Our people

Rose Mosse

Associate, The Young Foundation

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. 

Isabella Pereira

Head, Institute for Community Studies, Institute for Community Studies

Previously Head of Qualitative Research Methods at Ipsos’s Social Research Institute, Isabella is a qualitative and mixed methods expert with more than 15 years’ experience in researching vulnerable audiences. Her published research includes work on the resettlement of Syrian refugees for the Home Office, and on the Living Home Standard for Shelter.

Lily Owens-Crossman

Senior Researcher, Institute for Community Studies

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.

Jack Layton

Place Research and Impact Manager, Institute for Community Studies

Jack is passionate about making our towns and cities better places to live, and his PhD thesis focused on the role of urban public sports facilities as social infrastructures. Jack has written several widely read and highly cited articles that have developed the concept of social infrastructure in a UK context. At The Young Foundation, he works to ensure people’s voices across the country are heard and their needs prioritised.

Rachael McNiven

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.

Adira Andlay

Senior Researcher

With a specialisation in co-design and citizen engagement, Adira leads a range of mixed-method research projects, from community-led social innovation to supporting peer research training. She has a multidisciplinary background in design research, social innovation and visual communication.

Gary Fawdrey

Senior Innovation Practitioner

Gary leads our grant management processes. He is an experienced project, programme and grant manager, specialising in social innovation. Prior to joining The Young Foundation, he supported social innovators and designed innovation funding programmes through roles with Elrha’s Humanitarian Innovation Fund and Nesta’s Challenge Works.

Leonie Taylor

Senior Researcher

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 has informed her research design.

Al Mathers

Associate

Having previously been Director of Research and Learning at the RSA, and Head of Research at Good Things Foundation, Al is passionate about The Young Foundation’s commitment to realising a fairer future with communities, and supporting evidence-driven social change.

Jacob Coburn

Knowledge Exchange Manager

Joining the Institute for Community Studies in 2023, Jacob leads work focused on supporting anchor institutions to develop deeper more integrated relationships, aimed at enabling greater knowledge-sharing and strategic thinking.

Jem Hai

Senior Researcher

Jem joined The Young Foundation in 2023 after having worked as a Research Assistant for a charity supporting children living in deprivation.

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.