UP Projects has an expert team of strategic thinkers, curators, producers, educators and project managers, who work to deliver our diverse programme. Our work is also supported by our Board of Trustees.
Board of Trustees

Thahmina Begum
she/her
Community Development Worker (Health for ALL, Leeds), Mixed Media Artist and Art Psychotherapist (HCPC,BAAT)

Kaia Charles
she/her
Senior Cultural Projects Manager (NOW Gallery and Greenwich Peninsula) at Knight Dragon Ltd
Critical Friends
UP Projects’ Critical Friends are a voluntary group of influential and trusted individuals who ask provocative questions, provide alternative perspectives, and offer guidance to the UP Projects Trustees and team on the organisation’s direction, curatorial vision, programme priorities, learning offer and approach to relevance and inclusion.
