Rosie is the executive director at The Guardian Foundation, leading the team in our purpose to promote global press freedom and access to liberal journalism. Prior to this, Rosie held a variety of roles at Internews Europe, including senior director of programmes and global director of impact. Before joining Internews in 2017, she spent ten years with the BBC’s international charity BBC Media Action, initially overseeing programming and fundraising in the Africa Region before becoming head of policy and, latterly, country director for Indonesia.
Outside of work, she serves on the boards of the Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities Network and Orchestras For All.
Clare is responsible for overseeing programmes and operations as well as progressing critical strategic projects. She is passionate about social justice and was drawn to the Foundation’s purpose of global press freedom which underpins people’s ability to hold power to account. Clare has over 20 years leadership experience in the international charity sector including, most recently, as COO at the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women (where she was also formerly Interim CEO) and other senior roles at Brooke, Fairtrade Foundation and Partners for Water and Sanitation. She has Co-founded and is trustee of the charity Equality Starts at Home and Vice Chair of Age International.
Elli leads our news and media literacy programmes. She is passionate about making the world of news and media accessible to all young people, raising aspirations and giving them opportunities to make their voices heard.
She has worked in news literacy for over a decade, developing particular expertise in digital literacy and critical thinking. Previously, she was an English teacher in London comprehensive schools as well as in various special educational needs settings.
Sorcha is the NewsWise programme manager and is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the programme for all teachers, pupils and journalists involved. She was previously the NewsWise volunteer coordinator, creating opportunities for children to meet real journalists.
She has several years’ experience of running education programmes targeted at underprivileged young people, including running employability skills programmes for secondary school pupils in East London. Before this, Sorcha studied French at UCL.
Mena is the Behind the Headlines programme manager and is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the programme. She loves being able to combine two things that are important to her: teaching and current affairs.
Before this, Mena was an English teacher and KS3 Lead at a secondary school in London. She also has experience of mentoring and delivering training sessions to new teachers.
Mabel manages our Untold Stories project, an Ofcom-funded project for schools in London and Greater Manchester, working closely with teachers, pupils and journalists involved. Driven by a passion for making a positive impact, Mabel has years of experience managing programmes across the media, heritage and digital sectors. She previously worked at Mumsnet, The World Reimagined project and The British Library, managing digital engagement and global skills and knowledge exchange workshops, to capacity build for endangered archives.
Bairbre is our education officer, responsible for teaching and facilitating workshops for children and young people and supporting the news and media literacy team to deliver their wide range of work. She was drawn to working at the Foundation because she is passionate about equipping young people with the skills they need to navigate today’s news landscape. She strongly believes in the vital role of press freedom in enabling informed, critical decision-making.
Bairbre has over 13 years' experience as a primary school teacher, including teaching in the UK, Ireland and Australia. In her previous role, she was a Key Stage 1 teacher and music lead in a South London primary school.
Joseph is the programme and finance administrator at The Guardian Foundation. He works across all programmes providing day to day administrative support, allowing the team to focus on making the biggest impact possible.
Joseph has years of experience providing administrative support to grassroots and community organisations, underpinned by a passion to contribute to services for those from underrepresented backgrounds. His previous role was at The Midi Music Company, a music education and artist development charity.
Beth Hopkins is the operations coordinator at The Guardian Foundation. Driven by a passion for making a positive impact, she supports the smooth running of the Foundation and works closely with colleagues across strategy, fundraising, communications, and programmes.
Beth recently returned home after eight years in Australia, where she gained extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector through roles at The Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, The Aboriginal Elders Community Service, and CPA Australia.
Amran manages our Voice and Agency programmes such as the Scott Trust Bursary and Emerging Voices Awards. She oversees the day to day delivery of these programmes, supports our programme participants and works closely with key stakeholders.
Amran is passionate about creating opportunities and career pathways for young people from underrepresented backgrounds, ensuring their voices are platformed and celebrated whilst having meaningful support throughout their journey. Before joining The Guardian Foundation, she worked at the charity Facing History and Ourselves.
Philippa manages the Guardian News & Media archive. She has responsibility for the day-to-day running of the archive, which collects and preserves the historical business records of The Guardian and Observer. The role includes coordinating acquisitions, appraisal, cataloguing, preservation and access to the archive, as well as outreach activities designed to promote the histories and values of the newspapers.
Philippa began her career as The Guardian’s first trainee archivist and went on to complete her MA in archives and records management at UCL. She worked in the archives at SOAS, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Royal College of Surgeons of England before returning to The Guardian News and Media archive.
Emma is a professionally qualified archivist and supports the running of The Guardian News & Media Archive. Her role includes collections management, outreach and supporting volunteers and researchers in accessing the archive.
Emma has over 15 years experience of working in the information and heritage sectors including roles in local government, higher education and museums. She loves engaging people with history and has a particular interest in 19th and 20th century history and politics.
Charlie is responsible for overseeing The Guardian Foundation's communications, making sure that as many people as possible know about, support and get involved with the charity's work.
She previously worked for the NSPCC's creative team, where she realised both her love for charity comms and her passion for supporting young people. She has a BA in English Literature from the University of Sheffield.