Awards 2022

He has over 30 years’ experience in design, communications and brand. He has worked with the NHS, central and local government, leadership development and improvement bodies, think tanks, universities, the BBC, charities, including SMK, social enterprises and purposeful businesses.

 He is a member of the RSA and Chartered Institute of Public Relations, and is a business mentor. He is a trustee of Local Trust and a garden owner as part of the National Garden Scheme.

Ben is an experienced brand and innovation consultant, having worked for over 20 years on projects for organisations across the world. He has pioneered co-creative approaches to brand strategy; bringing customers, employees and stakeholders into the process to build more effective and ambitious solutions. Ben has worked with charities, NGOs and some amazing businesses and brands including IKEA, John Lewis, Aveda, Nationwide, PepsiCo and Shelter among others. He is an expert in brand strategy, innovation and purpose. Ben joined Given in 2016 and is responsible for overseeing the quality of the work that the team is delivering as well as agency growth. Given is a business of 35 people based in the UK.

She has experience of working with charities and in politics, including as a Senior Researcher at the Directory of Social Change, and is from Liverpool.

Some major achievements include improving supermarket food safety, securing enhanced rail compensation rights for passengers, and the establishment of the new Higher education and product safety regulators. Previous to this, Neena worked in policy and capacity building roles at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, including training local organisations across England to campaign and influence local decisions.

Which? is the sponsor for Best Consumer category in 2022.

Sue specialised in theories of justice, feminist theory, and problems of toleration. In addition to her work on the Reform Trust, Sue is also a member of the North Committee of National Lottery Heritage Fund, and a volunteer guide at York Minster. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and was its Vice President (Social Science) 2008-2012.

Sophia was previously a shortlisted for the SMK Young Campaigner of the Year award, after having previously received training from the Sheila McKechnie Foundation. Sophia’s specialism is Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, which is threaded into her work in various sectors over the past 10 years. Sophia has a background in investigative journalism, research and participation, which she uses to build public will and tackle inequalities.

Previously Rossanna led the Campaigns and Activism team at Mencap. Delivering the award winning Hear my Voice campaign, they embedded a new model of beneficiary-led activism, utilising both cutting edge online campaigning tools and grassroots, face-to-face campaigning, which led to a step change in our politicians recognising people with a learning disability as a political force.
Driven by a passion for making meaningful change to people on the ground, she has extensive experience in delivering coalition campaigns where the collective might of campaigners, politicians and charities has made a tangible difference to the lives of disabled people and vulnerable children. This includes the life-changing campaign for Changing Places Toilets, which Rossanna was key in establishing, the Care and Support Alliance’s campaign to influence what became the Care Act 2014, and last year’s SMK award winning Domestic Abuse campaign.

Gareth has worked in the Third Sector for over 7 years and previous roles included Programmes Manager at UK Community Foundations and Monitoring and Evaluation Manager at the SHINE Trust.

Prior to entering the third sector he completed an MA in Art History in Canada and worked as a Gallery Manager at a commercial art gallery in London.

John Ellerman Foundation is the sponsor for the Amplifying Voices Award category in 2022.