Grant is an accountant by training and works with early stage life sciences and tech companies in and around Cambridge. Grant also has his own holistic coaching practice and is passionate about personal development. Grant grew up in South Africa and has also lived and worked in Canada and Ireland.
Ramona is a creative freelancer with a background in Ethnology and Anthropology. They have co-founded a number of cultural organisations with the aim of questioning norms and structures in the established arts and culture. They are passionate about equity, justice and transformation work. Ramona loves organising events and eating good food.
Cici (he/him or xe/xem) is a recent music graduate from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University. Xe hails from the south coast but has now made Cambridge xir home, even though xe does really miss the sea. Xe has been campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights since xe arrived in Cambridge, first as xir college’s Gender Equalities Officer and then as the Student Union’s Trans and Non-Binary Representative. Cici also enjoys swimming, singing, and sci-fi.
Charmaine went from Creative Writing student to veterinary nurse on her path to Encompass Network. She lives in Spalding and enjoys dog walks, reading and slowly learning computer programming.
After 15 years teaching in schools Jill was involved with a local home education group for 10 years; organising events and liaising with the local authority to enable home educators to access education services. Jill is volunteer fund-raiser for a small charity supporting visually impaired people in East Sussex; with many events cancelled Jill spent much of 2020 making masks and scrubs. Favourite pastime – starting things….
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