Who we are

UK-based with international reach, FRY Creative is a new consultancy established by three friends and colleagues.

Since Autumn 2021, Fabio Thomas, Richard Hawley and Yasmin Damji have been collectively responsible for designing and delivering the evaluation of both the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Cultural Programme and UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK, a £120m ground-breaking celebration of UK creativity.

Together they bring decades of evaluation experience, a deep and broad understanding of working closely with cultural organisations and diverse communities, and a strong understanding of navigating and reporting to a wide variety of national and international funding bodies, including Arts Council England, Birmingham City Council, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Spirit of 2012, British Council, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, the governments of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and national funders of Australia, Canada and New Zealand.