Afshan D’souza-Lodhi was born in Dubai to Indian and Pakistani parents and was lost in Manchester. She is a writer of plays, prose, performance pieces, and passive-aggressive tweets. Afshan’s first degree was in Philosophy, and her Masters was in Post-Colonial Literature and Culture. As well as her own writing, Afshan is keen to develop other younger and emerging artists.

Afshan currently freelances with numerous cultural organisations.

She sits on the boards of the Manchester Literature Festival and Pie Radio. Afshan also sits on the steering committee for the Northern Police Monitoring Project, an independent campaigning and advocacy organization that challenges police harassment and violence.

Amelia is a Trustee of the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET). She first became involved in the organisation during Sixth Form when I completed their Lessons from Auschwitz Project.

Amelia is currently the Young Trustees Movement Ambassador in the West Midlands.

Alice is a charity sector Digital Marketer and Youth Advocate. In July 2020 she received a Diana Award for her services to young people in the healthcare and charity sector. At the age of 22, Alice was elected as a trustee for Crohn’s & Colitis UK. As a young trustee, she aims to bring a new perspective to the board and represent the views of young people who’ve been diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Anthony first became a trustee at 20 and is passionate about empowering young people and breaking down barriers.

He is trustee of Cambridge Student Community Action, a charity supporting disadvantaged groups in the local community and providing students with a valuable learning experience.

After attending a comprehensive school in the North East, Anthony studied Modern and Medieval Languages at Jesus College, University of Cambridge supporting a number of initiatives during his time there.

He worked as an Ambassador for Routes into Languages, was a Senior Access and Outreach Ambassador, working to widen access of underrepresented groups to higher education, and served on the Jesus College Student Union.

He's a CIM-qualified marketer and currently works as the International Marketing and Communications Manager at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.

Outside of work he’s likely watching Spanish or Catalan TV, at a musical or poorly singing along to Taylor Swift.

Amy is the student voice coordinator at The Sheffield College, and was previously the President for The Sheffield College Students' Union.

Amy believes in empowering young people and especially young women to have a voice and be active members of their communities and the organisations that support them.

"I'm a Trustee at Voluntary Action Sheffield and was previously a governor for the college, often being the youngest person in the room can be daunting, I've learnt how to become comfortable challenging the decision makers and supporting them make decisions with the right people in mind".

Bilgin has been a Trustee twice before the age of 30, first at Abertay Students’ Association, where Bilgin was a Vice President. Currently, Bilgin is a Lay Trustee at Wolverhampton Students’ Union.

Bilgin is a Business Manager at Peridot Partners, where he supports Students’ Unions and other charities with Chief Executive, SLT and Trustee Recruitment. Biglin’s Board and professional role sees him work with Young Trustees daily.
Bilgin had an interesting journey to get to where he is now, which includes attending 10+ schools (the last one being a SEN school), living in 15 different homes, across 6 cites and 2 countries. Bilgin holds a BSc (Hons) in Sport and Management from Abertay University and a PG Cert in Leadership and Innovation from Dundee University.

Bilgin is passionate about; The power of young people, diversity, West Ham United and singing badly at karaoke bars.

Bola Ajose is a self-taught programmer, and passionate about STEM communication and amplifying Black Women’s voices within this space. She works as Technical Operations Analyst at the data platform Permutive with previous experience as a Logistics Manager for Stemettes, and Programme Manager at Coders of Colour. Bola first became acquainted with the world of trusteeship through the Beyond Suffrage programme where she learnt key skills that prepared her for her first trustee position as Events Management Trustee for Bi Pride UK.

Carys is a trustee of Northern Stage theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne.

She became a trustee of the theatre aged 21. Prior to this role Carys had no knowledge of what a trusteeship really involved, but now she is passionate about increasing young people’s awareness of boards and governance and the roles they play within organisations, especially within cultural industries.

Prior to becoming a trustee Carys worked with the theatre on projects related to community participation and young people, as well as reviewing plays at the theatre regularly throughout my time at Newcastle University.

Currently, she works at the University of Sheffield editing website content, and volunteers as an editor with the online theatre writing site 'A Younger Theatre'.

Outside of work her interests include community organising, working with young people, and on a rainy day she can often be found starting yet another arts and crafts project.

Cassie has a background in community organising, democracy and engagement, currently working in a Students’ Union. After graduating in 2017, her first experience of being a Trustee was during her time as a Sabbatical Officer at the University of Nottingham Students’ Union. Cassie currently volunteers with a charity mentoring young women and is keen to use these skills to support and empower trustees across the East Midlands. Since moving to Birmingham in 2019, she is a trustee for FOLIO Sutton Coldfield, a small local charity in Sutton supporting the local library by organising events and activities to drive engagement.

