Meet the ChalleNGe Team
Cathy Mahmood - ChalleNGe Manager
Cathy Mahmood - ChalleNGe Manager
Cathy Mahmood - ChalleNGe Manager
Cathy has been working in the arts for over 20 years in a variety of arts management roles. As General Manager of New Perspectives Theatre Company; Arts Policy Manager for NHS Notts; running a Children in Need arts programme in Sneinton to working for The Creative Quarter; and as Creative Nottingham North Coordinator with Rebalancing the Outer Estates Foundation; she connects people, funding and projects to deliver more arts opportunities in schools and communities.
Cathy has been with ChalleNGe since March 2019.
Ash Balu - Marketing & Comms Lead
Cathy Mahmood - ChalleNGe Manager
Cathy Mahmood - ChalleNGe Manager
Ash has worked in the creative industries since 2010. Although his background is in music journalism, his love for live music eventually led him to event management. Over the last 10 years, he and his friends successfully promoted over 30 gigs at Nottingham venues.
For the last five years, Ash has co-managed Sirkus Studios at Canning Circus Creative Hub where he works as a record producer and audio engineer.
Outside of work, Ash enjoys boxing, cooking and his local pub, The Dragon.
You can contact Ash about all things marketing and comms by emailing him at:
Nottingham's Youth Cultural Partnership
CONNECTING NOTTS - Youth Voice - 16-25yr olds
Members of Connecting Notts represent a range of artform interests and arts organisations in the city. They meet monthly to organise activities and events and champion the ChalleNGe vision within their work, studies and individual networks.
Visit their website www.connectingnotts.co.uk to find out more and connect with them.
