Natalie Denny

Biography

Natalie Denny is the award-winning force behind Skywriters Ltd, a creative education social enterprise. Her roles include writer, activist, tutor and EDI Consultant for Anthony Walker Foundation. Natalie was awarded the Merseyside Women of the Year Social Impact accolade in July 2022 and Skywriters Ltd won Merseyside Independent Business Award Best Start Up in October 2022. Natalie was also a finalist in the One To Watch Category of the Northern Power Women Awards and added to the Future List 2023. Natalie is also a recipient of the BBC Radio 1Xtra Future Figures Award 2023.

Natalie is also chair of The Period Project Merseyside, a voluntary led initiative providing women and people who have periods with menstrual items and campaigning to #endperiodpoverty and co-founder of The Goddess Projects, an organisation with the mission to empower, inspire and assist Black women and women of colour to develop and achieve in their communities.

Natalie graduated from The Open University with an open degree which incorporated creative writing. Natalie was runner-up in Writing on the Wall’s ‘Pulp Idol’ 2019 competition and author of the children’s educational book ‘Her Hair: A Crown’, a resource developed in partnership with Manchester University, Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Centre, and Cedar Mount Girls group, to diversify the curriculum in Manchester Schools.

Natalie is a tutor for Your Edge Training, supporting learners to achieve their youth and community work qualifications to support young people in their neighbourhoods.

Natalie’s interests include reading, activism, travelling, writing poetry and prose, live entertainment and being ‘Auntie Nat’.