Dan became a trustee, having founded a support group that continues to support over 300 disabled people.

He also works hard to ensure that people are effectively represented, serving as an independent member of a local police force scrutiny panel convened to consider the legality and effective implementation of cautions and restorative justice, and as Council Chair at the University of Exeter Students’ Guild.

He is passionate about organisational governance and effective accountability in ensuring strategic direction of charities. Having just finished his degree at the University of Exeter, he will be joining the Civil Service Fast Stream this autumn.

Dylan is a trustee for Dolen Cymru, a charity that links together the countries of Wales and Lesotho to create lasting positive changes in the communities of both nations. Dylan currently works for the Community Transport Association, helping to support organisations around the UK to provide accessible and inclusive transport. He also sits on the National Lottery Community Fund's People and Places Committee which awards grants to help communities to use their strengths to make positive impacts on the things that matter to them the most.

Ellie has been a trustee since they were 25, for Quakers in Britain, and has been volunteering for years. They also volunteer for Nightline.

Emilia has been a trustee since the age of 19, sort of by accident! She is a trustee for Student Christian Movement (SCM), a charity that supports Christian university and Higher Education students across Great Britain, with a focus on social justice and being an inclusive space. Alongside this, she is the Access and Inclusion portfolio holder on SCM's General Council.

She is currently nearing the end of a degree in Motorsport Engineering at Coventry University, and has a particular interest in encouraging under-represented groups into motorsport and STEM.

Outside of studying, Emilia likes to do all kinds of crafts (particularly crochet), bake and volunteer at festivals and events.

Ethan has a long standing interest and commitment to public service and youth representation in all areas of public life.

Being a trustee of a local youth club which he helped establish has given Ethan lots of skills and opened him up to lots of opportunities. Ethan looks forward to promoting the positive impact that young people can make as trustees.

Hannah has ten years of trusteeship experience, both in a small start-up charity working in international development and on The Scouts’ national trustee board. During her time at the Scouts, Hannah was the first person to hold the voluntary role of UK Youth Commissioner. In this role, she worked with the CEO, Chair, and lead volunteer to ensure that decision making on all levels at the Scouts was shaped by young people, and was ultimately accountable for a quarter of the organisation’s strategy delivery to 2018. During her time with Timu Rafiki, a small charity supporting young people to access non-formal education in Kenya, she served as the chair of the board of trustees for four years and led charity commission registration for the charity.

In a professional capacity, Hannah is a humanitarian. She works for ShelterBox as an Operations Coordinator, where she manages the distribution of emergency shelter and household items to affected communities following disaster and conflict. Previous roles have included working at the Cabinet Office, in charity fundraising, and project and programme management of healthcare interventions across England.

Joe has been a trustee for 4 years, when he joined the British Youth Council (BYC) board, after representing Wales as a UK Young Ambassador through the BYC's international work. He currently sits on the Wales Council for Voluntary Action board, chairing COVID relief funding activities for Wales. Joe has been writing, speaking, and generally shouting about how important young trustees are for about 9 years - a task he is continuing as he becomes an older 'young' person!"

Jonathan Levy, who lives in Warrington in Cheshire, first became a trustee at the age of 22, serving the Dyspraxia Foundation. As someone who has dyspraxia, Jonathan grasps every opportunity to raise awareness of the condition and is an award-winning disability campaigner.

Jonathan has gained a great deal from his role as a trustee, and as a professional fundraiser in his day-to-day work, Jonathan has particular responsibility on the Dyspraxia Foundation board for income generation, and also serves on the board of Europe’s largest professional fundraising event, Fundraising Convention. In addition to this, Jonathan serves as North West Area Coordinator of the Shannon Trust, a charity which inspires and trains prisoners who can read to teach prisoners who can’t. He previously worked for a Member of Parliament and served as a councillor.

As a disabled person, Jonathan has had to overcome numerous barriers throughout his life and is highly passionate about increasing equality, diversity, and inclusion on charity boards.

Jouja is the Director of Impact at Regenerative Group, an impact investment fund investing in companies that enable a better and more sustainable world. She leads their impact measurement and management strategy, as well as managing external partnerships and business development. She is a Program Manager at Foundervine, a social enterprise building an inclusive start-up community for diverse and underrepresented founders. Additionally, she is currently a trustee at the New Economics Foundation - an organisation the supports people to create change and conducts research the contribute to policy solutions.

