Speaker profile
Mrs Jo Richardson
FRAS
Available for booking
Bristol, Bristol, England
100 miles travel distance
Science Educator
Science Communicator
Amateur Astronomer
Summary
Jo is an Astronomy Outreach Educator running stargazing sessions and children's workshops across South West England.
Full biography
I founded Space Detectives over 10 years ago, which is a UK based business with the aim of bringing Space Science, Exploration and Astronomy to the wider public. I work not only in schools with children but also with adults, using both a mix of hands-on workshops and highly interactive presentations covering a range of different space and astronomy topics.
In addition to this, Space Detectives runs many stargazing events for a variety of different organisations ranging from Exmoor National Park Dark Sky Reserve, The National Trust, Cranborne Chase AONB and the Poltimore Inn Observatory.
I also work on contract for ESERO-UK (European Space Education Resource Office) which is funded by ESA and the UK Space Agency amongst other national partners. In that, I have been involved in high profile space education projects such as the Tim Peake Primary Project, Mission X and ENTHUSE Partnership Spaceport Cornwall.
I live at home with my Astrophotographer/Telescope Maker husband Pete, our two grown up sons and a cat called Herschel in Somerset.
