Gareth Benest is a communications and participatory media specialist working with groups and communities around the world. Gareth provides consultancy services for organisations across the international development sector, with particular focus on supporting community-led storytelling. His work aims to increase the visibility of under-represented groups and provide opportunities and platforms for marginalised groups to amplify their own voices.

Gareth has a diverse skillset - including facilitation, video production/post-production, copy-writing/editing and graphic design - and an established track record for programme development, project management, capacity-building and training. He has written three guidebooks, covering various aspects of participatory video practice, based on two decades of work with communities and stakeholders around the world.