Our people

freyaaquarone@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days:
Monday - Friday

I recruit and train young people and creative mentors for the London Mentoring Programme. I match mentor pairs, offer individual support throughout the programme, and work with partner schools and organisations to develop our services. My pronouns are she/her or they/them.

joe@arts-emergency.org

Usual working days:
Monday - Friday

I am responsible for the strategic development of Arts Emergency's mentoring programme, including championing evaluation and learning - talk to me about best practice, new growth areas, and partnerships! I am also the Designated Safeguarding lead across the organisation. My pronouns are he/him or they/them.

rita@arts-emergency.org

Usual working days:
Tuesday-Friday

I’m responsible for planning and implementing effective marketing campaigns that convey our story and encourage people to get involved. I use analysis and evaluation to help inform strategies for the future, with an aim for Arts Emergency to broaden its reach and impact. My pronouns are she/her.

rose@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days:
Monday - Friday

I lead on the development and delivery of Arts Emergency’s Community Programme for young people aged 18-25. My work supports our Young Community to broaden their experiences of creative careers, and navigate pathways into the creative and cultural sector. I also support our Youth Collective to develop their own advocacy, activism and community work. My pronouns are she/her.

tim@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days:
Monday - Thursday

I oversee our operational systems and services, supporting the smooth running of the organisation. I also oversee our financial management and coordinate work around governance, compliance and strategy. I am the company secretary for the organisation. My pronouns are he/him.

tian@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days:
Tuesday, Wednesday

I recruit young people from Manchester schools, train arts industry professionals as mentors and match them to start their year of mentoring. I manage the scheme's admin including communication with parents and schools and mentor DBS checks. I also provide pastoral support for the pairs across the year by being on call with information and advice. My pronouns are he/him.

neil@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days:
Monday - Friday

I work with various stakeholders to set our direction as an organisation. I support our programmes team, fundraising and communications, manage our finances and legal compliance as a charity, build beneficial relationships with influencers and gatekeepers and act as spokesperson for the cause. My pronouns are he/him.

emma@arts-emergency.org

I'm responsible for Arts Emergency's fundraising - mostly keeping in touch with all our generous donors! I run our monthly donation schemes, our Bursar Club, and also manage our fundraising campaigns, appeals and events.

danny@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days:

Monday - Friday

I support our Mentoring Programmes and Officers across the country in Greater Manchester, London and Merseyside, helping them to deliver for our amazing mentees and mentors. My favourite part of the role is seeing how the Mentoring Team care for those taking their first steps into careers in the arts and creative industries. My pronouns are he/him.

lucy@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days:
Monday - Friday

I lead Arts Emergency’s fundraising and marketing team and activities. My main goals are to ensure our impactful programmes are well-known, widely supported and fully funded. My pronouns are she/her.

blaise@arts-emergency.org

Usual working days:
Tuesday - Friday

I provide a wide-range of offers for the Young Community, such as broadening their experience of creative careers and cultural organisations via the Ruby Ticket scheme, facilitating industry connections via the Wish List, and ensuring access to resources through the Ask Arts Emergency scheme. My pronouns are they/them.

ameena@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

I run payroll for the team and ensure all invoices are filed and recorded correctly, manage all expenses, expense accounts and petty cash. I also banking incoming cheques and cash. I work with the Fundraising team to ensure income is accounted for and recorded and produce financial reports when required by the Head of Operations and Finance or other budget holders. I also support our young people in making claims for travel bursaries or invoicing for commissions. My pronouns are she/her.

sukayna@arts-emergency.org

Usual working days:
Monday-Friday

I work to engage and develop our audiences, manage our identity and messaging, ensure the smooth delivery of programme related communications, and tell the story of what we do across multiple channels. I help produce and curate effective values-driven content across all our platforms, and use data to see what's resonating best with our community. My pronouns are she/her.

helen@arts-emergency.org

Usual working days:
Monday - Thursday

My main focus is on developing relationships and building support to fund Arts Emergency projects for young people. My job is to match organisations and individuals who want to be catalysts for positive change in society for young people, with our work to make this happen.

sanj@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days:
Monday - Thursday

I am responsible for the operational development and implementation of Art Emergency’s people and culture policies. This includes Human Resources, Learning & Development, Workforce Wellbeing, and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. My pronouns are he/him.

lisa@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days:
Monday - Thursday

I provide support for the whole team on Salesforce and am responsible for development and maintenance of the database. I handle day-to-day administration tasks and make improvements based on team needs, while also reviewing how the system can be used to achieve our longer term objectives. My pronouns are she/her.

cordelia@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days:
Wednesday - Friday

I recruit young people from across Merseyside to take part in the mentoring programme and train arts industry professionals as mentors. I match mentor pairs, and am on hand throughout the programme to offer individual support and advice to mentors and mentees. I also manage the scheme's admin, including communication with partner schools and organisations. My pronouns are she/her.

