Fellowships
FRSA – Fellow of RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce)
FHEA – Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
LGSM – Licentiate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
ALCM – Associate of the London College of Music, University of West London
Editorial Advisory Board Membership
Cambridge Scholars Publishing – Cultural Sociology
Expert Reviewer
International Journal for Community Music (IJCM)
FQS: Qualitative Social Research
Music Education Research Journal (MERJ)
Journal of Mixed Methods Research
Education Action Research
Community, Work and Family and Qualitative Research
Journal of Cultural Sociology
Social Behaviour and Personality An International Journal
Palgrave Macmillan
External Examiner
The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies.
Directorships and Trusteeships
Director – MEaP (Making Education a Priority)
Chair of Board of Trustees – NRCSE (National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education) (2019 – 2021)
Committee Board Member – UN IDPAD Coalition UK (United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent Coalition UK)
Committee Board Member – International Coalition for People of African Descent (ICPAD)
Steering Group Member – Department for Education (DfE) Safeguarding Code of Practice for Out-of-School Settings (2019)
Steering Group Member – Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (GMHSCP) Memorandum of Understanding with Faith Groups (2016 – 2017)
Academic Creative Enterprise 