Management Board

Alison is a fundraising and communications professional whose career has spanned a variety of sectors including the arts, education and charities. She has worked in fundraising and development roles with Salisbury Playhouse and Salisbury International Arts Festival. She was Director of Events, Communications and Fundraising for Horatio’s Garden, a national charity that creates and cares for beautiful accessible gardens in NHS spinal injury centres.  She now works as a consultant advising charities on their fundraising and communications strategies. Alison joined the Board in 2017 and is passionate about the work La Folia does and the benefits of access to the arts in all forms for everyone.

Debbie started her working life with John Eliot Gardiner’s Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists, where she was assistant administrator for three years. She then landed a job at Cheltenham Arts Festivals, working in a variety of capacities as PA, press officer and, finally, sponsorship officer, before leaving to move further south. For six months she set up and ran the ArtsReach rural touring scheme in west Dorset, until head-hunted by Salisbury International Arts Festival. Debbie currently works for On Foot Holidays and continues to have a wide portfolio of arts interests.

Lucy Salisbury had a career as an Arts Education specialist, designing and leading innovative and inclusive education projects for major independent and public art galleries, museums and collections. These include the British Museum, the National Gallery, The Royal Collections Trust, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Whitworth, Manchester, Chatsworth House and the Folkestone Triennial.

In 2000, Lucy was invited to set up an education programme at the New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery. This led to establishing The Roche Court Educational Trust (RCET), which Lucy headed for ten years. In 2010 Lucy co-founded ARTiculation, the national public speaking and art appreciation programme engaging with over 6,000 young people a year which in 2021 was adopted and now run by the National Gallery.

After retiring from ARTiculation Lucy gained horticultural qualifications and has built up a new career in Social Therapeutic Horticulture. Current projects include working with the national charity ‘Learning through Landscape’, The Salisbury Cathedral Eco youth club, and The Cranborne Chase landscape partnership. In 2019 she co -founded and jointly runs ‘Curious Curators’, an art history and landscape curriculum based programme for primary schools.

Lucy’s volunteer roles include being a Governor of Wyvern St Edmunds secondary Academy school  where she was the lead governor for (SEND) Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, (PP)Pupil Premium and (PDHW) pupil’s personal development, health and wellbeing (2017-2022). A founding trustee for Salisbury youth club ‘The Unit’ (2012-2015) and on the board of The Salisbury Arts Centre (2010-2015).

Lucy remains an active Trustee of RCET.

Current volunteer roles include being a youth worker for The Salisbury Cathedral Eco youth programme, regular helper for the Wilton RDA and a member of the Salisbury Street Pastors team.

Louise joined the La Folia board in 2018. She first ‘discovered’ La Folia when she was commissioned by Salisbury Festival to research arts organisations in the area that were offering opportunities to young people, and in recent years she has been a member of the Festival Chorus. From 2016 to 2020, Louise was National Trust General Manager for Mottisfont and SW Hants Group. She is now Chief Executive of Artswork, a charity working to empower children and young people through arts and culture. Louise is an experienced learning and participation professional with a background in museums and galleries.