Meet a Changemaker: Jane Williams, CEO of The Magpie Project

Jane set up The Magpie Project in 2017 to help local families facing insurmountable barriers to accessing help for their children – such as bus fares, concerns about immigration, lack of information, shame, and concerns that their parenting would be judged. The Magpie Project provides holistic, practical support to mums with children under five subject to the hostile immigration environment and in poor housing. The organisation also seeks to protect childhoods by bringing joy and activities, as well as allowing them to have their voices heard in places where decisions are being made about their lives. Jane dreams of a world where all our children have equal access to play, housing, support and good health, no matter what their immigration status.