Ten Years Time (TYT), creates transformative learning experiences for donors, fostering reflection and guiding them towards equitable and reparative philanthropy practices. Rowena leads TYT Community of Practice, to provide comprehensive support to charities, trusts, and foundations on their racial and economic justice journey.

Through training and strategy development Purpose Reimagined helps organisations reconnect to their purpose with more equitable ways of working and reimagining their mission with justice at its core. Through coaching and facilitation, we help individuals refocus and align values to reimagine their purpose beyond current challenges.

Cities & Health is a trans-disciplinary journal. Peer reviewers - researchers, practitioners or policy makers - comment on papers to support the author(s) in broadening the reach of the paper across disciplinary, geographic and professional boundaries.

The Growth Impact Fund is an investment fund that offers social purpose organisations investment, and support entrepreneurs to grow their impact and sales. They support organisations with a social purpose that are focused on tackling inequity, and have diverse representation at board and leadership level. The independent group of impact specialists, help to advise the fund on everything from due-diligence to post social investment support.https://growthimpactfund.org.uk/

Working across the Charity to develop partnerships and collaborate with a range of organisations locally, nationally and internationally to share the insights we gain from our programmes as well as seeking out innovative projects around urban health that we can learn from to improve the health and well-being.Always open to collaborating, partnering and sharing conversations that contribute to reducing health inequalities in Urban Diverse and Deprived similar to our target boroughs of… Show more Working across the Charity to develop partnerships and collaborate with a range of organisations locally, nationally and internationally to share the insights we gain from our programmes as well as seeking out innovative projects around urban health that we can learn from to improve the health and well-being.Always open to collaborating, partnering and sharing conversations that contribute to reducing health inequalities in Urban Diverse and Deprived similar to our target boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. Show less

Ten Years Time create transformative learning experiences for donors, fostering reflection and guiding them towards equitable and reparative philanthropy practices. Leading the Ten Years Time Community of Practice, to provide comprehensive support to charities, trusts, and foundations on their racial and economic justice journey. Assisting CEOs and executives in embedding DEI, racial, economic, and anti-oppressive practices across all facets of their work through support, challenge, and coaching

Multi Academy Trust (MAT)

Managed a pan-London partnership of 30 debt advice service providers, made up of Citizen Advice centres, independent charities and Law Centres, funded through the Money Advice Service. My role included embedding a new digital online service across the partnership, leading the cultural change involved and monitoring operations, expenditures and progress towards targets for funded projects. During this I was able to implement a pan-London telephone assessment service that enabled people in… Show more Managed a pan-London partnership of 30 debt advice service providers, made up of Citizen Advice centres, independent charities and Law Centres, funded through the Money Advice Service. My role included embedding a new digital online service across the partnership, leading the cultural change involved and monitoring operations, expenditures and progress towards targets for funded projects. During this I was able to implement a pan-London telephone assessment service that enabled people in debt to gain advice immediately over the phone or booked straight into their local advice service within the partnership. In addition, I was able to set up a trainee debt adviser programme where volunteers and those wanting to become debt advisers were able to gain practical skills and basic qualifications to be come debt advisers.As well as development and relationship management, I was also responsible for compliance which involved:• Follow up of the performance framework: indicators, targets, results, and data analysis to ensure compliance with funding, conducting risk assessments on projects and issuing remedial action plans where necessary.• Review and improve quality practices throughout the partnership.• Analyse performances, identifying bottlenecks, potential issues and possible options to overcome challenges; Show less

Development and management of extracurricular activities and extended services provision and staff. Responsible for income generation through fundraising, facilities hire and chargeable activities. Responsible for budget setting and management of extended services. Development of collaborative partnerships and community relationships.

- Working with small and emerging voluntary sector groups as adviser on social and economic projects; fundraising; partner negotiations; project/programme development; bespoke training and development on third sector governance; - Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) networking, fundraising, project development- Consultations and qualitative evaluations for user groups of Children Centers’. - Guest lecturing on Master Degree courses on community development and social inclusion;… Show more - Working with small and emerging voluntary sector groups as adviser on social and economic projects; fundraising; partner negotiations; project/programme development; bespoke training and development on third sector governance; - Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) networking, fundraising, project development- Consultations and qualitative evaluations for user groups of Children Centers’. - Guest lecturing on Master Degree courses on community development and social inclusion; Westminster University; Kingston University. Show less

Development and delivery of 5 year Reaching Community funded social inclusion programme; responsible for developing and achieving milestone and targets, setting and managing programme budgets; presentation and implementation of project proposals, development and delivery of funding strategies and operational plans. Acting as an ambassador for the organisation to the wider voluntary, private and Public sector; marketing the programme and developing partnerships and support within the private and… Show more Development and delivery of 5 year Reaching Community funded social inclusion programme; responsible for developing and achieving milestone and targets, setting and managing programme budgets; presentation and implementation of project proposals, development and delivery of funding strategies and operational plans. Acting as an ambassador for the organisation to the wider voluntary, private and Public sector; marketing the programme and developing partnerships and support within the private and public sector. Pro-actively develop, deliver and evaluate a portfolio of social cohesion and inclusion projects based on the themes of Heath and Volunteering; volunteer management and recruitment; delivering training on CV and interviewing skills. Show less

Development and implementation of new operational management systems; strategic operational development and management of South East London community programme. Involved in commissioning and procurement processes, assisting local authority on developing community services. Development and management of South East London’s Community Programme including fundraising; stakeholder involvement; project and financial management; staff management

Managed and coordinated implementation of LBL Southwark Cleaner Greener Safer capital regeneration project to value of £1/2 million. Overall responsibility for the financial and operational management of Community programme including monitoring and evaluation of individual projects and overall programme; delivering events for completed projects, marketing purposes and organisational promotions. Management of 4 project managers; Grants assessor of Living Spaces Grant Programme; development of… Show more Managed and coordinated implementation of LBL Southwark Cleaner Greener Safer capital regeneration project to value of £1/2 million. Overall responsibility for the financial and operational management of Community programme including monitoring and evaluation of individual projects and overall programme; delivering events for completed projects, marketing purposes and organisational promotions. Management of 4 project managers; Grants assessor of Living Spaces Grant Programme; development of project and programme’s with private and public sector partners. Show less

Project managed NDC capital development with associated social inclusion strategic plan (total project cost £1.5m+)Development of social research projects and capital regeneration projects including securing funding from a range of funders, building stakeholder involvement, outreach; providing capacity support to communities in Lambeth and Southwark; Worked with stakeholders at all levels at each stage using a number of tools to ensure community participation and involvement was inherent… Show more Project managed NDC capital development with associated social inclusion strategic plan (total project cost £1.5m+)Development of social research projects and capital regeneration projects including securing funding from a range of funders, building stakeholder involvement, outreach; providing capacity support to communities in Lambeth and Southwark; Worked with stakeholders at all levels at each stage using a number of tools to ensure community participation and involvement was inherent in the process. Show less

Working with children from 0 - 16 and their parents to involve them in out of school activities.