Grace

Former Open University lecturer, British Museum facilitator, award-winning storyteller, writer, editor, TalentEd GCSE English tutor, Libraries campaigner, and activist, I founded Writing, Acting and Publishing Project for Youngsters (WAPPY) in 2008 (www.wappy.uk); it won theYoung Ealing Foundation Mindfulness & Well Being award in 2022 for its `Lockdown Life ` online offering during the Covid 19 pandemic. Published in twenty-four collections, I co-edited, The Soul of a Child, with Maureen Roberts, (2011), and Mame Nwia-Amah, by Esther Ackah, with Eric Huntley (2015), and edited WAPPY’s Arts Council-funded anthology, ‘Wonderful World of WAPPY’ (2018). I recently contributed a back-cover commentary for Seema Gill’s Lockdown Poetry, September 2020. Committed to Black History 365 and Black Lives Matter I’ve developed several Black Heritage projects and digital content for schools and heritage sites including my Marcus Garvey-inspired ‘Unpacking That Trunk’, ‘The Story of Fela Sowande’, and ‘Passing the Time on the Windrush’.(2013-2021). In May 2022 I was elected as Councillor for Walpole ward in Ealing and served one year as consort to Cllr Histesh Tailor, then Deputy Mayor of Ealing.

I have been teaching a range of subjects for more than 30 years including A Level & GCSE Sociology and English (KS1,2,3 & 4). In recent years I have tutoring English GCSE line.

Willing to travel: 5 miles

Experience: Elected councillor for Walpole ward in London borough of Ealing

Private Tutoring 06/05/17 to date GCSE Year 10/11, a Year 5 KS2 (English) & A Level
Sociology/KS5

Reed Education Recruitment Agency Exam Invigilator /Cover Tutor
05/16 – 06/19 & March 2023

Gordon Yates Recruitment Agency Exam Invigilator (GSM University/BBP University)
08/17 – 04/19

TalentEd English Tutor/Mentor /Part Time
14/03/2016 to date (including online tuition 2020-2023, Teaching English to Year
7, 8, 9, 10 & 11

Akuba Artist/Facilitator/Writer/Researcher
Self-Employed 23/10/04 - Present


The British Museum (BM) Workshop Facilitator/Commissioned Artist
23/09/05 - Present (part-time) Furloughed from 03/20 - 05/21


WAPPY Project Manager & Creative Director
20/04/08 - Present


The Open University Associate Lecturer in Media Studies Master’s
Research Methods Supervisor
6/01/97 - 20/02/05

Hammersmith & Lecturer in Special Needs
West London College 10/90 - 04/91


Ealing Tertiary College ‘A` Level (GCE) Sociology Tutor (part-time)
10/88 - 06/95


Lambeth Social Services Generic Social Worker
10/10/88 - 28/08/89

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