Alan Dix, Trustee, set up 509 Arts in 1995, following successful careers in both theatre and education. Since that time the company has worked throughout England with arts organisations, public sector bodies, private businesses and the voluntary sector to develop, produce, manage and assess cultural programmes and projects of all kinds. 509 Arts' recent production of Calderland, an operatic exploration of catastrophic climate related flooding in the Calder Valley, won the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society award for its work with communities. Alan is Chair of Hull Truck Theatre and a Board member of Leeds Playhouse.