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Staff: Poku Osei – Babbasa CEO
Poku Pipim Osei (BA, PGCert, MSc) is a respected social entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of award-winning youth empowerment organisation, Babbasa. Poku relocated to Bristol from Ghana in 2008. Until that point, his professional experiences had been in the private...
Staff: Jenny Kerridge – Operations Manager
I’m Jenny, the Operations Manager and a Director at Babbasa. I’ve been here almost from the beginning, and have watched Babbasa grow from strength to strength. My key role relates to assurance. I make sure we’re meeting our targets, managing risks and delivering our...
Staff: Urfan Ali – Advisor and Senior Business and Partnerships Associate
I’m Urfan and I have been aware of Babbasa since 2011 (when it was known as BYEP) and shortly after signed up to be a mentor. The work they did really resonated with me because of my own life experience. My parents were first-generation immigrants and weren’t in a...
Staff: Kate La Tour – Fundraising and Partnerships Lead
I lead on fundraising and building partnerships with employers and organisations to offer opportunities; and in turn support them to understand the needs of diverse young people entering the world of work. I joined Babbasa in March, just at the beginning of lockdown....
Staff: Lizzie Potter – Projects Coordinator
As the Projects Coordinator for Babbasa, I organise our mentoring programme, and support Jenny with our internal operations. It’s a really varied role, and changes on a daily basis depending on what needs to be done. I started volunteering at Babbasa because I wanted...
Staff: Maria Sidawi – Operations and Project Support
I’m Maria, I joined Babbasa in September as Interim Communications Lead where I was responsible for the communications for the City Of Change campaign. I am now Operations and Project Support, where I am responsible for supporting the delivery of Babbasa’s operations...
Staff: Kofo Ajala – Communications and Executive Support Lead
My name is Kofo Ajala and I am the Communication and Executive Support Lead. To put it simply, I’m here to keep you informed of all Babbasa has to offer. Whether it’s through Facebook or Instagram or through videos and blogs, my day to day life centres around bringing...
Staff: Pravanya Pillay – Outreach and Engagement Lead
I’m the outreach and engagement lead at Babbasa – in my role I go out and about all over Bristol meeting young people and getting them involved with all the excellent programmes at Babbasa. It’s a great role because it means I get to work directly with inspiring and...
Staff: Zoe Lynes – Challenge Programme Lead
My role as Challenge Programme Lead is to be responsible for the Challenge Programme and also the delivery of our LifeShops, which are our professional development workshops. For the Challenge Programme, the Youth Ambassadors need to deliver a social action project,...
Staff: Sarah Dean – Engagement Coordinator
I’m Sarah and I’m currently working as Babbasa’s Engagement Coordinator. Before this role I interned for Babbasa as a Monitoring and Evaluation Researcher. In my current role I essentially have my fingers in lots of different pies! I work across the Operations and...
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