Personal statement

Tanvir Bush is a writer, disabled activist and Research Fellow on the UKRI funded ‘Sensing Climate Project’ hosted by Exeter University. As a founding NCCPE Engage Fellow 24-25, she focused on exploring (disabled-led) creative public engagement methods at the intersection of disability, academia and local government.

''Utilising compassionate empathy and the power of our lived experiences as disabled people, we aim to kindle discussion, widen understanding and inspire transformational inclusion i.e. no longer ‘us and them’ but just ‘us’. No longer ‘what can we do to help you?’ but instead ‘what can we all do to help each other?’ I see future engagement being fully inclusive and, by dint of imagination and creativity,  becoming responsive to the needs of all within the community.''

Tanvir has created and facilitates the Creative Writing Laboratory fostering creativity and connection and supporting people to articulate their lived experiences and ignite imagination. 

Her first novel Witch Girl was published in 2015 in South Africa and her second CULL, a dark satire on the current welfare system, was published to critical acclaim in January 2019.

Academic qualifications

  • PhD
  • MA
  • BA (Hons)

Professional memberships

  • Society of Authors

Other external roles

  • Founder and facilitator - Creative Writing Laboratory, a community initiative for health and well-being based at the Springfield Community Centre in Corsham
  • Instigator and co-chair (with Dr Stuart Read) - Disabled Staff Network and Disability Action Group, Bath Spa University
  • Engage Fellow, NCCPE
  • Corsham Town Councillor.

Contact Tanvir about

  • Information around the 'Sensing Climate Project'.
  • Collaborative research and events around public engagement, disability, arts and activism.