Staff, trustees and patrons

Previously she was CEO of Women in Sport, where she oversaw a spectrum of campaigns aimed at unlocking the potential of women’s sport. She worked for The Body Shop in the late 90’s where she was responsible for the global roll out of the pioneering Ruby campaign, which first made the connection between body image and self-esteem.

In her twenties, she devised the award-winning Bag ‘n’ Bin It campaign for the Women’s Environmental Network; co-founded the Women’s Communication Centre which hosted the high profile What Women Want campaign; and worked for the British Government supporting their role in the Fourth UN World Conference on Women.

She has an Honorary Degree from Liverpool John Moore’s University for her work in women’s health, and was awarded an OBE for “services to sport” in the 2013 New Years’ Honours list. Sue is a trustee of Grapevine, a charity based in the West Mids, that uses community power to help people thrive. She is a former Chair of 38 Degrees and The Fawcett Society, and a former Trustee of acevo.

Lorna began her career as a Town Planner in the Northeast and Edinburgh, working on housing policy, developing governance experience and project management qualifications. Lorna loves to travel and after a 2-year sabbatical, travelling and working her way around the world, Lorna moved into the travel industry where she managed large sales teams for a high-end tour operator for 7 years.

Lorna has always had a strong interest in project management and operations in her previous roles and was seeking a new challenge when she was offered the role of Operations Manager at SMK. Lorna is excited to learn more about campaigning, while supporting the team on their work on social change.

Previously working in the NHS as a Diabetic Eye Screener, she wanted to pursue a career within the charity sector that aligned with her real passions – social justice and human rights. Megan has volunteered with children’s charities, facilitating half-term classes for primary school children, and helping to organise large-scale annual Christmas events for vulnerable children and families. At the end of 2019, Megan completed a part-time diploma in Events Management with Event Academy, the only UK events diploma endorsed by the Chartered Institute of Marketing. 

Passionate about inclusive, participatory approaches to social change, Sarah’s work has focused on co-creating services for children and families and for people with disabilities. Her intention is always to foster reflective, collaborative relationships in pursuit of a kinder, more just and sustainable world. Prior to joining SMK, Sarah completed an MA in Power, Participation and Social Change.

Kath has more than two decades experience in the not-for-profit sector. At SMK, Kath heads up SMK’s training and consultancy programme supporting campaigners and social change across the UK. Before that she was course director for SMK’s Campaign Carousel programme providing oversight across 13 workshops. Kath convened the Police Bill Alliance – a civil society coalition of 350 organisations against the government’s policing bill (now the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Act 2022). As a freelance consultant she worked with diverse organisations including Mencap, the Criminal Justice Alliance, Amnesty International UK, and the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

Kath is an RSA Fellow and a critical friend of Playing Out, a social enterprise championing street play. She coordinated the TUC campaign against the then Trade Union Bill. The campaign won PR Week 2016 Award for Public Affairs.

At Which?, he built a digital innovation team that grew one of the largest supporter bases in the UK, and helped pioneer data-led engagement tools which influenced positive social change for UK consumers. Whether in mobilising half a million people to change the law on nuisance calls, or collecting evidence of the millions lost to bank scams, the consumer actions Patrick has led have resulted in high-profile media and tangible policy outcomes. In addition to advising The Law Society and FTSE 250 company Capita, Patrick most recently partnered with Purpose Union. At this social purpose agency, Patrick specialises in advising global clients on digital movement building. This includes leading the social media release of a global climate action song which engaged people in almost every country of the world.

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Richard has worked across the charity sector in a number of roles, including leading the communications and campaigns teams at the national disability charity, Scope, and working on campaigns and public affairs at the LGBT charity Stonewall where he worked on the equal marriage campaign and the national Rainbow Laces campaign to tackle homophobia in sport. 

Prior to working in the charity sector Richard worked at the Fabian Society, a leading think tank on social justice issues, PoliticsHome supporting their US politics coverage, and spent time working on the 2008 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. 

Before joining BT, he was Director of Advocacy and Public Affairs at Which?, where he ran the consumer champion’s campaigns – securing changes to laws, regulation and consumer behaviour in the financial services, utilities, transport and retail markets. Pete was previously the Head of Public Affairs at the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Head of Campaigns & Communications at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. As a consultant, he has advised numerous organisations on their campaigns and comms strategies including Scope, Save the Children, the British Chambers of Commerce, the Royal College of Nursing and the Rail Ombudsman.

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Kimberly was born in Zimbabwe and migrated to the UK aged 9. She applied for student finance in 2015 and realised that her immigration status became the barrier to going to university because it meant she wasn’t eligible for a student loan. In the same year, Kimberly attended a Leadership Academy, which provided support and importantly awareness that she was not alone. In 2018 she started university alongside work as a Culturosity Facilitator; promoting youth development through creative learning of equality and diversity principles. She recognises the importance of young people seeking out opportunities for further development and challenging societal constraints.

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