Having lived in Newham for over 20 years, Halima’s focus is on reducing social isolation and encouraging physical activity among the local community, particularly among Muslim women. She started cycling to overcome the limitations of public transportation and found it…
Aisha volunteers for the Friendship Club, a social inclusive disability group aimed at people with autism or learning disabilities. The group encourages people with disabilities to come together to chat and have fun, with the aim of reducing isolation and…
Daniel has lived in Newham for 25 years. He is the founder and CEO of Ayati Mind, which he set up following his own personal lived experience of mental health struggles. He was deeply affected by the suicide of a…
Nick has been pivotal in transforming Brampton Manor Academy into a healthier environment, especially regarding food. The school earned the Healthy Schools Silver Award by demonstrating how healthy eating enhances mood and activity levels, and by identifying students with poor…
Aanchal is passionate about inspiring students to develop their love for healthy cooking by introducing them to delicious new foods from across the world. Under her leadership, Food Technology at School21 has gone from a new subject to one that…
As a lived experience practitioner, a survivor of Adverse Childhood Experiences, homelessness and problematic drugs, Abdirahim has used his life experience to empower others to reduce harm in their own lives. He is the founder of Coffee Afrik, a highly…
Katie Blake is a long-standing council volunteer, who has contributed her time, knowledge and efforts to supporting a wide variety of community campaigns, such as the Ageing Well Strategy Resident Advisory Group. She has been a COVID-19 Champion and Peer…
Julia lives on a boat and is passionate about people and plants; she studied ethnobotany and has done work in Newham around health creation, equality and the environment. Her work taps into local green spaces, nature-based interventions and green prescribing.…
Angie and her family have lived and worked in Newham for six generations. She has always operated on the front line, having worked as a child protection social worker for 20 years, and later in a local charity. Angie started…
