I am very pleased to have been invited to continue working as a freelancer on the DEVELOP Programme at The Photographers’ Gallery in year 2 - from April onwards. My role is to evaluate, advise & make recommendations on this Programme for 14-24 year olds preparing for a career in the photography industry.

For year 1 evaluation has included focus groups, feedback forms with demographics, baseline assessment, collecting vox pops and tracking individual participants. This is to make sure that DEVELOP is reaching the correct demographic - young people at economic, social or educational disadvantage - as well as asking questions to check against the Programme’s three key aims:

Do you feel that DEVELOP has increased your perception of your own future in the photography industry? How?

Do you feel that DEVELOP has led to a gain in new knowledge and skills related to obtaining a career in the photography industry? How?

Do you leave DEVELOP sessions with the intention of applying these new knowledge and skills? What have you done?

I’m looking forward to discussing the recommendations from year 1 with the DEVELOP team before moving forward with plans for year 2.

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