MEET THE TEAM

Jim Grevatte - Museum Manager & Curator

Jim is the Museum Manager and Curator. He is responsible for the day to day running of the museum, the development of key projects and for ensuring the delivery of the museum’s core activities and events programme.

With many years’ experience in the museum field, Jim has worked at The Galleries of Justice, as Regional Museums’ Adviser for East Midlands’ MLA and most recently as a well respected museums’ consultant.

Jim's vision for the museum centres around helping people understand the significance of the textile industry and the number of connections it has to people’s lives and histories. He's also keen for the museum to provide a window into today's knitting industry. He plans to work with tutors and students at Nottingham Trent University to use our extensive library and object collections for inspiration.

Helen Brownett - Textile Artist & Technical Demonstrator

Helen joined the Museum in 1995 as a volunteer on a government training scheme and has been with us ever since.

In 1997, she became a paid member of staff mainly demonstrating the Griswold machines, and helping visitors to enjoy and appreciate the circular knitting machines. Helen now works as a Textile Artist and Technical Demonstrator

Helen is extremely creative and is a talented artist. She enjoys using these skills to help develop the museum’s events programme, and to create and set the scenes for the many imaginative events that take place at the museum.

She also enjoys working with local artists and organising creative craft workshops, alongside helping to maintain the museum’s beautiful Victorian cottage garden.

Jan Perrett - Museum Assistant & Volunteer Coordinator

Jan’s role is primarily concerned with the recruitment and development of the Museum’s volunteers. In addition to managing the rotas, her role is to ensure that volunteers are supported and also offered involvement in projects relating to the ongoing development of the museum. She also assists in the organisation of group visits and events and contributes to its social media presence, particularly on Facebook and Instagram.

Jan worked for many years at the University of Nottingham and subsequently set up her own Higher Education Training Consultancy. She received an MBE in 2014 for Services to Higher Education.

Having started as a volunteer, herself, in 2018, Jan is acutely aware of the value of volunteering for the individual and for the museum. She believes that a team of happy, well-informed and confident volunteers ensures that all who visit the museum feel welcome and leave with a greater insight into the work and lives of framework knitters in the region.

Julian Ellis - Trustee (Chair)

Julian is a textile technologist by profession, interested in all areas of textiles, particularly our textile heritage.

He is also a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters. Julian joined the Board in October 2007.

Faye Stenson - Trustee

Faye joined the Board in October 2014 with the aim of using her marketing, events management and business skills to help promote the museum and its events. She is actively involved in the Fundraising Committee and has attended two fundraising training courses to broaden her skills.

In summer 2017, Faye project managed the production of the museum’s new website, which was funded by an Arts Council Museum Resilience grant. Away from the museum, she has worked as a freelance copywriter and marketing communications specialist since 2008.

Ian Rowson - Trustee

Ian has worked in and around the museum sector for over 20 years. His specific field of interest is collections management and documentation.

Ian particularly likes working with technology and social history collections, and his role as a Trustee for the Framework Knitters gives him an opportunity to keep engaged with many of the things that he is most interested in. Ian joined the Board in November 2016.

Brian Playle - Trustee

Brian was a former museum professional with Nottingham City Museums.

He is a long standing Trustee of the Framework Knitters Museum.