After an early start in rugby and engineering, Adrian trained in theatre and dance and performed throughout this country and in Europe. He was one of the founders of Heads Together in 1986 and is currently Creative Director. His own creative work is currently focused in film and radio.

Adrian is an excellent teacher; focusing on using creativity in a range of situations - from work with socially excluded young people to senior managers in business settings. He is responsible for the creative direction of all of Heads Together's work - designing projects and managing the creative teams. 

Linda has a background in media work and has vast experience of funding and training issues - both in the statutory and voluntary sector. She now works as Development Director with Heads Together.

After obtaining a Media Studies BA from Leeds University in 1988, Linda worked for the Leeds International Film Festival for two years and then Leeds City Council as Community Arts Officer. Following posts with the Industrial Common Ownership Movement (ICOM) and the Community Radio Association, Linda joined Heads Together in 1998. She is responsible for developing new strategies for Heads Together, particularly with respect to funding.

Ed has a background in theatre and music.  After graduating Goldsmiths with a BA in Drama & Theatre Arts and Leeds College of Music with a HND in Music Production he set up The Soundmill recording studio in 2004, which he continues to run.

He began working with ELFM as 'The Jingle Man' for their first ever broadcast in 2003 before becoming Music Director in 2007 and has recently taken on the role as ELFM Project Manager.  As well as managing ELFM he has key responsibilities for the Next Generation training programme and our series of live music events. 

Millie is currently project managing the Two Valleys Radio project, and assists with fundraising and evaluation across all Heads Together programmes of work. Before joining the Heads Together team Millie took a music degree at Newcastle University specialising in contemporary composition. After graduating in 2010 Millie returned to West Yorkshire to explore her interest in community arts, volunteering on a number of arts projects in Bradford and Leeds, including ELFM.

Heather studied contemporary music at university and has a passion for live music, having organised and managed many live events. She has always enjoyed working with young people and is a qualified primary teacher. 

She is working on the ELFM project supporting the Next Generation training programme for young people and developing our long-term partnerships with schools and colleges in East Leeds.

We first met Matt when he produced and presented a show at Roundhay School in Leeds. He then went off to Manchester University and got his degree in Drama and English Literature. Matt came back to volunteer with us in late 2010 and joined Two Valleys Radio as a Project Worker in early 2011. You will often find him out and about at events all across the valleys with our volunteers recording interviews and creating features for the station. His radio drama skills and expertise has also led Two Valleys Radio to start broadcasting more live radio drama than ever before.

He's also rather good at making tea.

Peter has been writing professionally for over twenty years. He divides his writing activity into two categories: Writing In Here and Writing Out There which he says are of equal importance.

Writing In Here is work he produces in a room by himself: poetry, for instance, or plays for Radio 4. When he's Writing Out There, a good chunk of that work includes the vast range of community and educational work he does with East Leeds FM, including the annual broadcast literature festival Writing on Air.

Peter has an incredible skill in getting people–of all ages and from all walks of life–enjoying the beauty of words and the possibilities of writing. He's a wordo!