With over 20 years of arts, culture and creative industries experience Adam is  available for Freelance work in the UK and beyond. With specialist knowledge of diversifying income, venue management, stakeholder relationships and artisitic project management and development. An empathetic and EDI driven leader who is passionate about the role arts, culture and the creative industries can play in changing lives for the better. Previous CEO of an ACE NPO, UK City of Culture Bid Director and charity trustee and chair.

Amy Dalton-Hardy is a Warwick-based Freelance Arts Consultant with over 18 years’ experience in the UK cultural sector, working nationally across strategy, engagement, organisational development and freelance support. With a reputation for insight-led consultancy and creative facilitation, Amy brings a values-driven and pragmatic approach to cross-sector collaboration, place-making, and neighbourhood-led regeneration.

Amy specialises in strategic consultancy, stakeholder engagement, public-facing cultural programmes, and research that supports more equitable and sustainable sector development. Her recent work includes leading a city-wide community consultation for Coventry University’s Cultural Gateway (the repurposing of the former IKEA building), co-designing future strategy through stakeholder insight and civic dialogue. She also delivered region-wide sector research for Culture Central, exploring cultural needs and opportunities across the West Midlands, and led extensive public consultation for Nottingham City Council to inform the strategic evolution of Nottingham Light Night as a major place-based cultural asset.

Amy is trusted by local authorities, universities, arts organisations, freelancers and cultural partnerships alike. Her portfolio spans grassroots to international contexts, including creative producing, public programme design, capacity building and governance support. As a consultant, she works across performing and outdoor arts, community engagement, and cultural infrastructure development — often supporting organisations to navigate change, build partnerships, and secure investment. She has helped clients raise over £4 million in public and charitable funding since 2020, including from UKSPF, Arts Council England, Arts Council Wales, British Council, and trusts and foundations.

Amy’s clients have included Coventry University, Culture Central, Motionhouse, Creative Black Country, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Impelo, and The Arches Worcester. She is also Co-Director of Propel Dance CIC, the UK’s only professional touring wheelchair dance company, and Chair of Gloucester Guildhall, an Arts Council England NPO.

Amy brings lived experience of working-class barriers to cultural access, which informs her commitment to inclusive practice and community-rooted delivery. She is a Chartered Manager (CMgr) with a Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Leadership & Management from the CMI, and trained in dance and circus at the University of Surrey and Trinity Laban.

From facilitating board away days and mentoring leadership teams, to designing action learning and developing business plans, Amy works across sectors to support places and people to thrive — especially where creativity can help shape a fairer, more connected future for local communities.

I’m a freelance marketing specialist dedicated to the UK’s arts and cultural sector. Through Spark Arts Marketing & Project Management I help theatres, galleries, museums, and festivals connect with audiences and bring creative work to life.

The arts have always been more than a profession for me – they’re a passion. Having worked inside cultural organisations, I understand the unique challenges and joys that come with promoting creativity. That insight shapes everything I do: I don’t just offer marketing support, I become part of your team as someone who gets what you do and why it matters.

Whether you need a trusted partner for a core marketing campaign or a one-off audience development project, I bring energy, empathy, and expertise to every project. My goal is simple: to help your work shine and your audience feel the spark too.