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) 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 Yvonne Richards, Director of Programmes and Learning Yvonne is the newest member of SLT, joining us in 2018 from Kidscape and, prior to that, UK Youth. She oversees the development of our programmes and resources, including lesson plans, mock trials competitions, and student conferences. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4151
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 array of citizenship programmes, ranging from Make a Difference Challenge, for primary school pupils, to our Mock Trials, for secondary school students. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4137 Dr Anne Rice, Programmes Coordinator (Northern Ireland) Anne is responsible for developing our range of programmes in Northern Ireland, including Mock Trials, Experts in Schools and Make a Difference Challenge. E: [email protected] T: 07400 116 065 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 Constance Littlehailes, Programmes Coordinator Constance 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 Fatimah Saccoh, Programmes Administrator Fatimah 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 Emily Payne, Programme Administration Intern Emily joined in January 2019 to provide administrative support to the Mock Trials competitions and the Democracy Ambassadors project. She is on placement during her study abroad programme while studying back in the US. E: [email protected]
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 Sophie Whitehead, Partnerships Executive Sophie joined the team in September 2018, having previously taught for 3 years in Lancashire and London secondary schools. She is providing administration and project delivery support across the Partnership Team's broad portfolio of work. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4141 Nehir Akici, Partnerships Intern Nehir joins the team in January 2019 in a voluntary capacity, as she balances her studying commitments at BPP Law School. She is supporting the Partnerships Team by providing administration support, while gaining a greater understanding of our public legal education (PLE) programmes and services. E: [email protected]
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 Assistant 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 Sarah George, Sales Executive Sarah 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, CRM Administrator 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 Will Komoll, Communications and Marketing Intern Will joins the team in January 2019 as part of his study abroad programme with the University of Pittsburgh, where he is studying Business Administration with Marketing and Communications. He will be supporting the our digital work by providing updates to websites and our print marketing. E: [email protected]
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