Tom Addiscott, MSc, PcET

Experience

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  Pizza Hut

  Jun 2008 - Jun 2011

  Waiter -Shift Manager

  Serving and greeting customers, customer service, cash handling, shift management, staff management. 3x employee of the month.

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  Cynon Valley Crime Prevention Association

  Jun 2011 - Jul 2014

  Schools Project Officer

  Working with NEETS and young people including challenging behaviour and special needs. Organising and delivering workshops and sessions, partnership working, liaising between police and schools, teaching, delivering OCN qualifications, project management, residential management, general admin duties.4x Employee of the month.

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  Menter iaith

  Aug 2014 - Feb 2016

  Youth Leader- Arweinydd Ieuenctid

  Developing and implementing Welsh language Youth Provision within Merthyr Tydfil. Organizing and facilitating activities for young people, establishing partnership, managing projects, budget and staff, monitoring and evaluating. Implementing and promoting the use of Welsh language across all youth services in the borough. Below is a documentary which I directed that contributed to a successful £272,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery fund. - 'The making of this film has contributed to a successful application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for £272,000 to fund the restoration of Theatr Soar's registered organ. The project will include 6 community projects that will raise awareness of Merthyr's Welsh Music history. Thank you to everyone that worked on the film for your contribution to raising funding for our project.' - Delyth Mclean. Show less

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  FX Networks (Fox) - The bastard Executioner

  Jul 2015 - Sept 2015

  Video assistant

  Duties include supporting the video and camera teams during the filming of the series The Bastard Executioner.

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  GLYNCOCH COMMUNITY REGENERATION LTD

  Feb 2016 - Dec 2017

  Community Development Officer - Glyncoch and Ynysybwl. Engaging, consulting and Co-producing with community members/young people, utilizing asset based approaches to successfully improve regional community infrastructure; this includes supporting the development of a successful 1.2 million funding application. Other duties include; supporting and managing Volunteers, identifying and developing funding streams, writing successful funding bids, implementing and developing youth provisions in local areas, staff, project and budget management, monitoring and evaluating developing strong strategical partnerships and developing innovative practices. Show less

  • Community Development Officer

    Nov 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Youth Empowerment Officer

    Feb 2016 - Nov 2016
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  YNYSYBWL REGENERATION PARTNERSHIP

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  Lead enterprise and community development Officer

  Empowering, co-producing, co-designing with community groups, community members and young people to create more sustainable opportunities, services, businesses and assets. Key duties include; Supporting and facilitating the development of more sustainable local services.Income generation-developing/writing funding applications, consultancy services for orgs.Project, budget, staff and volunteer management. Facilitation of training and workshops- including digital/financial inclusion, consultations, design.Wider partnership and collorative working.Monitoring and evaluation. Show less

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  Trivallis

  Jan 2019 - Oct 2019

  Customer involvement officer

  Embedding tenant involvement, asset based and co-production principles throughout the organisation. Supporting and empowering Tenants to impact upon board decision making.

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  Cwmpas

  Oct 2019 - Jul 2022

  Social Business Advisor/project manager

  Supporting citizens and community groups to develop social business’. This includes business planning, governance reviews, developing legal structure, registering business, advice and guidance on developing funding and commercialisation strategies and developing policies.

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  Down to Zero

  Jul 2022 - now

  Project Manager

  Down to Zero - is a carbon reduction and sequestration project that engages local communities in tackling climate change. It consists of leading Cynon Taf housing’s baseline carbon analysis with subsequent reduction recommendations and involving local communities in carbon capture through land management, growing nutritious food, developing biochar and providing opportunities in the outdoors for local people.