Erskine | About
We think differently, providing our unique creativity and perspective to your project; together turning opportunities into action.
Who does it?
Simon Campbell BSc
Simon is one of Erskine’s founding partners following a eclectic business career. He has a passion for the development of spaces, communities and their economies in truly sustainable way.
As the managing partner of Erskine he is an expert in community led regeneration, specifically developing visionary, expansive project concepts which cross all aspects of regeneration activity.
A recent panel member of Yorkshire Forwards Renaissance Market towns consultant panel, he is recognised as a leading expert in the marriage of environmental, social and economic rural / market town regeneration. He has recently worked as project director on Castles Woods & Water, a liveability based masterplan in Northumberland, alongside Sterling prize winning architect Christope Egret on the Jubilee Park masterplan in Lincolnshire, as an enabler for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment’s (CABE) GreenArc open space programme and project director for the West Lancashire Rural Economic study along with economist Terry Bevan.
Simon’s experience in branding and marketing ensures clear jargon free communication between parties and throughout all media. His infectious enthusiasm motivates clients, project teams and the wider community to produce truly exceptional work with long term value. He is a visiting lecturer at a number of Universities speaking on communication, entrepreneurialism and the Erskine concept of ‘beyond masterplanning’.
He has a long history of engaging children and young people in regeneration through exciting and fun events and media. He works closely with our sister company Erskine Design (a socially responsible web design company) to bring new media such as blogging and interactive web media into our projects.
A Young Enterprise advisor, part of the team of judges for Yomping the Nations 2007 he loves inspiring young people and recently presented a lecture on communication to a group of two hundred and fifty students in France. He was a member of a BBC panel hosted by Alan Yentob discussing the built environment which was broadcast on Radio 4 and was recently featured on Radio 5 live challenging a report on regeneration in cities.
Simon is one of Britain’s leading SCUBA divers and loves great local food. Take a look at his website.
Angela Campbell
Angela is a founder partner of Erskine and is responsible for play, children & young people and funding.
She has developed a deep expertise in the area of children and young people’s play, with specific attention to the very disadvantaged and disenfranchised. She is great with young people and when she has time, loves to work on the front line of our youth consultation projects. An excellent communicator, she is an expert in running formal and informal sessions to find out what young people really think.
In addition to play she has also been instrumental in writing multi-million pound winning bids to the Big Lottery by integrating the bids into play strategies developed by Erskine and client teams.
With a focus on developing programmes and strategies to educate and inform communities about regeneration projects and issues that affect them, Angela has a broad range of regeneration interests - she has a passion for niche local food and its impact upon the young. She is an amazing ideas person and regularly come up with the ‘BIG’ idea.
In her ‘spare time’ Angela is a voluntary business mentor for the Princes Trust and a Young Enterprise advisor.
Katie Hill BA Hons PGCHE
Katie joined Erskine in March 2007 to work with Angela Campbell on research and consultation with children and young people, and with Simon Campbell on regeneration and consultation for the built environment.
Katie is working with us alongside studying for her PhD on design and social participation, specifically looking at the emerging role of design and designers in participatory community projects and urban design. She is an expert on the role of design in regeneration and community development, and in using creative practices such as art, design and drama as a means of consulting with and building capacity within communities.
Having trained as a user centred industrial designer, and then worked as a researcher, she has developed excellent creative research skills. As an academic at Leeds Metropolitan University, she has played a key role in the creation of a new research centre, DesignLeeds, and is developing strategic links between the university, policy organisations, and private companies.
Having grown up in rural Lincolnshire with close family ties to farming, and having lived all her adult life in the heart of the city of Leeds, she has a strong connection to, and understanding of both rural and urban communities. She’s definitely a city girl now, but her roots in the country are strong, and she enjoys crossing the borders between the two, both professionally and personally.
Aside from working on anything with a social conscience, the more self-indulgent side of Katie sees her showing off with her swing band at local festivals, and making stuff. She can fix or make just about anything, so she’s handy to have around.
