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
Clare Richards
Founding Director
Devika Sharma
Researcher
Naomi Rubbra
Chief Executive
Rachel Calton
PR Strategist
Abbie Hedaux
Programme Assistant
Hugh Richards
Trustee
Nkhanise Phiri
Communications Stategist
David Souden
Trustee
THE INSIGHTS GROUP
Footwork has gathered together a group of individuals with first-hand experience of social innovation, community funding and place-making to help us plan a new funding pot for local social innovators in 2023.
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.
Danie Gilbert
People & Place local social innovator, musician, lawyer, co-founder of Good Shepherd Studios Ltd & We Flock CIC
Researcher in policy at UCL Institute of Innovation & Public Purpose, designer at Dark Matter Labs
Funder, enabler of community innovation, head of design and delivery at Power to Change
Suraya Miah
Social worker, citizen scientist, community grant-maker at
Camden Giving
Local social innovator, equality and justice campaigner, founder of social enterprise Stour Trust
Architect, urbanist, community innovator, co-founder of architectural practice Urban Symbiotics
Hani Salih
Designer, community wellbeing researcher, associate at the
Quality of Life Foundation
Stephen Miller
Funder, supporter of community business, director of delivery and impact at Power to Change
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.