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 E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4141 (switchboard) 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. Ray Ayivor, Director of Finance and Operations E: [email protected]T: 020 7566 4141 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. Richard John, Director of Partnerships and Marketing E: [email protected]T: 020 7566 4152 Richard has been with us for over a decade and was the lynchpin behind our Giving Nation social action programme for secondary schools. He now oversees all of our partnership development with corporates and others, as well as our marketing. Yvonne Richards, Director of Programmes and Learning E: [email protected]T: 020 7566 4151 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.
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
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 Michelle Mangal, Education Manager (Training) Michelle manages our training provision, which is particularly focused on teachers. A former citizenship education secondary school teacher herself, she is passionate about the need for all young people to have the chance to learn about citizenship. E: [email protected] T: 0207 566 1501 Naomi Kennedy, Education Manager (Resources) 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 Kerry Matthews, Programmes Coordinator (Wales) Kerry is responsible for developing our range of programmes in Wales, including Mock Trial, Experts in Schools and Make a Difference Challenge. E: [email protected] T: 07791 862 198 Rory Tredwell, Programmes Coordinator Rory 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 Katya Stokes, Programmes Administrator Katya supports the whole of the Programmes and Learning team, making sure that the many events which are held each year go smoothly, and helping people with bookings. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4155
Marketing 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 Trevor Snaith, Head of Marketing and Sales Trevor joined us in 2017 to help bring together our marketing and sales, and is very involved in developing our websites and social media, and making our marketing really effective. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 7759 Chris Staplehurst, Marketing Manager Chris coordinates all of our electronic marketing for our many different programmes and resources. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 5037 Leah Hardy, Digital Marketing Assistant Leah looks after our social media - persuading people to write posts for our blog, and regularly tweeting and posting on Facebook about our work. 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, and programmes. E: [email protected] T: 0207 566 4130 Matthew Moskovitz, Marketing Intern
Support Services Team This team helps to keep things running smoothly - things like governance, HR, IT, premises, finance and so on. Expand Mahmudah Begum, HR & Executive Assistant Mahmudah looks after all aspects of the human resources - if you apply for a job at Young Citizens, it's likely that Mahmudah will be involved. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4145 Shannon Graham, Finance Intern Shannon helps to keep our finances in order - making sure bills are paid and collected, and helping with the accounts. E: [email protected] T: 020 7566 4141