Paul Hine Made By Mortals
Before co-founding Made By Mortals (MBM) in 2017, Paul worked for 12 years as a freelance dramatist and project manager using creativity to engage underserved communities and drive social change. During this time, he worked for multiple cultural and social organisations in the North West, including The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Camerata (orchestra), Cheshire East Council, The Together Trust (children’s charity), and Bolton at Home (social housing group.)
As CEO of Made By Mortals (MBM), Paul has supported hundreds of people with a broad range of lived experience to bring their experience to life through participatory arts practice, producing films, audio stories, theatre, music, and interactive workshops. Paul has written and co-written articles about MBMs creative methodology that have been published in Public Money & Management magazine, Child and Adolescent Mental Health journal, and Research Involvement and Engagement journal. Under Paul’s leadership and using Made By Mortals approach, MBM has won Audio Production Awards (Grassroots Production) 2023, Manchester Publicity Awards (Best Audio) 2023, Royal Society of Public Health: Health and Wellbeing Awards (Arts in Health) 2022 Outstanding Contribution to PPIE Awards University of Manchester 2022, British Podcasting Awards (Bronze) 2022, BBC Making a Difference Award (Community) 2022, and Digital City Awards (Best Use of Tech by a Non-profit) 2022.
Paul is currently co-lead and PPI lead on multiple health and social care research projects and Made By Mortals are delivering their creative approach across the research and health and social care sector.