Richard Ings has joined Time Won't Wait as an independent academic writer working with the company to provide consultancy and evaluation services on projects.

For over 25 years Richard has worked in the cultural sector as a funder, evaluator, researcher, writer, editor, teacher and consultant .  He has worked for a wide range of clients, including the national and regional offices of Arts Council England, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, The National Youth Agency, CapeUK, Youth Clubs UK, Artswork, the Isle of Wight Children’s Fund, Lewisham Education Arts Network, NESTA, Creative Partnerships London North and, in recent years, a growing number of producing arts companies, including Protein Dance, the Roundhouse, the Grassmarket Project, LIFT, People’s Palace Projects and, currently, the Folkestone Triennial (The Creative Foundation). 

Richard is an associate lecturer at the University of the Arts and is currently working with colleagues at Goldsmiths on establishing a research unit there to ‘evaluate arts evaluation’.

The common threads in much of this work are Richard’s interest in participatory practice in the arts, his involvement in evaluating, promoting and disseminating good practice and his belief that everyone – and especially young people – should have access to the risks and pleasures of high quality creative activity.

An example of his work can be found here