Art Therapy from Fairgrounds to Digital Grounds

I currently volunteer for:

Different Strokes (Stroke charity) - Ambassador

Age UK - running a book club

Tandem (Befriending)

NHS - Culture liaison

NHS - interview panels

Sport in Mind - Support

Multiple Sclerosis - Support Worker

Trinity Learning - - visit Primary Schools

Oxford Recovery College - tutor

Horton Hospital - Hospital radio

Story Telling Museum - guide

43+ years experience teaching Economics, Business, Sociology, Politics and other subjects in schools, universities and other colleges - State and Private Sector. Appeared in 100+ films (including corporate training and fitness videos). 100+ books on Amazon. Featured by the BBC, Polish TV, The Times, The Telegraph and...The Sun.

Studied at:

· University of Oxford (Philosophy and Economics)

· Oxford Brookes (Teacher training)

· University of Glamorgan (Business and Economics)

Qualifications

· Professional qualifications at Masters level

· Business and Economics degree

· Examiner for four major examining boards, at ‘O’ and ‘A’ level.

· Three teaching diplomas plus CELTA

· Qualified fitness trainer

Key academic positions held:

· Principal Oxford School of Learning

· Director of Studies: St Joseph’s Hall, Oxford

· Head of Economics: Cherwell Tutors

· Head of Business and Economics: Pipers Corner School, Buckingham

Founder: Almost Random Theatre

Business and Economics background

Set up and ran Oxford Conferences and ran 50+ Business/Economics conferences at schools - all fees to charity

Amazon Business/Economics books include:

Titles include:

· Case studies for Business

· Time management for teachers

· Creativity techniques in Economics

· Drucker in Business Studies

· Creativity in Business

· Business calculations

· Further applications of de Bono

· Applying de Bono

· Philosophy Games

Taught students at the University of Oxford , Brookes University and schools in the state and independent sector

Principal of Oxford School of Learning for 15 years

Created OSL Training and trained Business, Psychology and Sociology teachers

Set up Marketing Education Services in the 1980s and sold cassette tape recordings of my lectures at the University of Oxford

Featured in The Times, The Telegraph, the BBC, ITV and Polish national television owing to the success of my teaching techniques and subsequent success of my students.

Ex-Buyer for a major car company

Psychology and Motivation background

Author of 100+ books on Amazon (mainly Business/Economics/Psychology) including:

· GCSE Psychology thru Mind Maps

· AS/A2 Psychology

· AS Psychology thru Mind Maps

· A2 Psychology thru Mind Maps

· Lifestyle Plan

· The Internet and Psychology

Through his own business OSL Training has run training courses for teachers of Psychology

Writer of several plays about death and appeared in films dealing with death

Theatre and Film Career

· 2012 - set up Almost Random Theatre.

· Since 2012 the theatre has delivered workshops in Scotland, Wales, Czech Republic and Poland as well as 15 schools in England.

· Chris has written/directed over 50 short and 3 one-Act plays that have subsequently been performed in London and Oxford.

· Scripts for three of his plays have been sold, via an Independent publisher, to schools in the UK.

· Course-creator/author of Coping with Old Age and Death - one person's perspective.

· He has also had plays put on - and performed in - Oxford and Brighton Fringes, London, Scotland and Wales.

· Chris has appeared in over 112 films.

Charity/Wellbeing work

· Ambassador for Heart UK

· Stoke Lead and member of Research panel for the Stroke Association

· Board member of Stroke Club UK

· Ambassador for  Different Strokes (charity)

· Member of PHC (Public Health Collaboration) UK

· Author of 6-volume Lifestyle Manual

· Author of other Lifestyle books on Amazon

· Originator of the Holman Protocol

Nothing in any of Chris's courses should be interpreted as linking to or representing any of the above stroke organisations.