Charity founder Nicola Sharp-Jeffs (CF 2016) has been named Charity Times’ Rising Leader of the Year this month. The award was in recognition of Nicola’s work to raise awareness of economic abuse through Surviving Economic Abuse, the charity she founded as a result of her Fellowship.
Artist Leon Clowes (CF 2011) has been interviewed for the mental health podcast The Two Of Us, which was broadcast on 5 October. Leon shared his experience of kinship care and his work to raise awareness of kinship carers’ contributions to society.
By Leon Clowes,
Charity CEO Freya Aitken-Turff (CF 2017) contributed to a report published on 14 October that provides recommendations for understanding and supporting London’s Chinatown in its response to Covid-related racism. The report draws upon knowledge gathered as part of Freya’s Covid-19 Action Fund project.
By Freya Aitken-Turff,
Policy worker Jaccaidi Dyer (CF 2018) has launched For Her this month, an online platform that provides young with women with access to free mental health services. The platform was created as a result of Jaccaidi’s Covid-19 Action Fund project, which explored ways of supporting women’s mental wellbeing.
By Jaccaidi Dyer,
Social enterprise founder Yvonne Field (CF 2012) was named a Pandemic Pioneer by Charity Times on 18 October. The award was in recognition of Yvonne’s work to ensure the voices of minoritised racial groups are heard during the pandemic through her social enterprise Ubele.
By Yvonne Field,