eleanor@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days:
Monday - Friday

I recruit and train young people and creative mentors for the London Mentoring Programme. I match mentor pairs, offer individual support throughout the programme, and work with partner schools and organisations to develop our services. My pronouns are she/her.

ingrid@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days

Tuesday - Thursday

I interact with a lot of interesting and generous people in my role as Fundraising Officer. My role involves thanking and looking after Art's Emergency's large network of supporters, who all play a vital role in transforming young people's life chances. I'm also here to support any questions about fundraising from supporters and explore new fundraising ideas for the organisation.

melissa@arts-emergency.org
Usual working days:
Monday - Friday

I provide leadership and strategic direction for all aspects of programme design and development. I support a nationally dispersed programmes team and ensure effective cross-departmental working in relation to the direction and development of all programme activities, ensuring that they contribute to our wider strategic aims and impact objectives. My pronouns are she/her.

Yomi is a multi-award winning journalist who is a columnist at The Guardian and has a monthly column at the i paper. In 2018, she co-authored the bestselling book Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible with Elizabeth Uviebinene, for which she was named a Marie Claire Future Shaper and was awarded the Groucho Maverick award.

Julian has over twenty years' experience as a fundraiser, primarily in major gifts across a variety of causes. He has worked with funders from small regular supporters to seven figure grants, always aiming to deepen relationships across the charity. He is currently Head of Philanthropy at Anthony Nolan, leading the team looking after trusts and major donors. He was the first member of his family to attend university, studying languages and linguistics, and is proud to be part of such an important organisation.

Jasmine has over 25 years of experience as a Head of Department, Manager, Broadcaster, Producer, Director, Inclusion Leader and Columnist at brands like Netflix UK, Media Trust, Channel 4 News, MTV and more. She is an active member of the BAFTA voting academy, the Royal Television Society Futures committee, Board of Directors at the ILUVLIVE music platform, the BPI Equity and Justice Advisory Group committee and the MOBO and BET International Voting Academy.

Silé is a Literary Agent at Mushens Entertainment, working with writers to create engaging stories and proposals for publication. Silé represents an exciting and dynamic list of authors, talent and brands and she is always on the lookout for a good story.

Alex is a child and adult safeguarding expert with over fifteen years experience in the public and private sectors. Until recently she was the safeguarding lead for News, Current Affairs and World Service at the BBC; she currently works as a safeguarding consultant in the charitable sector. Alex is passionate about the arts and spends most of her spare time visiting art galleries and reading poetry.

Perminder is CEO of Bonnier Books UK, and has spearheaded the development of an agile, sustainable business model and work culture, alongside creating the company’s first Inclusion & Representation Action Plan, designed to accelerate progress in the book industry.

Binda is a governance and programmes specialist and is Director of Innovation Sutton Trust, who champion social mobility. She also has extensive experience of evaluation and measuring impact and has been a long-time supporter of Arts Emergency.

Felicity has been a trustee of Arts Emergency since 2016. A chartered accountant, Felicity is Head of Finance at The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Prior to this, Felicity worked at the National Audit Office, working closely with a number of central government departments

I am one of the Youth Collective's Social Representatives, in charge of planning social events and well-being activities for the other members of the Youth Collective, as well as contributing to our campaigns, celebrations, and communications.

I am currently working in Communications at the National Theatre, I'm also a freelance Director, Script Reader and Facilitator. As the Campaigns and Policy rep, I aim to break down and outline the limitless ways in which young people up and down the country face barriers - to constantly review the arts, who it represents and who benefits from it. We can only progress if we start to change - change what we do and change what we accept and being part of the Youth Collective will hopefully allow me to be a part of that.

I’m Ayah and I love zombies! I’m working towards being a journalist covering climate change and raising awareness the injustices that come with climate change, as well as raising the voices of those who are doing whatever they can to tackle this problem. I’m also interested in increasing representation within the art’s industry. But zombies and writing tragic angst short stories is where my heart ultimately lies!

I'm a disabled, queer, working class early-career museum & gallery professional and community organiser based in Salford. My interests lie in the intersection between activism, community spaces, and cultural venues. For the Youth Collective I work on programming events & socials for the Young Community, promoting them through marketing and social media, and helping to build a sense of community. I recently set up an organisation called Crip Culture Collective for disabled, chronically ill, and neurodiverse folk in Manchester (and beyond!) to experience culture together via accessible means.

I'm one of the Community Representatives for the Arts Emergency Youth Collective. My focus is to help bring the young community together in the North West and also to help program events and socials for young people. I've also helped the Arts Emergency team represent the charity publicly during campaigns and appeals. In the rest of my life I'm a filmmaker and love exploring my craft.