Co-founder of Bridge 5 Mill and the Fairfield Group of social entreprises, I'm an accomplished social entrepreneur, who helped to establish Debdale Eco Centre, Manchester Social Enterprise Forum and the Fuelling Manchester network. I've worked for The Ethical Property Company and helped to set up the Green Fish centre in Manchester.Over the last few years, I've dedicated the majority of my time to the Kindling Trust and its projects.My work at the Kindling Trust is focused on creating systematic change in the food system to make it truly sustainable. Through the Feeding Stockport partnership, I was instrumental in the Greater Manchester borough becoming one of only six UK cities to be funded through the Sustainable Food Cities Network. I've also helped facilitate the development of a Greater Manchester Sustainable Food Strategy.In late 2013, I spent five weeks in Australia sharing information on some of Greater Manchester’s pioneering co-operative food solutions in partnership with the Open Food Network.In late 2014, I rejoined the board of Trustees at MERCi - the founding charity of Bridge 5 Mill and have been instrumental in its merger with Fairfield Environmental Trust.In early 2016 I became a co-op member of Veg Box People - a workers co-op established by the Kindling Trust to run an organic veg box scheme in Manchester.In the Spring of 2016 I rejoined the board of Manchester Veg People - another co-op that the Kindling Trust helped establish.