Senior Leadership Team This team co-ordinates the work of Young Citizens so that we're focused on increasing the number of young people we help to be active citizens. Expand Tom Franklin, Chief Executive Tom has been CEO since 2016. He was previously CEO at Think Global, the global citizenship charity. Tom was a young councillor in his 20s, and it was this experience which inspires him especially to help empower young people to take leadership roles in their communities. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4141 (switchboard) Yvonne Richards, Director of Programmes and Learning Yvonne oversees the development of our programmes and resources, including lesson plans, mock trials competitions, student conferences and our social action programmes. She is also our Designated Safeguarding Lead. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4151 Ray Ayivor, Director of Finance and Operations Ray manages the overall operations of the charity – including our finances, governance, ICT, performance management, HR and premises. He basically keeps things (and us all) on track. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4141 Richard John, Director of Partnerships and Communications Richard has been with us for over a decade overseeing the development of programmes in schools and building bespoke partnerships with corporates. He also leads on our communications strategy so we can expand our reach and depth of engagement to benefit even more young people. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4152
Programmes and Learning Team This team delivers our wide range of programmes, resources and training events - ranging from our Mock Trials, to our Social Action Programmes, to providing teaching resources for teachers. Expand David Kerr, Consultant Director of Education David advises us on citizenship curriculum issues, and takes the lead in much of our European and overseas work. He is Head of Initial Teacher Training at Reading University. He has a huge amount of experience in citizenship education, and was co-leader of the Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study. E: [email protected] Ted Huddleston, Consultant in Civic and Citizenship Education Ted is an international consultant in citizenship and human rights education. He has published widely in the field, both in the UK and abroad. A Council of Europe ‘expert’ for many years, he has experience of professional training and consultancy in a range of countries in Europe and the Middle East. E: [email protected] T: 0207 566 4141 Naomi Kennedy, Education Manager Naomi leads on the production of all our resources – ranging from SMSC lesson plans, to materials about the law and young people, to special resources on topics like Brexit or elections – for both primary and secondary schools. E: [email protected] T: 0207 566 4158 Victoria Quijada, SMSC Quality Mark Manager Victoria manages the SMSC Quality Mark, which helps schools improve the quality of their SMSC provision. She also provides advice and guidance to schools around SMSC. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4141 Ruth Le Breton, Programmes Manager Ruth has worked with us for around a decade and manages our Go-Givers programme for KS1 and KS2 pupils. Ruth also supports the delivery of our teacher training and the Make a Difference Challenge for primary school pupils E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4137 Maddalena Goldin, Programmes Coordinator Maddalena oversees our Bar Mock Trials Competitions for secondary schools, which give thousands of young people each year a unique opportunity to experience the legal justice system. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4154 Akasa Pradhan , Programmes Coordinator Akasa co-ordinates our Magistrates Courts Mock Trials Competitions, for younger-age secondary school pupils, working alongside the wonderful magistrates who volunteer their time. She also develops our programme of student conferences. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4142 Kieran Burch, Programmes Administrator Kieran supports the whole of the Programmes and Learning team, making sure that the many events we coordinate each year go smoothly, whilst also helping people with bookings. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4155 Stella Baynes, Programmes Manager Stella oversees the delivery of Democracy Ambassadors project, which is looking to engage 100,000 young people in democratic participation. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4141 Thomas Kelly, Project Administrator Thomas provides administrative support to the Democracy Ambassadors project as we work in partnership with youth groups across the country to get their young people more involved in politics. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 1501
Partnerships Team This team develops our strategic partnerships – including with corporates, other charities and the public sector. The team leads on the development of our Experts in Schools programmes. Expand Therri Tait, Partnerships Manager Therri oversees our partnerships programmes, including developing our Experts in Schools to reach more schools and expert volunteers. She is always open to exploring ways in which Young Citizens can compliment your organisations. More recently she developed our student Brexit conferences. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 5035 Mathilde Fell, Partnerships Coordinator Mathilde works closely with our corporate partners to broker education programmes in schools. She has a passion for interventions that support better education outcomes for young people and ensuring first class service to our valued partners. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 5038 Stine Holm Christiansen, Partnerships Executive Stine joined the team having previously worked in the charity sector in Denmark and more recently providing administration support at an investment firm. She is supporting operations and project delivery across the Partnership Team's broad portfolio of work. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4141
Communications and Sales Team This team makes sure that those who need to know about our work most - teachers, youth workers, and the media, for example - get to do so. It also handles sales and bookings for our projects. Expand Leah Hardy, Digital Marketing Executive Leah looks after our social media - persuading people to write posts for our blog, and regularly posting on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram about our work. Make her happy, by following us and joining in the conversation! E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4141 Tara McCarthy, Sales Executive Tara looks after our sales, particularly to schools. She'll sign you up, remind you when you need to renew...and gently nudge you to pay (well, we are a charity!). E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 5036 Rachel Drayton, Digital Projects Coordinator Rachel keeps our CRM in great shape - which is the engine behind much of our campaigning, communications and programmes. E: [email protected] T: 0207 566 4130 Maggie Gaynor, Communications and Marketing Intern Maggie joint the team in May 2019 as part of her study abroad programme with the SUNY Oswego (State University of New York), where she is studying Public Relations and Creative Writing with Marketing and Communications. She will be supporting our digital work by providing updates to websites and our print marketing.
Support Services Team This team helps to keep things running smoothly - things like governance, HR, IT, premises, finance and so on. Expand Valentina Graham, HR Coordinator Valentina looks after all aspects of the human resources - if you apply for a job at Young Citizens, it's likely that Valentina will be involved. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4145