Making, Big Lottery Fund James graduated from Goldsmiths in 1998 with a BA in Historical Studies. After leaving university James worked for EveryChild, an international development charity whose focus is on protecting, supporting and providing family-based opportunities to vulnerable children who don’t have parental care. James then spent 13 years at Marie Stopes International, an NGO whose aim is to help women have children ‘by choice, not by chance’ by providing access to family planning and safe abortion services in countries around the world. At Marie Stopes, James’ roles ranged from Tanzania Country Director to Director of USAID Programmes. In 2016, James joined the Big Lottery Fund as Director of Responsive Funding and is currently the Director for England Grant Making, with responsibility for grant making across social enterprise, charities and community groups. James writes: ‘We are living in challenging times, but this also provides opportunities and challenges in rethinking the relationship between the state, the market, and civil society. Part of this thinking includes looking at how best to nurture and challenge charities, social enterprises and community organisations to be the best they can be, and create the conditions for them to thrive in a changing world. This is an exciting challenge!’
and Communitea Reem graduated from Goldsmiths in 2017 with an MA in Social Entrepreneurship and alongside her work as Communications Officer at City and Hackney Carers Centre, is the founder of Yalla Hub and Communitea. Yalla Hub was created to bring positive change to migrant women's working experiences in the UK. Yalla Hub works to empower these women to address difficulties in employment and work due to their gender, ethnicity and citizenship status. This is done through the curating of supportive spaces that provide resources, knowledge, experience and understanding. Yalla Hub is located inside Communitea, a vegetarian café and social space that not only nourishes its customers, but also Yalla Hub by serving as the trading arm through which it can deliver its critical support to migrant women.
Partnerships, SOS Children’s Villages UK Upon graduating from Goldsmiths with an MA in Comparative Literary Studies in 2012, Holly went on to work in a broad range of renowned charities and organisations, including the British Science Association, MS Society, Stonewall and now, SOS Children’s Villages UK. Holly is a Council Member and Fellow of Charity Slam, and Managing Director of a new online space dedicated to those who work and volunteer in the charity sector, called the Hive. She has considerable experience in securing corporate partnerships and funding within the charity sector, and of volunteering through many charitable organisations. Holly is passionate about philanthropy, charities, and fundraising – as well as the wider social issues faced by charities. Holly writes: ’Working in the third sector has given me the privilege to develop a profession whilst working for organisations that are changing the world. I love that everything I do in my job ultimately supports the beneficiaries of my organisation which are often the most marginalised in society. I couldn't ask for a more fulfilling career.’
Worldwide Annmarie Lewis is a leading justice consultant, business strategist, leadership and success coach. She is also the founding director of the award-winning social enterprise Rainmakers Worldwide and business and social justice consultancy The Rainmakers Group. Rainmakers Worldwide provide business development and personal support to young people and women from diverse and challenging backgrounds, primarily to create their own sustainable businesses. The Rainmakers Group provide leadership, strategy and business development services to individuals, Start-ups and SME's; research and development addressing systemic and cultural change both in business and social justice areas and executive education programmes to global companies, in partnership with the London Business School. Annmarie holds two master’s degrees - in research, and in youth, community work, and applied anthropology - and a first degree in criminal justice (juvenile justice and psychology). She is a qualified researcher and action learning set facilitator; is a guest lecturer at a number of institutions including at Reach Cambridge and Oxford Summer Schools and Study programmes and is a co-author of anthology Letters to aYoung Generation 2 Annmarie writes: "Throughout my career I have been able to fuse innate talent and innovation with creativity and entrepreneurship to bring about significant and positive change. Social enterprises need far more recognition and support as they play a fundamental role in our society and also contribute 60bn a year to our economy."
Small Steps Project Amy left Goldsmiths in 2004 with an MA in Creative Writing and went on to a career in journalism, primarily as a celebrity journalist. – alongside volunteering for charity which was her main passion. Amy started up the Small Steps Project in 2009 as a way to provide crucial goods and services to children who scavenge and live in landfill sites in countries such as Cambodia, Nicaragua, Timor, and Romania. Making good use of Amy’s expertise in journalism and extensive network from her days as a celebrity reporter, every year Small Steps hosts a celebrity shoe auction to raise funds for delivering emergency aid to vulnerable children around the world. Small Steps also films and produces documentaries to improve global awareness of international waste systems and human rights violations encountered by waste scavengers. Through the Small Steps Project, Amy and her team continue to make a huge and vital impact on the lives of thousands of marginalised children.
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