I trained in cultural leadership with the Management Centre; Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Minnesota; National School of Government, and Roffey Park Institute. 

Since 2010 I’ve worked as an independent arts and heritage consultant with clients including arts organisations, museums, campaign groups, the National Trust and local councils. 

I have extensive experience as a trustee/chair of cultural organisations including Artswork, ArtSway, Arts Research Ltd  and SPUD. I was chair of Nuffield Theatre Southampton (2005-11); Creative Partnerships, Southampton, Portsmouth, Hampshire & IoW, (2004-2011), Culture Southampton (2011-14), and interim chair of Making Space (2014-15). 

I co-founded Winchester Poetry Festival  in 2013 serving as chair 2014 – 2021, and chaired the advisory board for ArtfulScribe literature development agency.2021 – 2024.

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I  served for ten years on the National Lottery Heritage Fund area committee for England: London & South and chaired the strategic advisory board of Museum Development South West from 2019 - 2025. I'm a trustee of Common Ground, champions of local distinctiveness, and founded Marnhull Heritage Initiative in 2025.

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I'm a widely published poet, author of a number of chapbooks and three volumes of poetry. See stephenboycepoetry.com

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Since 2014 I've lived in the Blackmore Vale in North Dorset.