SBY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Business Manager
- Education & Learning
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- Programme Coordinator
- Project Coordinator for Unlocking Potential and Learning to Lead
"I am most looking forward to building meaningful connections with young people and working to implement real change to better their future.
I have both academic and practical experience with young people. I love the effect that kindness, care and fun can have on a young person's life. In my own life, I have seen the positive benefit that a loving presence can have on a vulnerable child to help them thrive. Young people are resilient, fun, and inspirational and I look forward to working alongside them to guide them to be the absolute best they can be."
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- Business Manager
- Member of the Green Futures and Youth Board
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- New Team Members
- Programme Coordinator for Future Quest
"Hi, my name is Jake and I am the programme coordinator for the Future Quest cohort programme here at SBY. I have worked with students since finishing university myself and my favourite part of working with young people is helping them realise the pathways to achieving their goals: whether that means going to university, doing an apprenticeship or going straight in to the working world.
I am most looking forward to visiting some of our local university partners. For a lot of students, this will be the first time they have ever seen a university and it's an amazing experience to see all of the possibilities that are available to them!"
James is a qualified accountant who for the last 15 years has worked with smaller growing organisations, in the Southwest, helping them with their strategic and financial management. Prior to that he served on the Board of PLC's and held other senior finance roles. James joined SBY as Treasurer in September 2018.
Karl has worked within the food industry for the last 25 years and was the Chairman of Yeo Valley Production until June 2020. He has been involved for a number of years with charities who work to improve the lives of young people in the Southwest. Karl was a trustee and Treasurer of Young Bristol for 10 years and a trustee of the Bridgwater Education Trust. Karl took on the role of Chair of SBY in June 2021. He is also a trustee of Feeding Bristol as well as being a Governor of Merchants' Academy in Withywood.
Karl is passionate about tackling the root causes of social mobility within the Southwest and the UK as a whole, to ensure that every young person, irrespective of their personal background, has the opportunity to realise their potential in life for themselves, their communities and the country as a whole.
Laura joined SBY as a trustee in June 2017, but she has been involved since 2013 when SBY became a charity. She has seen it grow during this period and is excited about the future and the ways in which it can continue to support young people to allow them to flourish. Laura is a solicitor at a local Bristol law firm and specialises in advising charities on all aspects of their governance and operations. She is passionate about charities and the highly important work that they do for society.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Head, Personal Development and Wellbeing
Job Titles:
- Registrar and University Secretary
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- Safeguarding, Health & Safety Advisor
Job Titles:
- Programme Coordinator
- Project Coordinator
Mark is a Project Coordinator and works on the Insight to Apprenticeships Somerset programme as well as delivering our psychometric personality profiling workshops that are included in many of…
As a resident of South Bristol, Matt has lived and worked in Bristol for over 20 years. He is an accomplished agency strategist, who has worked with some of the world's largest brands across the full range of marketing disciplines including advertising, branding and digital marketing. As the newest addition to our trustees having joined in late 2021, his input will help SBY position itself for success in its next phase of development.
Job Titles:
- Data Entry and Admin Officer
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- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Job Titles:
- Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusivity