My work
Everything I do now goes back to one question: would this have reached me?
Anabranch Plus
I am the founder and CEO of Anabranch Plus, a social enterprise that works with people in prison and in the community to rebuild confidence, skills and routes into work. I co-founded it with Les Gill.
An anabranch is a channel that leaves the main river, runs its own course for a while and then rejoins it further downstream. That is what we help people do.
Visit Anabranch PlusBoards and roles
- Trustee, Switchback: mentoring and employment support for young men in prison and after release.
- Lived experience expert, NHS Mindset-XR advisory board, with the Health Innovation Network.
- Fellow of the RSA.
- Peer mentor, in prisons and in the community.
Speaking
I speak about reading, rehabilitation and lived experience, and about what employers, schools and prisons can do differently. Recent talks include a panel for the literacy charity Chapter One at KPMG in Canary Wharf, a Council of Europe conference in Albania on high-risk prisoners in the Western Balkans, the Human Library at the Spiritual Ecology Festival, and a live Q&A for Impulse: Playing with Reality at the BFI London Film Festival.
Ask me to speak
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