Our people
Chelsea Mac Donnchadha
Chelsea joined The Young Foundation in 2021 after working as an education policy and campaigns officer at the Traveller Movement, and a youth research and campaigns officer at Partnership for Young London. Chelsea is passionate about working with young people and changing research approaches to make them more accessible.
Chris Dobson
Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Chris is a Partner at EY who brings 20 years’ experience working in and with government seeking to tackle some of the UK’s biggest challenges.
Clare Rishbeth
The University of Sheffield
Dalia Ben-Galim
Consultant
Damian Hebron
Senior Innovation Practitioner
Damian is passionate about involving citizens in decision-making and has worked for more than 20 years in arts, health, campaigning and community engagement. He has campaigned extensively to promote the impact of creativity on people’s health.
Daniel Farag
Director of Innovation and Practice
Dan leads our practical social change and innovation work with communities, public systems, and social enterprises. He has worked across the public, private and charitable sectors, and was previously a director of Nesta’s Health Lab.
Darren Sharpe
Senior Consultant, Institute of Public Care at Oxford Brookes University
Both a senior consultant at the Institute of Public Care and a senior research fellow with the NIHR CLARHC, North Thames, Darren is a trained sociologist who has worked with UK Research Councils, Central Government Departments, and NGOs and charities to assess the impact of national and locally-run public programmes.
