ADVISORY ROLES

Textile & Clothing Business Labs (TCBL)

TCBL brings people and organisations together to nurture a community and create a truly sustainable Textile & Clothing industry. TCBL Association members carry out research on core themes, often through new EU-funded projects. They pair labs and businesses to develop collaborative business models within a set of shared values. Find out more here.

  • AFFA

    Arts Foundation Awards, competition judge & panellist at The New Materialists event, The Design Museum (2019)

  • BRITISH COUNCIL

    Advisor & curator, Circular Cultures. British Council and Onassis Foundation, Athens, Greece (2020)

  • CENTRE FOR FASHION ENTERPRISE (LCF)

    Supported entrepreneurs working with sustainability challenges at this UAL Centre (2003 - 2004)

  • COCKPIT ARTS

    Cockpit Arts Mentor Scheme, supporting Katherine Wardropper (2009)

  • CRAFTS COUNCIL

    Various advisory roles including Crafts Council Rally events (2010) & Index Selection Committee (2000-2003)

  • DESIGN JOURNAL

    Editorial Board Member at The Design Journal, Taylor & Francis. (2019 - 2024). Reviewer (2014-)

  • DESIGN MUSEUM

    Advised on curation of ‘Waste Age’ exhibition at the gallery in High Street Kensington. Filmed interview about education. Exhibited ‘Service Shirt’ work (2020 - 2021)

  • EPSRC

    AHRC representative for the EPSRC’S Circular Economy SAN. A workstream developing the EPSRC’s CE funding strategy (2019-2021)

  • EUROPEAN CLOTHING ACTION PLAN

    Project Advisor. The project's goal was to reduce clothing waste and the carbon footprint of clothing in Europe (2015 - 2019)

  • FIT, NYC

    Advised multiple US brands on sustainable & circular design strategy at the Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC (2014 - 2015)

  • FUTURE FACTORY

    Project advisor and workshop facilitator, EU funded project convened by Nottingham Trent University (2010)

  • HM FOUNDATION

    Global Change Award - judge, advisor, event facilitator (2015 - 2017)

  • INTERNATIONAL UPCYCLING RESEARCH NETWORK

    AHRC project advisor - PI: Dr Kyungeun Sung, De Montfort University; Co-I: Prof Richie Moalosi, University of Botswana (2022-2024)

  • MA FASHION FUTURES, FALMOUTH

    External examiner (2025 - 2028)

  • MA DESIGN COURSES, PLYMOUTH

    Advisor and workshop facilitator (2025)

  • MA CIRCULAR DESIGN, NCAD

    Advisor (2023)

    External examiner (2025 -)

  • NESTA

    NESTA Business Mentor to Helen Amy Murray (2006 - 2009)

  • RESORTECS

    Advisory Board member, to tech start-up brand, based in Brussels (2019 - ongoing)

  • SHE MAKES

    Project advisor, lab lead, workshop facilitator, contributing author and keynote speaker, to this EU-funded project (2021-2022)

  • SUSTAINABLE FASHION ACADEMY

    Various advisory & delivery roles to this organisation that trained Swedish & Danish fashion textile brands in a range of sustainability considerations (2009-2013)

  • TCBL

    Advisory board member to the European group - Textile Clothing Business Labs Association - supporting the networking and knowledge exchange of SME’s (2023 -)

  • VF CORPORATION

    Advised VF Corporation Senior Executives in the denim & outdoor sectors, MIT Media Lab, Boston & North Carolina, USA (2011 - 2012)

Waste Age at the Design Museum

Becky acted as an advisor to the Design Museum’s internal expert team, helping them to evaluate and select works. (2020 - 2021)