The People
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Zrinka Bralo (Migrant & Refugee Communities Forum)
Zrinka is a journalist from Sarajevo and has been involved with refugee and human rights since she was exiled in 1993. In the past 12 years, she has worked as a journalist, campaigner, researcher and contributed to publications, programmes and conferences focusing on the media discourse and public perception of migration in the UK. At present, she is Executive Director of the Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum (MRCF) in West London.
Lorraine Gilbert (Chair; Notting Hill Housing Trust)
Lorraine is Senior Project Manager at Notting Hill Housing, she worked within the Dalgarno neighbourhood for over 4 years, delivering and developing community initiatives. Lorraine's background includes working as a Young Carers Project Manager, a Drugs Worker and Youth Worker in the London Borough of Ealing. In a voluntary capacity, she supports EASE, a community development programme in Hanwell, West London.
Sean Canning (Treasurer and Company Secretary; North Kensington Law Centre)
Sean is a founder member of the REP KC. Sean is the Director of North Kensington Law Centre, having been in post since 2003 and has extensive experience of equalities work within the voluntary sector. He was previously involved in the successful campaign to include the Irish community as a separate ethnic category in the Census classification.
Karin Woodley (Stephen Lawrence Trust)
Karin Woodley is currently the Chief Executive of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust. Karin has worked for several years as the Director of the Tabernacle and has a background in music and the arts, equality & diversity and arts management.
Gloria Fagbemiro
Gloria Fagbemiro has been involved in the charitable sector for over 10 years. She has worked in a variety of areas and is thus able to offer a range of expertise in different fields. A Director of Dynamic Development Consulting Ltd, she worked up until recently as the Director of Venture Community Centre and has worked at Director level in various charitable organisations, including a stint as Director of Essex Race Equality Council.
Gloria is a passionate about development in all it forms and the role of the community sector in promoting change. She has a wealth of experience in managing and developing innovative interventions to tackle social issues and in building the capacity of organisations to deliver objectives.
Project Manager
Isis Amlak
Isis Amlak, Chair of the North Kensington Law Centre and a member of the Steering Committee of the BME Health Forum for Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea. She was also, was until recently, Director of Kensington & Chelsea Advocacy Alliance. Isis is a local resident and has worked in Social Welfare Law and Advocacy for the last 17 years.
Research & Information Officer
Charmaine Mukherjee
Partnership Group
Inspector Dave Evans (Police Partnerships, Kensington & Chelsea Police)
Monsur Khan (RBKC Community Relations)
Beverley Livingston (Education Advocate, North Kensington Law Centre)
Amjad Taha (BME Health Forum)
K&C Social Council