Experience

Power The Fight

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO/Founder

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Launched in 2019, Power the Fight is an award-winning charity which tackles violence affecting young people. We create long-term solutions for sustainable change and act as a link between the community and policy makers. We do three things: 1. Support Young People and Families We support young people and families to come together to end violence affecting young people in their communities by providing access to culturally competent therapeutic, financial and legal support. 2. Train and Resource Communities Our training and resources educate, equip, engage and enable communities, working alongside statutory and strategic organisations, to be part of the solution to the issue of violence affecting young people in the UK. 3. Advocate for System Change We advocate for system change by engaging with policy makers such as the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) and Local and Central Government, as well as ensuring that communities and individuals within those feel safer, supported and are heard. Together we will Power the Fight to end youth violence. Show less


Emmanuel New Cross
• Pastor

  • Sep 2016 - Dec 2018

Emmanuel Church London
• United Kingdom
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Pastor

  • Apr 2011 - Sep 2016


MAC-UK

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mini MAC-Manager

  • Apr 2011 - Mar 2012

  •Responsible for supporting MAC-UK’s CEO in the strategic development and delivery of the MAC-UK project. • Advisor to Home Office and Centre for Social Justice on gangs, riots and serious youth violence from a public and mental health perspective. • I offered specialist and highly flexible and innovative assessment and intervention to young people from a gangs and serious violence background. • Provided high level managerial leadership across the MAC-UK service. •Responsible for supporting MAC-UK’s CEO in the strategic development and delivery of the MAC-UK project. • Advisor to Home Office and Centre for Social Justice on gangs, riots and serious youth violence from a public and mental health perspective. • I offered specialist and highly flexible and innovative assessment and intervention to young people from a gangs and serious violence background. • Provided high level managerial leadership across the MAC-UK service.



Camden Council

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Gangs and Serious Youth Violence Coordinator

  • Jan 2010 - Apr 2011

  • Creation and implementation of the Camden Gangs and Serious Youth Violence Strategy 2010/11. • Development of three suitable and sustainable interventions for young people involved in, or at risk of becoming involved in, youth disorder and/or gang-related activity. • Development, implementation and monitoring the Community Safety Partnership’s Youth Gangs strategic and Operational Action Plan for 2010/2011. • Coordination of the partnership’s strategic response to specific youth disorder and gang issues and to act as the point of contact for community safety on all gang-related and youth disorder issues. • Ensuring work with young people and their families to identify services and strategies that support reduction in the offending and antisocial behaviour of young people is done as part of a coordinated response to youth violence. Show less



Lewisham Youth Offending Service

• Diversion Team Manager

  • Apr 2006 - Dec 2009

  •Responsible for co-ordinating and chairing two youth inclusion and support panels (YISPs). • Line management for seven members of the Diversion Team. • Management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Lewisham Triage project which resulted in a 12.3% reduction in first time entrants over the last year, a 23% reduction in final warnings and a 20% reduction in referral orders. • Innovative projects and programmes designed for young people at risk of offending and those young offenders, specifically those involved in knife crime. • Double Edge Knife Crime prevention programmes used as best practice in the London Criminal Justice Boards Gangs handbook. • Fundraising and obtaining additional funding for early intervention activities. Show less