ALSO Future Music is a development programme that targets a diverse range of early-career artists looking to build experience. It offers developmental workshops with industry professionals, marketing and promotion, help adapting performance for outdoor events and experience performing to a festival audience.

The Foundation's 'Women in Sound' initiative nurtures early-career female sound engineers and performers with a skills-based workshop run by an industry professional leading to work experience in a festival environment.

BookClub.LIVE celebrates the positive social role the Book Club plays in people's lives by hosting a free evening with a recently published author, and inviting book clubs in the region to host their monthly get-together at the event. The aim in doing this is to connect readers with authors and foster community around the written word.

Throughout the year, the Foundation runs a series of community build weekends where volunteers get together and share skills to design, build and decorate visual elements used for the annual ALSO Festival. The programme attracts a wide range of participants from school-leavers to retirees all of whom benefit working alongside a professional team of designers and artisans.

Alex is the Founder and CEO of Product Leader, a community dedicated to elevating the standard of Product Management in business by providing resources and fellowship for up and coming Product professionals and aspiring Product Leaders. She has degrees in Law, English and Psychology and with a career grounded in interdisciplinary thinking and change-making, is well positioned to champion increased public engagement in both arts and sciences.

Jonathan is Managing Editor of The News Movement, a social-first news publisher founded in 2021. He spent more than two decades with BBC News, where he held senior roles in international newsgathering, Newsnight, and latterly as Head of Video. Jonathan is also a Visiting Lecturer in Digital Storytelling at City University in London.

Lizzie Cariss is an artist and businesswoman with strong connections to Warwickshire, having lived on the estate that hosts the ALSO festival for the last 42 years. With her late husband William, she ran an automotive and industrial design company, since establishing a business estate made up of a variety of companies including furniture making, triathlon coaching, events, exhibitions and AV installations. She brings an innate knowledge of the region and a wealth of experience to the foundation.

Diccon is an experienced arts leader with a strong track record in creative production, event management, and cultural innovation. As a Director of the award-winning ALSO Festival, he's played a key role in shaping one of the UK’s most distinctive festivals of ideas, art, and performance. In his role as Technical Director of Salon London, Diccon has overseen the delivery of high-quality, immersive events that bring together thinkers, artists, and audiences in engaging and meaningful ways.