Jo is one of the UK’s leading voices in inclusion and diversity, particularly in terms of representation of the 20% of the UK population who have a disability. Jo works in arts & culture at strategic levels with national agencies and on the ground with organisations and individuals embedding the belief that diversity adds texture not task. Jo is Director of Unlimited, the world’s largest commissions programme for disabled artists, working not just to fund disabled artists to create new artistic work but to get it seen, discussed and embedded within the cultural fabric of the UK. Jo leads on the delivery of the programme and is responsible for the impact the work has both at home and abroad. She also works as an artist, advocate, activist and has won both Cosmopolitan’s Woman of Achievement Award and her village’s cup for making jam. She is on the Northern Advisory Panel for Arts Council England, and is a Clore Fellow.
