Michael is a community and chartered psychologist, with particular research interests in working collaboratively with marginalised groups using different methods including, art, poetry, film, photography and drama. For example, his PhD aimed to provide a rich and contextualised account from the perspective of men labelled with learning difficulties on health promotion. In the development of forty-five workshops, using qualitative, autoethnographic and participatory approaches, the research uncovered the ways in which these men demonstrated understanding of health promotion, in the context of multiple disciplines including, community psychology, disability studies, ethnography, critical theory and posthumanism. He graduated with a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited honours degree in psychology and a Master’s degree in community psychology from Manchester Metropolitan University. His academic experiences are coupled with his extensive experiences of working in the community, and with professional organisations including social services, housing associations, youth projects, charities, schools and colleges. He has worked with the most marginalised people in society, including people labelled with learning disabilities, homeless people, offenders and victims of abuse in local contexts such as community radio, pubs and museums. Michael has taught psychology at the University of Salford and Manchester Metropolitan University, and is currently a member and secretary of the Community Psychology Section of the BPS. He is passionate about embracing community work with community psychology theory with the aim to help people develop changes in their lives and communities. Michael is also a keen poet and as recently published a couple of collections.