Our people

Jonathan Crowley

Social Impact and Innovation Lead

Jonathan joined The Young Foundation in 2024. He has extensive cross-sector experience as a consultant, leading projects across the innovation space. Skilled in strategic thinking and practical action, he advocates for creativity and collaboration through ‘play.’

Julie Munro

Financial Controller

Julie joined The Young Foundation in February 2023 after working in finance roles in the charity and education sectors for more than twenty years.

Kathryn Holland

Senior Innovation Practitioner

Kathryn has worked to design and deliver community-led crowdfunding programmes with Local Authorities across the UK. She enjoys applying creative approaches to community engagement and developing ways to build meaningful social connections within communities.

Kieran Toms

Innovation Practitoner

Kieran works to support local authorities, communities, and the private sector to create better places. As an Innovation Practitioner he’s driven to empower people beyond their comfort zones and enjoys problem-solving.

Laetitia Lucy

Social Impact Lead

Laetitia Lucy joined the Young Foundation in 2024 after working as a Social and Economic Impact Consultant at Arup. She is passionate about empowering people to improve their lives, and leveraging investment to create lasting social and economic impact in the most deprived neighbourhoods.

Leonie Taylor

Research Officer

Leonie joined The Young Foundation in 2023, and is passionate about using ethical research to address health inequalities. She is a social researcher with a background in migration studies and gender equity. Leonie’s international experience in Sierra Leone and Greece informs her research design.

Lily Owens-Crossman

Senior Researcher

Lily is passionate about engaging communities in research to drive social change and exploring the most effective and valuable ways to do so from participant perspectives. Her background is in research focused on migration and children and young people, and she has an MRes in Global Migrations and Social Justice.

Marwa El-bahti

Corporate Resourcing Administrator

A dedicated professional with extensive experience in executive coordination and compliance, Marwa is skilled in streamlining operations and enhancing efficiency. Passionate about supporting leadership and team success, Marwa is excited to contribute her expertise to The Young Foundation’s growth.

Philip Mullen

Senior Research Manager

Previously a Research Manager for Revolving Doors and Toynbee Hall, Philip is passionate about using research to address health inequalities and social justice. Managing peer research projects, he has supported diverse groups of people to co-design, conduct, analyse and present timely and ethical research to achieve real-world policy impact.

Rachael McNiven

Interim Communications and Design Officer

Rachael delivers creative design solutions, impactful visual communications, multimedia, and social media content. Passionate about supporting organisations working towards social justice, sustainability, and better-connected communities, she has worked for a variety of charities, not-for-profits and academic clients.

Rose Mosse

Associate

Co-creating collaborative, generative and transformational experiences, Rose is fascinated by systems and making sense of them. She has an MSc in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability, is a fellow in Social Innovation, and a student of Process-Oriented Psychology.

Rosie Farrer

Senior Associate

Supporting The Young Foundation since 2020, Rosie’s passion is working with change-makers to make communities and cultures more effective and more meaningful. She is an experienced facilitator, coach, innovation mentor, and senior leader with an MSc in international development, and a BSc in psychology.