Nicola Benge - Project Manager

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Nicola Benge - Project Manager Nicola is a committed, professional Project Manager with extensive experience
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I am a professional project manager and producer, with extensive experience devising, facilitating and delivering cultural projects across sectors including educational, health, heritage and the arts. My work involves collaboration and design with partners to manage projects, activities and events for successful delivery. In these roles, I am confident, well-networked, and skilled in engaging creatively with development, fundraising, partnerships and products. I am accomplished in supporting and motivating organisations and groups through participation and outreach, whilst managing programmes to improve cultural heritage, engagement, and support social development. This involves developing and collating existing information and materials, whilst forming a strategy to encourage the celebration and promotion of arts and heritage and cultural quarters. A key aim is to create new events and themes to showcase this heritage with dynamic schemes to engage audiences. Through my work, I aim to encourage participation and outreach through projects involving reminiscence, oral history, and archive material to involve a wide range of communities in creative activities. I am successful in fulfilling outcomes through exhibitions, resources and events for national organisations and charities, using these skills and my enthusiasm and focus to inform my work as a producer and cultural projects manager.

Happy to have written a piece in this quarter's  Society Journal reflecting on   and clinical engagement in heritage pro...
07/10/2026

Happy to have written a piece in this quarter's Society Journal reflecting on and clinical engagement in heritage project management.

It includes a fetching photo of yours truly, and another equally fetching photo of Michael Umney and Sarah Lowry exploring recording options.

06/10/2026
I was pleased to deliver an Introduction to Oral History training British Library recently for  with the most delightful...
29/09/2026

I was pleased to deliver an Introduction to Oral History training British Library recently for with the most delightful group of eager and enthusiastic participants from across the globe.

We packed a lot in to one day, but it was such a joy to engage with each of the attendees, and to explore the disciplines of methodology and practice together.

OralHistorySociety

It's been a busy week this week including the role of heritage consultant with Foundation For Jewish HeritageThis involv...
27/09/2026

It's been a busy week this week including the role of heritage consultant with Foundation For Jewish Heritage

This involved time in with meetings and organising a tour of Middle Street Synagogue for Brighton & Hove Museums staff, and project artist in residence Katy Beinart, with synagogue archivist Michelle to explore ideas and future planning.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund are supporting this endeavour.

First day of autumn πŸ‚
23/09/2026

First day of autumn πŸ‚

My old mucker Rod died yesterday. Aged 87 he had a great innings.  I was lucky enough to know him for the last 20 years....
16/09/2026

My old mucker Rod died yesterday.

Aged 87 he had a great innings. I was lucky enough to know him for the last 20 years. But we packed a lot in to that time.

On paper it shouldn't have worked... he was a Sun reading, Tory voting ex soldier and I'm a leftie, feminist single mum, but we had a ball. We made each other laugh, and enjoyed each other's company and I'll really miss him.

I met him when working on the charity Royal Voluntary Service project in when starting out as a project coordinator, and whilst chatting to him unexpectedly in a charity shop, he said "it sounds fun as long as it doesn't matter that I'm a bloke"! The charity was set up in by and for women.

I didn't mind that if he didn't, and Rod became my unofficial aide de camp on a plethora of heritage projects over the years. We ended up accidentally going backwards round a stately home, shoving furniture into vans, singing songs on stage, buying each other silly gifts, and sharing funny anecdotes over the years. Thinking that his army barracks was haunted by a ghost... it turned out to be a seagull flying whilst trapped in a fish and chip wrapper.

He had a can do approach to life and was always up for giving something a try, accompanied by an infectious smile.

I last saw him in August just before his birthday in the nursing home he was receiving end of life care in. He was really tired but we looked over old photos in a book I'd made for him, and then on my way out, i tickled his toes and he guffawed. I gave his hand a big squeeze. I didn't know that would be the last time. I got covid just after so couldn't visit him after that for his own safety. But as final memories goes, that's a good way to remember him.

Here's to you Rodney Patterson. Rod, Pat, Sarge, Oi you! Miss you tons already. You were such a great mate. Thanks for the laughter πŸ’™

Magical after work dip at   beach yesterday with Frances Drummond A great opportunity to unwind and enjoy the cool water...
12/08/2026

Magical after work dip at beach yesterday with Frances Drummond

A great opportunity to unwind and enjoy the cool water πŸ’§ after a hot day.

I am loving this weather ❀️

I know that farmers and those of Saxon origin are not and I know it's complicated climate wise, but sustained warmth and free access to vitamin D are making me feel so much more happy and upbeat this summer in spite of life's little trials. I wish it could be like this all the time. 🌞

Thanks Green Gathering festival πŸ’š I had a blast! I almost didn't make it this year for various reasons but at the last m...
03/08/2026

Thanks Green Gathering festival πŸ’š I had a blast!

I almost didn't make it this year for various reasons but at the last minute it all worked out and it was such a good festival this summer. Thanks to the organisers for working so hard on it πŸŽͺ.

Lovely to meet up with friends, hear Heathens All 30 year reunion, dance into the night under a full moon πŸŒ• , chop a lot of veg in crew catering, fail to sleep, and be hugged pretty constantly throughout the weekend.

Thanks to Jon Seagrave for a moving eulogy to Tony Lucas at Triban stage, and for the opportunity to be part of a small utopia for a few days albeit with one lacking in ice 🧊 for my gin and tonics!

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