Welcome!

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I’m Faye, a passionate Public and Community Engagement Consultant with a diverse range of experience working with universities and charities across health, heritage and environmental topics and projects!

I love bringing people together in equitable spaces to make change in their own community. Whether through workshop facilitation, pubilc consultations, events or strategy development.

I put people at the heart of what I do, ensuring personal motivations and goals are intertwined in project delivery whether this be on a small 1-2-1 basis, or for large complex organisations in the Higher Education sector.

Find out more about projects I am working on, events I am running and services I provide here:

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What people say about me

  • Faye's professional excellence has been transformative for me. She has made me a better academic, and the quality and credibility of my funded research programmes have improved considerably because of her leadership. A recent funder review commended our work, noting that “the level of Patient and Public Involvement is excellent… well‑embedded and having a positive impact on those involved.” This reflects Faye’s skill, commitment and thoughtful approach. She brings together diverse communities across sectors, facilitates inclusive and impactful collaboration, and demonstrates exceptional leadership, creativity and communication. Her work consistently strengthens research, centres lived experience and delivers real societal impact.

    Professor Emma Wolverson, Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory

  • "At every stage of the process, Faye has consistently shown unwavering commitment to not only the smooth running of the project, but crucially, a dedicated approach to ensure our service users are fully included. Faye has gone to exceptional lengths to be fully inclusive and avoid stigmatising content which demonstrates not just her determination, but a keen sense of detail and awareness of the difficulties faced by people living with a blood-borne virus."

    Peer Support Scotland Team, Terrence Higgins Trust

  • "Faye is one of the most competent engagement professionals I know. Importantly for us, she is also a lovely person to work with. I (and the team at FoSho) are lucky enough to have been invited to work on a number of projects with Faye and this has provided me with the opportunity to see Faye work with a wide variety of individuals and organisations tackling complex and challenging subjects. Importantly, she is kind, thoughtful and incredibly capable, always striving to build on successes and solve challenges."

    Fynn Elkington, Managing Director of FoSho Studios

  • "In an almost 10 year career in Science Communication, I can count on one hand the number of people who are dedicated to creating true positive impact on audiences, colleagues and institutions. Faye is on that list. In the time we have worked together, it has been a true breath of fresh air to see her approach to people management, to community engagement, to ensuring that research is improved through public engagement and that public audiences benefit from academic research."

    Sam Langford, Creative Performer, Producer and Presenter

  • "Faye (and Sam) coordinated the delivery of the Orkney International Science Festival 2025 so well. They provided the stability and structure and calm atmosphere in which each person could focus on what they had to do in the knowledge that everything was in place. These are rare qualities and much appreciated. I am very keen to build up a long-term relationship between them both and Orkney".

    Howie Firth, Director of Orkney International Science Festival

  • Faye very successfully delivered a comprehensive and inclusive consultation exercise which gave us plenty of evidence of local community willingness to get involved in the delivery phase of the project. Froglife would highly recommend Faye, her friendly, calm, and efficient way of working is fantastic. We hope to be able to work with Faye again during the delivery phase of the project.

    Kathy Wormald, Chief Executive Officer, The Froglife Trust

  • “Engagement work takes many forms, and many people are skilled in different aspects of it. Faye stands out for being ‘the complete package.’ She has a deep and considered commitment to supporting and developing the people around her to produce effective teams. On all the occasions I have worked with her she has not only helped to deliver the plan I had in mind, but has shown how this could be used in ways that were wider, more impactful and more ambitious than I could have anticipated.”

    Professor Ed Hutchinson, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research

  • "Faye’s drive and determination, coupled with her knowledge of public engagement practice has led to two very fruitful funding applications. My interactions with Faye have always resulted in exciting developments and opportunities for public engagement and increasingly diverse ways to promote our work to an ever-increasing audience, in person and online including local and national media."

    Dr Ben Brennan, Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow

  • "In 2021, I undertook an internship supervised by Faye. Faye has an incredible capacity for building strong relationships with her colleagues. She is open and attentive, and actively seeks feedback and opportunities to grow. For this reason, Faye remains a key mentor of mine. She supported me in searching for a career outside of academia and helped me adapt my academic CV. Her support in applying for jobs helped me secure an incredible role that aligns exactly with my career goals"

    Dr Tia Salter, Senior Professional Development Officer, Royal Society of Biology

  • "More than the technical opportunities I was provided with, Faye has created an amazing atmosphere within the Engagement and Communications Team that allows us all to learn from one another and gain the most out of our work that we can. My time with Faye and her team has made me a more engaged and effective communicator, and has let me grow as a scientist, and I am very grateful to her and all of the extra work she put in to make the project an unforgettable experience.”

    Dr Sarah Walsh, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research