Hello, I’m Edd.
Born and bred in London, in Canterbury since uni. These days I’m mostly focused on family and a few volunteer roles. I’ve been making things on the internet since 1994, and this is where I keep the bits worth keeping.
Now
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Catching Lives
Trustee at Canterbury’s homelessness charity. It matters, and I’m glad to be part of it.
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School governor
Vice Chair of the board. I’m a foster parent too, and I care a lot about making sure young people get a fair shot.
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Canterbury City Show
My favourite thing to work on. The whole of Canterbury comes together — local businesses, performers, everyone. It’s a proper celebration.
Writing
Made
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Shhh
A little iOS app that tells you how loud things are around you. It started as something I wanted for myself and turned into a proper App Store release.
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Complete Guestlist
I got tired of messy guest lists at events, so I’ve been building something better: an app that works offline at the door, with a web portal to manage everything.
Previously
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Community Partner, Meta
Helped Meta figure out what community management actually looks like, and got it written into their certification.
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Co-founder & Chair, Pride Canterbury
There wasn’t one, so we made one. Watching it grow into something the whole city turns out for — that’s the good stuff.
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Founder & CEO, Kent Pride
When Pride got bigger than Canterbury, we took it county-wide. More people, more places, more celebration.
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Digital community consulting
Advised organisations like Compass and the Jo Cox Foundation on organising communities online. I’d been doing it since building fan forums as a kid; it just had a fancier name.
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Republic Events
Ran the online side of Student Republic and City Sound Project across the south east. Some of my best memories.
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Board roles
Director at Canterbury BID and Canterbury Credit Union, trying to make the city work better for everyone.
Contact
I’m always up for a conversation. Whether you’ve got an idea, a project, or you just want to say hello.