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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I’m the Placement Programme Lead, which means I help young people to find work experience (either paid or unpaid), apprenticeships, shadowing opportunities or recruitment. I also assist with our Bridging the Gap programme, which helps businesses to improve their...

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,...

I’m Sarah, I’ve recently joined Babbasa as a Research and Evaluation intern. I make sure each program is evaluating its success and progress effectively and I also do some internal research to report on all the amazing work the team at Babbasa are doing. I recently...

I’m a creative who loves to learn new which has aided my drive of becoming an entrepreneur. I was interested and selected for the role because of my Business and Marketing background, coupled with my passion for advertising and the experience I have in managing social...

In this role I do effective engagement with young people with the intentions of recruiting them on to the Babbasa programme. The experiences and skills I have that help me in this role, is my communication skills. This makes it easier for me to network with young...

I’m Evie, a Social Work Student from UWE on placement at Babbasa. I will be working alongside Matt on the support programme. I’m so excited to be getting experience especially in a brilliant team like Babbasa, as I really share their values and believe in what they...