Daniel McCormick

National Youth Advisory Group (NYAAG)
UK

Daniel McCormick is a youth worker and community artist working within West Dunbartonshire. He has been a driving force behind youth arts within his local community for the past five years and played an integral role in setting up and shaping #FreshCreations a youth arts hub, set up through Time To Shine Scotland’s national youth arts strategy. He is a founding member of the National Youth Arts Advisory Group (NYAAG) and has been working with the group over the last four years.

His work has seen him travel all over the UK and beyond advocating the co-design and youth-led approaches when working with young people and how to meaningfully engage young people in the decision-making processes. His work has gained both local and national recognition having been awarded the Lord Provost Arts and Cultural champions award in 2015 and with #FreshCreations being awarded the Time To Shine Arts and Creativity award in 2017. He is currently working on establishing a new creative project for local young people within West Dunbartonshire.

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Joining as a Trustee is Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies and Assistant Principal for Religion and Society at the University of Edinburgh. She is known internationally as a public intellectual and is a regular commentator in the media.

Dan Mulhall will be joining the board as a Trustee. Dan is a retired Irish diplomat, academic and published author. He is the current Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge and is a consultant with the global law firm DLA Piper.

Also joining as a Trustee is Professor Gayle McPherson, Professor of Events and Cultural Policy and Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport and Events at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). She is also a member of the European Cultural Parliament.

Joining us as a Trustee is Stephen Gethins, Professor of International Affairs at the University of St Andrews. Prior to that, Stephen was MP for North East Fife, the SNP International affairs spokesperson and was twice selected to sit on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

Joining in the role of Chair is Shonaig Macpherson CBE, an experienced Chair and non-executive director used to working at the most senior levels of government, private, public and third sectors.

If you're interested in attending Edinburgh International Culture Summit 2022 as media, interviews with contributors and ministers, or photo opportunities, please contact Susie Gray at susie@thecornershoppr.com or 07834 073795.

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