Planning what gets done
Shaping priorities, keeping projects moving, and making sure plans fit the actual time, budget, and people available.
Cited is shaped by real community-sector work. Since March 2025, alongside search and AI support, I have been the Managing Director of Sheffield City Opportunities CIC, helping run projects in breaking, hip-hop culture, mural art, and youth development across Sheffield.
This page exists so the community work sits in the open, rather than as a vague line in a bio. It explains the role, the kind of work involved, and why it matters for the organisations that come to Cited for help.
Sheffield City Opportunities CIC launched in March 2025 as a community interest company creating accessible opportunities through culture, movement, and youth development. My role covers the operational and strategic work that keeps those opportunities moving: planning, admin, funding support, communications, and digital visibility.
That work sits on top of earlier Sheffield experience through Carousel from 2017, Sheffield City Breakers from 2019, and Sheffield Active Opportunities from 2020. It is one reason the search and AI support here is so focused on practical priorities, realistic delivery, and what small teams can actually maintain.
This is not just a governance line on paper. The work spans the practical tasks that keep a grassroots organisation functioning, growing, and visible.
Shaping priorities, keeping projects moving, and making sure plans fit the actual time, budget, and people available.
Supporting admin, bid writing, and the operational detail that sits behind community delivery, partnerships, and growth.
Website support, SEO, digital promotion, and planning systems that help the organisation communicate clearly and reach the right people.
The community-sector work behind Cited did not begin with SCOCIC. It runs through Sheffield business-sector involvement, bid writing, culture work, and training across the city, which is part of why the work here stays grounded in local experience.
Early involvement with The BiG Young Entrepreneurs Club in Sheffield, later including junior board responsibilities and visible participation at events.
Work as a director, successful EU bid writer, and media trainer from 2017, helping people from underprivileged backgrounds build radio and media production skills for employment.
Work with Sheffield City Breakers from 2019 onwards, supporting the breaking community before the 2025 rebrand to Industrial Elements.
Bid-writing work through Sheffield Active Opportunities from 2020, supporting opportunities, projects, and funding work in Sheffield.
Leadership of Sheffield City Opportunities CIC from March 2025, with Industrial Elements sitting under the CIC following the 2025 rebrand from Sheffield City Breakers.
The official SCOCIC work spans culture, movement, place, and youth engagement. These are not abstract brand exercises. They are community projects that need delivery, communication, and visibility support.
Community and culture work connected to breaking, hip-hop practice, and accessible opportunities for participation and development, following the 2025 rebrand from Sheffield City Breakers.
Place-based mural and public art work that supports visibility, local identity, and cultural activity in Sheffield.
Admin, communications, partnerships, promotion, and digital support that help the public-facing work actually happen and stay sustainable.
This is the difference between knowing the language of support and actually living it. Community work changes how you think about priorities, trust, and what useful help looks like.
When Cited works with a charity, CIC, or grassroots team, the recommendations are shaped around real limits: limited time, funding pressure, multiple stakeholders, and uneven internal capacity.
Running community work teaches that good strategy is not enough on its own. Plans need to survive handovers, volunteer gaps, reporting demands, and the realities of daily delivery.
Cited exists for organisations that need practical SEO, AI workflow help, and clearer planning without the usual consultancy distance. The SCOCIC work is part of why that approach stays grounded.