Sue Mallender

Sue was born and brought up in Walsall in the Black Country and moved to Nottingham as a student. After her degree in Education and Biology she worked as a teacher of science/biology in a secondary school, then for many years in primary schools.

Sue joined Nottingham City Council in 2005 as a Play Development Officer, then Nottingham City Museums in 2014. First as a Community Programmes Officer, then a Learning Programmes (Science) Officer. Sue lives with her husband in a house with a very wild garden.

She has two grown up daughters from her first marriage, a granddaughter and is awaiting another grandchild later this year.

Sue Mallender will be speaking at the Museums & Public Programs Summit:

Nature on your doorstep: place-based approaches to reach new audiences

Over three years, the Natural History Museum, London, worked with 12 partners across the UK to connect over 20,000 young people with nature.

‘Explore: Urban Nature’ was an ambitious programme that used outdoor learning through scientific work to inspire young people to take action for nature.

Here, NHM and three project partners National Museums Northern Ireland, RSPB Glasgow, and Nottingham City Museums share how they approached place-based programming to reach wider audiences and ensure meaningful engagement.