Meet a Changemaker: Hilda Mango, Rough Sleeping Partnership Board resident co-chair, Newham Homelessness Action Group resident co-chair, ELFT People Participation Digital Champion and Lead Assessor for the Service-User Led Accreditation

As an extremely active member of the Newham community, Hilda helps develop services for the borough in countless different ways. Knowing we all face numerous challenges, she is passionate about residents’ voices being heard and their needs being kept at the core of service design or delivery. She takes a solution-centric approach in her advocacy for those experiencing various issues to which she can relate, including housing, health, socioeconomic and other more sensitive matters. Her aim is to see a safer, more inclusive Newham, where services provide appropriate relief for residents, and all feel welcome and at home.