1. News release: 29 September 2014
Innovative programme aims to inspire the next generation of female creative leaders
The Legacy List, the independent charity for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, is aiming to inspire the next generation of female creative leaders through an innovative new coaching programme.
The programme, elle (Emerging Legacy Leaders East), takes 13 women at the very outset of their careers based in east London’s cultural organisations including Bow Arts Trust, East London Dance, V&A Museum of Childhood and the William Morris Gallery (see Notes to Editors for full list of participants).
Forming the first ever network of elle associates, they will undertake an intensive seven month coaching programme devised by executive coaching specialists Leaders Lab and supported by Birkbeck, University of London, to develop a range of disciplines from building confidence and increasing assertiveness, to creating effective relationships with team members.
The associates will have opportunities to learn from inspirational experts in the creative sector, including Hilary Carty, an independent coach specialising in leadership development who previously headed up the Cultural Leadership Programme; Brenda Emmanus, BBC London’s Arts and Entertainment Correspondent; Vikki Heywood, Chair of the RSA; and Helen Marriage, Director of Artichoke, a creative company staging ambitious events in the public realm.
Claire Gevaux, Head of Creative Programmes, The Legacy List explained: “East London has long been a landscape in which powerful women have raised their voices, from the matchgirls strike in 1888 to Sylvia Pankhurst’s east London Federation of Suffragettes. We wanted to foster this spark and individuality in the next generation, to ensure that women from east London have the relevant skills to become the next generation of arts leaders, and make their mark on the capital. We’re

2. really excited to see what happens when these amazing women come together. The potential is enormous.”
Notes to Editors
elle (Emerging Legacy Leaders East)
elle is a creative leadership programme for women from east London, developed by The Legacy List and supported by Leaders Lab and Birkbeck, University of London. The pilot programme launches on 29 September 2014, and consists of a 7 month programme of workshops, networking sessions and mentoring delivered by a high profile range of ‘elle Experts’ from the cultural sector. A collective of ‘elle Pioneers’ is sponsoring the network, incorporating influential women from across London committed to supporting the next generation of female talent.
13 women from east London’s creative organisations have been selected to take part in the pilot programme as elle associates. They are:
Newham
Asma Hussain, Development Officer, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Chi-Zeng Nim, Marketing and Communications Officer, Stratford Circus
Natalia Barua, Company Coordinator, East London Dance
Sonia Lampkin, Project Coordinator, Urban Development
Julia Cameron, Marketing Officer, Discover Children’s Story Centre
Tower Hamlets
Cat Gray, General Manager, The Yard Theatre
Coby Walsh, Gallery Coordinator, Stour Space
Kathryn Newman, Education Projects Manager, Bow Arts
Rachel Chambers, Personal Assistant, V&A Museum of Childhood
Rhiannon Wilkins, Programme Coordinator, Rich Mix
Hackney
Hannah Barton, Communications Manager and PA, SPACE
Sarah Jenkins, Freelance Project Coordinator, elle
Waltham Forest
Leanne Earle-Reid, Visitor Support Assistant, William Morris Gallery

3. The Legacy List The Legacy List is the independent charity for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, set up in 2011 to support the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Their mission is to ensure the long term benefit of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and build brighter creative futures for the communities that live and work there. They develop, commission and support high quality art, education and skill building initiatives to engage, educate and inspire current and future generations. The charity's founding partners were the London Legacy Development Corporation and the Mayor of London. www.thelegacylist.org.uk
London’s newest visitor destination, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, is a place unlike any other. Visitors to the Park are able to enjoy beautiful parklands and waterways, world-famous sporting venues, arts and events and spectacular views from the ArcelorMittal Orbit. As a new heart for east London, the Park will also provide new homes, jobs and a cultural and education quarter.
The London Legacy Development Corporation promotes and delivers physical, social, economic and environmental regeneration in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the surrounding area, in particular by maximising the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
For more information visit QueenElizabethOlympicPark.co.uk, follow us on Twitter @noordinarypark and like us on Facebook facebook.com/QueenElizabethOlympicPark
For more information please contact: Sophie Woodward, Communications Consultant for The Legacy List SophieWoodward@thelegacylist.org.uk 020 3288 1467 / 07739 584 293