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In this Podcast we interview Paul Everitt the former head of arts and culture at Enfield Council.

\u2028\u2028Paul is a well respected character across the London Borough of Enfield and beyond and is well know in art and entertainment circles and in this webinar we will interview him about his past job, the manner of his leaving and his hopes and plans for the future. The Enfield Dispatch reported that,\u2028\u2028

\u201cPaul\u2019s redundancy from the council was made as part of an internal restructure, with his job role made obsolete. He was placed on gardening leave in the summer prior to his official redundancy in October. The civic centre restructure included a shake-up of council arts venues and the way they are managed, which Paul had opposed and voiced concerns about.\u2028Talking about some of the issues he dealt with at the council prior to his departure, Paul described a \u201ctoxic culture\u201d of \u201cbullying and intimidation\u201d and said: \u201cWhen you are working in that toxic culture you are in a state of fear, you don\u2019t trust every part of the organisation and it closes in around you. There is nowhere to go. A survival instinct kicks in.\u201d\u2028\u2028

Paul said that although other roles were being made available within the council it became clear \u201cthey wanted me out of the organisation\u201d and that being put on gardening leave \u201cmeant there was no proper transfer\u201d to the council\u2019s new culture team. He added: \u201cMy whole career is about culture, so being in charge of street cleaning didn\u2019t really appeal to me.\u201d\u2028We will discuss this with Paul and also his new position with Love Your Doorstep and his position on the Enfield Climate Action Forum\u2019s Task Group.