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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...

Hi, I'm Jenny, the Engagement Manager and a Director at Babbasa. My journey with Babbasa started as a volunteer in 2011 and since then I have watched the organisation grow from strength to strength and continue to be bold in its ambitions. For the past 20 years, I...

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...

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....

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...

Hi! I'm Navinder, I'm Babbasa's Operations Assistant. I handle any daily tasks within administration/ HR duties and contribute to the smooth running of the office. If I was to describe myself in three words it would be: ambitious, kind, and creative! The last...

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...

My name is Millie Morfitt and I am the Challenge Programme Lead. Through this role, I support young people to create and host a social action campaign or event for social issues that they are passionate about. In previous years this has included cultural, political,...

I’m Sarah, Babbasa's Communications Lead. Before this role I worked as Babbasa's Youth Empowerment Coordinator and I interned for Babbasa as a Monitoring and Evaluation Researcher. In my current role I manage all of Babbasa's Social Media Platforms, make all of the...