Collecting fresh perspectives
Bex Trevalyan of Library of Things
Bex is one co-founder of Library of Things, a vibrant space, that lends out useful items in a bid to reduce consumption whilst providing a valuable service to the community it serves.
Jatinder Verma MBE of Tara Theatre
Awarded an MBE for ‘Tara Arts and services to diversity in the arts’ in 2017, Jatinder is one of the co-founders of Tara, the UK’s first designated multicultural theatre.
Helena Norberg-Hodge of Local Futures
Author and filmmaker Helena is the founder of Local Futures and a pioneer of the ‘new economy’ movement, which promotes a systemic shift away from the destructive practices of economic globalisation towards localisation.
Kemi Akinola of Be Enriched
CEO and founder of Be Enriched, Kemi develops networks and opportunities for youth friendly ventures. One such project is a trio of community canteens that utilise surplus and reclaimed food, providing free meals to the local community whilst simultaneously offering volunteers access to training and skill development.
Angela Ireland of Milk Cafe
Started by best friends Angela Ireland and Gabby Cluness, Milk is a social enterprise cafe which offers valuable employment and skills-learning opportunities to asylum seeking and ethnic minority women in the Glasgow area.
Chris Parsons of LandWorks
Through work-based training Chris and the rest of the LandWorks team provide a supported route back into employment and the community for those in prison or at risk of going to prison.
