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OUR FOOTWORKERS

We are a small (but mighty) network of contributors united in the belief that supporting local social innovation builds resilient communities and leads to positive, lasting, social change.

 

We work with a close network of local social innovators and critical friends, with backgrounds ranging across social enterprise, community organisations, finance, the built environment and media.

CORE TEAM

Ellie Davies

Ellie Davies

People and Place Programme Manager

Marianna Hay

Marianna Hay

Strategy and Programme Consultant

Rachel Calton

Rachel Calton

PR Strategist

Clare Richards

Clare Richards

Founding Director

Devika Sharma

Devika Sharma

Researcher

Hugh Richards

Hugh Richards

Trustee

Naomi Rubbra

Naomi Rubbra

Chief Executive

Nkhanise Phiri

Nkhanise Phiri

Communications Stategist

David Souden

David Souden

Trustee

Insights Group
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THE INSIGHTS GROUP

Footwork benefits from an extraodinary group of individuals with first-hand experience of social innovation, community funding and place-making to help us think about our work.

 

We have called this an Insights Group because we know this deep local knowledge and experience are so important in identifying and supporting people who do the difficult job of bringing about change in their communities.

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Danie Gilbert

People & Place local social innovator, musician, lawyer, co-founder of Good Shepherd Studios Ltd & We Flock CIC

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Researcher in policy at UCL Institute of Innovation & Public Purpose, designer at Dark Matter Labs

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Funder, enabler of community innovation, head of design and delivery at Power to Change

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Suraya Miah

Social worker, citizen scientist, community grant-maker at

Camden Giving 

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Local social innovator, equality and justice campaigner, founder of social enterprise Stour Trust

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Architect, urbanist, community innovator, co-founder of architectural practice Urban Symbiotics

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Hani Salih

Designer, community wellbeing researcher, associate at the

Quality of Life Foundation

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Stephen Miller

Funder, supporter of community business, director of delivery and impact at Power to Change

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Raja Moussaoui

Architect, journalist, policy, programme manager of Culture and Community Spaces at Risk at the GLA 

The Insights Group is facilitated by our external partner Renaisi during in-person workshops.

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