The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) editorial team asked me to work for them during the busy lead up to 2023’s Future of Britain conference and beyond. The conference outlined a new era for governance using technology and innovation. Labour leader Keir Starmer delivered the keynote speech and other speakers included food campaigner Jamie Oliver and Khan Academy founder Sal Khan. The day was hosted by broadcasters Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel and included an address by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Insight articles on policy recommendations and reforms were produced in advance of the conference. I edited and proofed many articles on TBI's strategic themes, such as tech, climate, energy and proposals for NHS, education and police reform. Examples include: Fit for the Future: A Fair Deal to Tackle Obesity in Britain (foreword by Jamie Oliver), Ten Actions Countries Should Take to Create a Digital-Identity Ecosystem and Rebuilding Trust and Delivering Safer Communities: A Plan for Reforming UK Policing.

Something that all businesses need right now, a practical guide to successfully implementing traceability in supply chains. I was hired by TrusTrace to proofread and copyedit its traceability roadmap.

TrusTrace uses software to help the world’s leading retail brands trace their products and materials from suppliers to consumers – using data to know, prove and improve the impact of their value chains.

Global tech recruitment company Nash Squared calls upon my copyediting and proofreading services for its key strategic reports, such as the digital leadership report, now celebrating its 25th year.

I was over the moon when asked by the National Youth Agency to come onboard as copyeditor as it updated guides and polices to reflect new changes to the Education Act. I helped different authors as they prepared statutory duty guidance, safeguarding standards, youth work practice standards, the national youth curriculum and a toolkit on how to run a youth club.

Let’s hope this and the next government increases its support for the youth sector!

The shocking truth about privileged Britain.

I was commissioned by Byline Books to proofread a collection of articles by investigative journalist Sam Bright, which chronicles the misuse of public money. Sam spent over a decade tracking how some government leaders have swopped public service for self-service.

I urge you to read Bullingdon Club Britain, now already on its second print run – the revelations are a political timebomb.

Another welcome commission on an issue close to my heart – inequalities.

The team at the International Inequalities Institute (III), part of the London School of Economics, engaged my copyediting support on its complex annual report. The III is a centre for rigorous research into the nature, causes and consequences of the multiple inequalities afflicting our world today.

The Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity brings together the world’s leading researchers, policymakers, activists and practitioners who are working to defeat systemic inequality. I copyedited a huge piece of research looking into South Africa’s post-Covid-19 labour market, with a specific focus on four types of worker: a sex worker, taxi driver, a domestic worker and an Uber driver. The report outlines how labour law and policy can and should change to better protect people.

Working through an agency, I provided a heavy copyedit on a guidance note for the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security – part of the government’s commitment to reduce gender-based violence. The guidance outlines the government’s strategy to integrate a gender perspective into its work to build security and stability internationally, protect the human rights of women and girls, and promote their participation in conflict prevention and resolution.

A lovely surprise hit my inbox when I was asked to be the copyeditor and subeditor for a newly launched magazine called Fifty Four mag.

The mag exists to unearth, preserve, share and celebrate the inherent individuality which exists across Africa’s diverse 54 countries – the stories and experiences that often don’t make the news.

Fifty Four mag is driven by 36 talented creatives from across Africa, the diaspora and friends from around the world.

I also write articles for the mag and manage the company’s LinkedIn account.

It was a privilege to help copyedit this complex report for the coalition of NGOs Citizens for Financial Justice (including Christian Aid, Debt Observatory in Globalisation, Society for International Development and Stamp Out Poverty).

The report outlines the global health and climate emergencies in the context of the age of financialisation and outlines a post-Covid-19 future.