Khaleda Noon

Khaleda Noon is an award-winning curator and the visionary Founder of Scotland’s leading anti-racist charity Intercultural Youth Scotland,  a Trustee of Baobab Foundation and a member of Creative Scotland's Equality, Diversity & Inclusion advisory group.

With over two decades of experience, she has established groundbreaking national programs for young people, including anti-racist education for schools and a racially informed mental health service, leveraging strategic leadership and community input, propelling advocacy efforts and influencing policy reforms.

In her work, she is dedicated to creating and implementing projects that use performance as a catalyst for understanding and action. She has trained with Dr Phil Green, (Derby University) Julian Boal (Theatre of the Oppressed) and Rhys Dennis (Movement, Creation & Performance).

From staging performances to specialising in forum theatre, she focuses on driving positive transformations in Scotland. Through these initiatives, she has raised over 4 million for Black and Global Majority young people, directing resources towards uplifting communities. By harnessing the power of performance and Theatre, she delves deep into self-reflection and exploration, fostering a deeper understand to fight against oppression social injustice and inequity.

Khaleda founded TOScot to tackle the complexities of otherness, through performance, audience interaction and exploration of solutions, reshaping dull training and resources into participatory experiences rich in aesthetics, with a focus on humanising education on racism, ableism, classism, and oppression.