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Hi, I’m Simon Yorke, a creative thinker with a knack for listening and problem-solving. I have excellent people skills and a diverse background spanning mental health therapy, coaching, mentoring and mindfulness. I’m a qualified horticulturalist and Mindfulness Instructor with strong organisational and administrative abilities, capable of working well in teams or independently. I’m an experienced narrator with public and customer liaison experience, mental health support work, and broad administration expertise. My work covers mindfulness instruction, narration for public and studio recording, photography, writing, and horticulture—consultation, design and maintenance. I’m also involved in conservation and wildlife gardens, with interests in rewilding. My youtube channel is @luminiapoetry…Hi, I’m Simon Yorke, a creative thinker with a knack for listening and problem-solving. I have excellent people skills and a diverse background spanning mental health therapy, coaching, mentoring and mindfulness. I’m a qualified horticulturalist and Mindfulness Instructor with strong organisational and administrative abilities, capable of working well in teams or independently. I’m an experienced narrator with public and customer liaison experience, mental health support work, and broad administration expertise. My work covers mindfulness instruction, narration for public and studio recording, photography, writing, and horticulture—consultation, design and maintenance. I’m also involved in conservation and wildlife gardens, with interests in rewilding. My youtube channel is @luminiapoetry

MR SIMON YORKE

Photographer, Writer, Voiceover Artist, +2

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Hi, I’m Simon Yorke, a creative thinker with a knack for listening and problem-solving. I have excellent people skills and a diverse background spanning mental health therapy, coaching, mentoring and mindfulness. I’m a qualified horticulturalist and Mindfulness Instructor with strong organisational and administrative abilities, capable of working well in teams or independently. I’m an experienced narrator with public and customer liaison experience, mental health support work, and broad administration expertise. My work covers mindfulness instruction, narration for public and studio recording, photography, writing, and horticulture—consultation, design and maintenance. I’m also involved in conservation and wildlife gardens, with interests in rewilding. My youtube channel is @luminiapoetry…Hi, I’m Simon Yorke, a creative thinker with a knack for listening and problem-solving. I have excellent people skills and a diverse background spanning mental health therapy, coaching, mentoring and mindfulness. I’m a qualified horticulturalist and Mindfulness Instructor with strong organisational and administrative abilities, capable of working well in teams or independently. I’m an experienced narrator with public and customer liaison experience, mental health support work, and broad administration expertise. My work covers mindfulness instruction, narration for public and studio recording, photography, writing, and horticulture—consultation, design and maintenance. I’m also involved in conservation and wildlife gardens, with interests in rewilding. My youtube channel is @luminiapoetry

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Hi, I’m Simon Yorke, a creative thinker with a knack for listening and problem-solving. I have excellent people skills and a diverse background spanning mental health therapy, coaching, mentoring and mindfulness. I’m a qualified horticulturalist and Mindfulness Instructor with strong organisational and administrative abilities, capable of working well in teams or independently.

I’m an experienced narrator with public and customer liaison experience, mental health support work, and broad administration expertise. My work covers mindfulness instruction, narration for public and studio recording, photography, writing, and horticulture—consultation, design and maintenance. I’m also involved in conservation and wildlife gardens, with interests in rewilding. My youtube channel is @luminiapoetry

Skills

Copywriting

Experience Level

Copywriting

Intermediate

Work Experience

Narration / Photography / Writer / Gardener – Consultation, Design, Conservation at Self-employed

September 1, 2020 - Present

Narration (public/studio), photography, and writing work complemented by gardener consultation, design and conservation projects for clients.

Public Library Assistant and Face to Face Clerk at Cornwall Council

November 1, 2015 - September 1, 2020

Public service; promotion of library and council services; administration; organizing and delivering reading groups; safeguarding; supporting vulnerable customers; information access and sign posting; maintaining cleanliness and safety of public buildings; health and safety compliance.

Assistant Manager at Hillcrest Branch Ltd (social firm)

November 1, 2012 - September 1, 2020

Managed Trainee programme for adults with mental health issues (including forensic and neuro-diverse) on a horticulture-based recovery module; planned and delivered gardens and grounds maintenance trainee program; staff training; customer liaison; health and safety; safeguarding; data protection compliance; recruited clients and managed outcomes.

Gardener/Curator at Greenwich University

January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2010

Care and maintenance of Grade 2 listed Victorian Palm House; plant care and display; information provision to public; managed volunteers; produced literature on historical building and plants; promoted the gardens.

Head Gardener at Greenwich and Bexley Hospice

January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2002

Maintain and improve gardens; enhance woodland gardens; fundraising; designed and project managed construction of a peace garden; administration and volunteer management.

Restoration / French Polisher at Self-employed (Greenwich, London)

January 1, 1997 - January 1, 2000

Assessment and delivery of restoration projects; restoration of Officer’s Mess on the Cutty Sark; restoration of antique furniture and listed features of private homes in Greenwich.