- Board of directors, Black Mime Theatre Company, 1990s
- Advisory board: Wasafiri Literature Magazine, 2000–
- General Council: The Poetry Society of Great Britain, 2001–2004
- Special Literature Advisor: London Arts Board, 2001–2005
- Chair: The Poetry Society of Great Britain, 2003–2004
- Literature Advisor: The British Council, 2003–2006
- Advisory Committee: New Galleries, Museum of London, 2004–2008
- Advisory Board: MA Creative Writing, City University, 2004–2009
- Founder: Free Verse & The Complete Works schemes, 2005–2017
- The Society of Authors Management Committee, 2008–2009
- Patron: Westminster Befriend a Family (WBAF), 2009–2011
- Editorial Board: the African Poetry Book Series, APBF, University of Nebraska, 2012–
- Patron: SI Leeds Literary Prize for unpublished black/Asian women writers, 2012–
- The Folio Prize, Member of the Academy, 2013–
- Arts Council England, Member of the South East Area Council, 2014–2015
- Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Creative Writing Panel, 2014–2015
- Elected to Council, Royal Society of Literature, 2016–
- Vice Chair, Royal Society of Literature, 2017–2020
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