Span Arts is happy to announce the appointment of its new director, Bethan Touhig-Gamble.

With Bethan’s recruitment, the board of trustees has taken the strategic decision for the role to become a full-time position. It says that this added capacity and new perspective will be critical to support Span Arts to achieve its vision of arts for social change in west Wales.

Bethan joins Span Arts from almost a decade as head of development for NoFit State Circus.

Alongside her work with NoFit State Bethan has lectured at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, as well as working as a fundraising consultant for a broad range of arts and volunteer charities across Wales.

Cathy Davies, chair of Span Arts said: “On behalf of the Span Arts Board of Trustees, I am delighted to welcome Bethan Touhig-Gamble to the post of director.

“Beth is absolutely the right person to lead Span forward and develop further our mission of arts as social change.”

Bethan added: “I’ve been in love with west Wales for as long as I can remember.It has been our plan to move down from Cardiff for many years and the role with Span Arts is making that dream a reality.”