Youth Advisory Board

The Board helps shape and promote all youth activity, from selecting guest artists to recommending workshops and supporting emerging creatives, with paid roles built in throughout. They also advise us at key points of growth, challenge and change. Each meeting includes a short skills or inspiration session tied to live programme work.

They also have a small fund to develop their own ideas, whether that’s a project, upskilling opportunity, or inspirational visit.

This approach ensures young people influence real decisions, gain sector relevant experience, and cocreate a genuinely youth led programme rooted in lived experience.

Callum has been part of Gloucester Guildhall’s Young Programmer scheme for over 2 years and is excited to move to the next level.  

Callum has worked in the event industry for 10 years, organising and delivering events all over the country and has a lot of experience as a technician for sound, lighting and AV. He also has worked on several local short films doing filming and editing. Callum also produced his own film based around the heritage/ history of wheeled sports in Gloucester.

A skilled skater, Callum is the representative for Gloucester skatepark and is passionate about making a difference in the area. Callum has been running the Gloucester skatepark project for 3 years, organising summer programmes including competitions, workshops and fundraisers.  

Callum runs a community led organisation at Gloucester skatepark that will work closely with Gloucester City Council to improve the area and the livelihoods of people in Gloucester. Callum's goal is to create a skate shop/community hub which is run by the community. This hub will allow the community to run workshops, community projects and promote fundraising for the area. He also aims to make the hub as eco friendly as possible. 

Chloe is an emerging producer and programmer whose work spans film, live events, youth arts, and community focused creative projects. 

Chloe holds a BA (Hons) in Film Studies from the University of Worcester and has a strong interest in the arts.  

Currently part of the Box Office team at Gloucester Guildhall, she already works closely with the venue's programming and operations.  Alongside her Guildhall role, Chloe is a Youth Leader with CHISPA CIC, where she cocreated and produced a youth led sustainable fashion show as part of the Young Programmers initiative.  

Chloe brings several years of programming experience to the board, having contributed to festivals including Manchester International Women’s Film Festival, High Peak Independent Film Festival, and Last Frame Smartphone Film Festival.  

She is passionate about amplifying young voices, supporting inclusive artistic spaces, and helping shape events that reflect the diverse communities of Gloucester.  

Danielle Tipton is an  artist, photographer, and creative facilitator whose work sits at the intersection of fine art photography, poetry, and storytelling. Her practice is rooted in phototherapy and autobiographical exploration, using art as a way to process and transform lived experience. 

Drawing from a difficult childhood and the lasting impact of depression and anxiety, Danielle’s work explores themes of identity, resilience, and emotional survival. She describes her visual language as “classic tragedy” — creating pieces that are both beautiful and unsettling, where darkness and elegance exist side by side. 

Through photography, poetry, and performance, Danielle transforms deeply personal experiences into art that invites empathy and reflection. Her work seeks to create connection: allowing audiences to be drawn in by beauty while encouraging compassion for the vulnerability and pain that inspired it. 

Alongside her artistic practice, Danielle also works within communities, using creativity as a tool for healing, empowerment, and storytelling, particularly with young people and those who have experienced adversity. 

Davridge is passionate about supporting and representing the voices of young people in his community. Davridge has a genuine interest in creating positive opportunities and environments where young people feel heard, valued and empowered by the projects, events and innovations that he has been involved in and is still to do. 

As a member of the youth advisory group Davridge looks forward to contributing thoughtful ideas, representing diverse perspectives, and help shape initiatives that make a real difference for young people.

Javeisha is a women’s advocate and youth leader dedicated to creating safe, empowering spaces for women and young people. Drawing on her own lived experience, she founded TheSurviveHer, a growing platform supporting women healing from difficult experiences. Its motto, “In unity, we find our voice,” reflects her mission to help people reclaim confidence and identity. 

Javeisha has shared her insights through public speaking and school-based research, connecting directly with young people. A creative at heart, she uses music, poetry, and spoken word as tools for expression and healing. 

With over six years’ experience in social care and a Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification, she works in a trauma informed, person centred way. She mentors at The Music Works, is a youth leader at Chispa CIC, and co-leads women’s boxing programmes in Gloucester. 

Aspiring to become a trauma-informed life coach, Javeisha is committed to challenging barriers and offering the support she once needed. She has been part of the Gloucester Guildhall Young Programmers for nearly two years and champions youth voice through the Youth Advisory Board. 

Tia Callum is a Gloucester-born recording artist and Creative Director known for blending soulful vocals with house, dance, and drum & bass. She is an original member of Gloucester Guildhall’s Young Programmer scheme and can’t wait to get involved more closely in the venues decision making. 

Tia has performed at London Fashion Week, multiple UK Pride events, Boomtown Festival, Amsterdam Dance Event, and multiple radio stations, and has toured with Angie Brown and Blu James (Basement Jaxx). 

Her practice explores transformation, identity, and the psychology of wellbeing through music, performance, and storytelling. 

Alongside her music career, Tia leads community and cultural projects. She champions equity, intersectionality, mental health awareness, and tackling the systemic roots of homelessness. Currently developing a liveandwork community scheme with Nightstop. She runs TEDx Eastgate Street, produces work with Chispa CIO and Young Programmers, and led the Revive Couture fashion show.  

Tia has worked with Voices Gloucester and Hundred Heroines and is currently studying Popular Performance at BIMM University. Across all her creative and social impact work, she creates platforms that connect people and celebrates individuality, and community.