Our People
Our Staff
United Kingdom
Emma Bell
Chief Executive Officer
Anna Ansted
Corporate Partnerships Manager
Lisa Barea
Fundraising Manager
Rachel Bell
Head of Volunteer Strategy & Engagement
Dr Julie Bennett
Evidence & Impact Manager
Arti Bhakta
Programme Manager - West Cumbria
Emma Bilsborough
Corporate Partnerships Officer (on maternity leave)
Anna Blain
Head of Programme Delivery & Engagement
Matt Bowman
IT Support Administrator
Katy Britton
Volunteer Support Assistant
Grace Campbell
Corporate Partnerships Officer (maternity leave cover)
Dave Cheetham
IT Manager
Chris Collins
Programme Manager - Middlesbrough
Isabel Davies
Social Media & Communications Officer
Aaron Dennis
First Line Support Analyst
Aalishia Fearon
Senior Volunteer Support Officer
Lauren Foster
Senior Programme Manager - Doncaster
Ian Geere
Head of Finance & IT
Laura Goatcher
Volunteer Support Officer
Yasmin Gocke
Data & Systems Officer - Corporate Partnerships
Katie Goodwin
Early Literacy Interventionist
Rebecca Hewitt
Marketing & Communications Manager
Jess Hornby
Volunteer Support Assistant
Stephanie Lockwood
Programme Manager - Peterborough & Operational Safeguarding Lead
Rhiannon Lucas-Thompson
Fundraising Officer
Marta Lukanowska
Programme Manager - Birmingham
Scott Matthewman
Senior Full Stack Developer
Ateeka Meer
Senior Programme Manager
Rachel Merrall
Programme Manager - London
Christina Pembrey
Programme Manager - East Sussex
Karen Price
Business Development Officer
Farida Rahman
Early Literacy Interventionist
Davina Ramen
Programme Manager - London & Teacher Training/Research Lead
Sue Richardson
Programme Manager - Leeds & Bradford
Craig Rose
Programme Manager - Manchester
Jen Smith
Volunteer Support Officer
Kathryn Taylor
Schools Development Manager
Lynsey Taylor
Programme Manager - London
Sarah Taylor
Business Development Manager
James Tindell
Programme Manager - Scotland
Queen Uwacu
First Line Support Analyst
Deborah Virgo
Early Literacy Interventionist
Jordan Wallwork
Senior First Line Support Analyst
Rebecca Yeadon
HR & Finance Assistant
James Young
Senior Full Stack Developer
Our Board
United Kingdom
Sarah Bell
Communications Consultant
Marie Broad
Corporate social responsibility consultant
Alex Green (Vice Chair)
Academic, Director, Investor
Lisa Hayes
HR Director, Barclays
Lucy Heady
CEO, Education Sub-Saharan Africa
Jonathan Lloyd
Geography teacher, King's School, Winchester
Zoe Pierre (Treasurer)
Senior Analyst, Macquarie Investment Management
Seth Weinberger (Chair)
Founder and Chairman, Chapter One USA
Jeff Williams
Director of Education, Church of England: The Diocese of Winchester & The Diocese of Portsmouth