Said Mir Ahmad Seerat is an academic and community engagement specialist with extensive experience in higher education, media, and refugee advocacy. After being forced to flee Afghanistan in 2023, he arrived in the UK and experienced first-hand the challenges of leaving everything behind and rebuilding a new life. This lived experience now shapes his commitmentContinue reading “Said Seerat”
Claire is Disability Rights Advocate at Inclusion Barnet, a dynamic peer-led disability organisation based in North London with a national reach through its Campaign for Disability Justice. We tackle systemic barriers locally and nationally to forge inclusive services and communities where Disabled people can live free from stigma and poverty. Drawing on two decades ofContinue reading “Claire Fisher”
Shanine Fasasi is originally from the Caribbean Island of St Vincent and the Grenadines. In February 2017, she founded the organisation Diversify Education and Communities CIC off the back of her University final year dissertation project. The idea behind the creation of Diversify Education and Communities transpired as a result of Shanine’s lived experience ofContinue reading “Shanine Fasasi”
Johanna is Co-Director of Families in Harmony, a leading voice campaigning for racial justice in the children’s social care sector, within kinship care. She is a family support practitioner, professional trainer, and Trauma Informed Practitioner with over 12 years lived experience of caring for her grandchildren, as a Kinship carer, following the death of herContinue reading “Johanna Bernard”
Debbie is the Co-Founder of the Adult Adoptee Movement. She is an Intercountry and Transracial adoptee who was born in 1968. Her birth origins are Kuwaiti Iranian. Debbie was raised in foster care in a white English community. When she was adopted as a teenager by her foster mother, she also discovered the truth aboutContinue reading “Debbie Iromlou”
Kevin is a multi-award-winning social entrepreneur and the founder of Bridging Barriers, a social mobility charity dedicated to helping young people from underrepresented backgrounds achieve career success. Bridging Barriers has supported over 2,000 young people, with hundreds successfully securing employment, partnering with leading employers such as Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest, Premier League and Snapchat. Kevin’s impactContinue reading “Kevin Osei”
Kellie is the Chief Executive Officer of Kairos Women Working Together, a Coventry based specialist women’s organisation supporting and advocating for women who face multiple intersecting forms of disadvantage and are subject to or at risk of sexual exploitation, including women involved in prostitution. She is also a trustee of EVAW (End Violence Against Women),Continue reading “Kellie Ziemba”
Sam Southern leads the way in Suicide Prevention and Bereavement Support at Empowerment Charity in Blackpool. Before stepping into this role, she worked as a healthcare professional in Gastroenterology within the NHS. Sam is a passionate advocate, regularly speaking across the UK and delivering lived experience training to various organisations. As a dedicated mother ofContinue reading “Samantha Southern”
Palma is the founder and CEO of Soul Purpose 360 CIC, “TheCommunity Accelerator That Puts Black Women At The Centre”. She is a Personal Performance Coach and stakeholder engagement specialist who is passionate about empowering individuals to live fulfilling lives. Palma has decades of experience working in and with communities through her work in community development,Continue reading “Palma Black”
Emma is the Founder and CEO of SELFA Children’s Charity based in North Yorkshire, an organisation which supports over 600 children and families every year. Over the last two decades she has campaigned on a range of issues including access to services for families living in rural communities and children and young people’s mental health. This is deeplyContinue reading “Emma Pears”
