Jerrel Jackson
Creative Academies Network Chief Executive Officer / Arts Council England Clore Fellow
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Creative and Cultural Superhero from the Midlands (UK). Jerrel is the recipient of the Arts Council England Fellowship 2016/2017 through the Clore Leadership Programme (Clore Fellow). He has over 12 years of experience developing community-led services and is the founding CEO of Creative Academies Network a multi-layered educational charity for Children and Young People (www.twitter.com/CAcademies). Over the past 18th months Jerrel has been able to embrace the international ecology as a global leader through his interaction with wider Europe, Asia, India, America. Jerrel is currently being mentored and coached by some of the UK's top industry experts and holds the British Council Arts (UK) - Visiting Research Fellow with Creative Economy/Creative Industries Hub.
Jerrel's core interests are:
- Community Development and Regeneration
- Cultural Education
- Creative Industries/Creative Economy
- Cultural Diversity
- Collaborative Leadership / Change makers
- Change Models
I am happy to talk about anything. Ps Interesting fact I am named after superman's father "Jor El", so being a superhero has been part of my DNA.