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Wed 18 Mar UPDATE: Thanks to your incredible generosity, we’ve exceeded our initial target and so have used up the pledged match funding. However, whilst your donation will no longer be doubled you can still give to support.

Our fundraiser, Brighter Futures: Art & Nature For Every Child, is live for one week only – 17-24 March. If you’re able to, please consider making a donation; every contribution counts.

A group of children and young people in blue, pink, and purple tshirts celebrate outside a colourful wooden structure.

Youth
Board

Our Youth Board provide a youth voice on the CVHC Board that can provide influence and can galvanise transformation. The initiative aims to support & nurture young talent who may not have a route into creative sector or experiences. It aims to deliver inclusive skills and leadership development opportunities as well as engage the board with younger audiences.

DAZO

DAZO is a multidisciplinary creative with a strong interest in African art and cultural heritage, particularly work emerging from Nigeria and across the African continent. Their creative practice spans music, performance, and visual culture, alongside a broader engagement with contemporary arts and creative industries. 

Alongside their work as a recording artist and performer, DAZO has experience collaborating across the public and creative sectors. They are particularly interested in how art, storytelling, and cultural programming can connect communities and open new pathways for emerging creatives. 

DAZO was recently selected for the Creative Network programme in collaboration with Chanel, a multi-week initiative designed to support emerging creative talent and encourage collaboration across the cultural sector. Through their role as a Youth Trustee, DAZO hopes to amplify youth perspectives and support more inclusive pathways into the arts for the next generation of creatives. 

 

Liberty Foster

Liberty is an Arts and Humanities graduate who specialised in History and Philosophy. Prior to University, she gained a diploma in Fine Art and continues to develop her own artistic practice, exhibiting her work in a local gallery. 

Passionate about nature, heritage, culture and the arts, Liberty is particularly interested in how historic places and collections can connect people with creativity and the natural world. Whilst developing a career in the arts and heritage sector, she currently works as a Visitor Services Assistant at a country park in Warwickshire and volunteers at gallery workshops. 

As a Youth Trustee, Liberty is excited to offer a young creative perspective and support the Board to engage new audiences. She values Compton Verney both as a creative space and historical landscape and is pleased to contribute to making it an even more welcoming, inclusive, and inspiring place for everyone. 

Sophie Bostock

Sophie is a Fine Art graduate from Oxford University and Art History postgraduate from the Courtauld Institute of Art specialising in Northern European art and manuscripts, with particular interest in Books of Hours and late medieval gendered devotional culture.  

Alongside academic research, Sophie has experience working within galleries and museums. She has held visitor engagement roles at the Courtauld Institute of Art and Museums Worcestershire, where she connected audiences with exhibitions and collections through approachable interpretation and customer-facing work. She also gained commercial gallery experience at Philip Mould & Co, supporting exhibitions and conducting archival research.  

Currently, Sophie works for the National Trust at Croome Court, where she contributes to the daily care of a historic site while ensuring an engaging visitor experience. Through shadowing the Collections and Settlement Board at Compton Verney, she hopes to deepen her understanding of how collections are managed, interpreted, and developed within a museum context, and how strategic decision-making supports the long-term stewardship and public impact of historic collections.