Carol Taylor

I retired a few years ago from a job as deputy director of the National Institute for Adult Education, and since then have taken on several volunteering roles, the most time involved of which is to chair the Wirksworth Arts Festival!

My interest is community activism and community engagement, enabling people to have some control over their lives and what happens in their communities. My skills are in leadership and management, especially in the charitable sector. I love novels, and drama, because I love stories (I very often have to read novels twice because the first time I’m so interested in the story, then I go back and read it again for all the rest of it!). Storytelling takes you to other worlds, worlds where you can get lost, where you can experience fear, love, loss, exhilaration and so much more.