Jouja is experienced in working across the philanthropic and non-profit sectors, including with the US-UK Fulbright Commission and the Synergos Institute, and currently volunteers as the Community Partnerships Lead at Migrant Leaders. She is the UK’s Delegate to the 2021 G7 Youth Summit and was formerly a Young Europe Ambassador, working with the 27 Ministers of European Affairs to shape discussions on the future of Europe.

She sits on the Sutton Trust’s Alumni Leadership Board, as well as Social Finance’s Racial Equity Advisory Group and The Big Issue’s Climate Advisory Group. She is a Young Founding Member of Impact 100 London, a Founders of the Future Fellow, and a Fellow at the Royal Society of the Arts.

Jouja holds a BA in Political Science & Human Rights from Columbia University, an MSc in Migration Studies from the University of Oxford and is an alumna of SIT's International Honors Programme.

Kate Roberts is the Chair of Trustees at Royal Holloway Students’ Union, where she is currently the President. Her first experience of being a Trustee was through becoming the Vice President Education in 2019, she is keen to undertake further Trustee roles when her term comes to an end in July 2021.

Kate is also an Advocate for Girlguiding UK where she acts as a national spokesperson, representing and campaigning for girls and young women across the UK.

In her free time Kate enjoys hiking, camping and spending time in nature.

Michael is a researcher and project manager focused on exploring the connection between rights, citizenship and education. He leads the Bingham Centre's strategic area of focus on Citizenship and the Rule of Law. He is the Coordinator of 'The Rule of Law for Citizenship Education', a nationwide programme in which young people are taught about the rule of law and human rights. As a result of the success of this work, Michael was asked to join the Solicitor General's Public Legal Education Committee.

Prior to joining the Bingham Centre Michael worked as a political organiser encouraging young people and disenfranchised groups to participate in public life. He has led voter registration projects that have successfully registered hundreds of thousands of first-time voters, working with the Cabinet Office and other partners to promote voter engagement in the run-up to the 2016 European Union Referendum. The University of Nottingham gave Michael an 'Alumni Laureate Award' to recognise his democratic engagement work and he was named a (fee-waiving) Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts in 2017.

Outside of his citizenship work, Michael has been a successful non-executive director of four charities. He has also served as an advisor of public education authorities. As the current Deputy Chair of the Teaching Excellence Framework Subject Pilot Panel for Law (Business, Education and Social Care are also considered under the remit of the committee), Michael leads senior law academics in piloting, testing and applying methods for assessing quality in higher education programmes.

Originally from Portugal, Rodolfo has called Yorkshire home for over 10 years. He is a trustee of two arts charities, Bradford theatre company Freedom Studios and East Street Arts in Leeds.

Rodolfo is a marketing and communications professional and a civil servant. He has previously worked for multiple arts charities, including Ilkley Literature Festival, Cast in Doncaster and York Theatre Royal.

Rodolfo wants to demystify what boards of trustees are and do, and help bring a greater diversity of voices into spaces where decisions are made.

Tamanna holds a number of roles, as an award winning campaigner, public speaker, media spokesperson, facilitator, host, trainer, writer, mentor, and freelancer. A TEDx & WeDay Wembley Arena speaker with over 15 years experience working in the youth, community, political sector who has represented many charities and organisations.

Areas she works on: Racism, Bullying, Islamophobia, Mental Health and Suicide, BAME issues, Domestic Violence, Voting, Transport, Education, Homelessness, Refugees and migrants, Finance and Debt, PR, Digital and social media, Youth people, Housing, Environment and much more.

Tamanna has been a charity trustee since the age of 18, starting with CXK (formerly Connexions Kent), followed by National Youth Agency, and was most recently Chair of trustees at NOMAD - charity thats for all, refugees and migrants.

Tamanna has worked with organisations to increase opportunities for youth leadership roles and diversity on boards that were previously under-represented such as those from faith, BAME, disability groups. Besides helping to develop youth advisory boards and youth trustee roles, she has encouraged more young people and organisations to progress onto the stage of youth trusteeship.

As well as being a Diana Award holder, she is The Janey Antoniou Award holder from charity Rethink Mental Illness and Young Upstander Award 2016 at the first National Hate Crime Awards.

Tamanna is keen to work with all young and old and bring together communities from all backgrounds to encourage community cohesion. She is keen to inspire the next generation and ensure upcoming boards (and society) is fully representative, diverse, inclusive and youth friendly.