and recordings with Orchid Classics, Hyperion, Divine Art and Meridian Record labels.

Alongside current positions as cellist of the Roscoe Piano Trio, Ensemble Cyclamen and Section Leader of the Orchestra of Opera North, Jessica also has a passion for event programming and project planning, planning tours, concerts, commissions, submitting funding bids and programming and fixing sell-out concert series. Jessica was made Event Programmer for the charity, Awards for Young Musicians in 2021.

Hannah Kay
Trustee

Hannah is currently the Marketing and Social Media Coordinator at Burnley Youth Theatre where she delivers a strategic marketing and communications plan for the charity's five strands.

She has also worked as a freelance artist and graphic designer since graduating from Manchester School of Art’s Textiles in Practice BA (Hons) in 2018.

Alongside her own practice, she is part of a collective with Daisy James, making art under the name Lunchtime Practice.

Hannah has recently been chosen to be a part of a mentorship programme set up by Arts Marketing Association which teams young arts professionals with experienced mentors within the arts sector.