Who we are
We're a team of people from all over the world, dedicated to making our home a place where everyone can belong
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Our mission
We enable people of diverse origins to make the UK their home. Our approach involves people from the very beginning in the design of the services they use.
Working along-side migrants, refugees and long-settled British communities, we ensure people have a voice in the issues that affect them. This means they can transform their communities and society to work for all who live here.
Our impact
Every year, we help hundreds of people get protection from violence and persecution so they can live in safety and build new lives. We help hundreds more to learn English, find work, and use their skills to transform their communities.
Thanks to the dedication and hard work of our volunteers and staff, people are able to rebuild lives, support themselves and their families, and achieve their ambitions.
Reza Zaryi
Reza Zaryi
Receptionist
Tim Masters
Tim Masters
Careers Adviser
Laura Dunn
Laura Dunn
Customer Experience Manager
Matthew Horton
Matthew Horton
Head of Individual Giving
Amanuel Woldesus
Amanuel Woldesus
Head of Integration and Community Development
Shenna Vella
Shenna Vella
Integration and Community Development Co-ordinator
Ian Kane
Ian Kane
Head of Legal Services
Harpreet Kaur
Harpreet Kaur
Solicitor
Charlotte Alderson
Charlotte Alderson
Solicitor and Senior Caseworker
Asli Guzel
Asli Guzel
Statelessness Caseworker
Rebecca Flint
Rebecca Flint
Children’s Solicitor - Supervisor
Huw Eliot
Huw Eliot
Asylum and Triage Caseworker
Cynthia Orchard
Cynthia Orchard
Statelessness Policy and Casework Coordinator
Isabella Pereira
Isabella Pereira
Chair of Trustees
Isabella is a Research Director in Ipsos MORI’s dedicated qualitative social research methods team. She has been a trustee of Consonant since 2009.
Rebekah Duncan
Rebekah Duncan
Trustee
Rebekah is Head of Operations for the Prince’s Trust, responsible for engaging local communities, government, education institutes and employers to address social mobility and youth unemployment.
Doris Afreh
Doris Afreh
Trustee
Doris is a HR professional with over 15 years experience in a range of sectors. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development. Passionate about people, equality and inclusion.
Vebi Kosumi
Vebi Kosumi
Trustee
Vebi has worked with asylum seekers and refugees since 2000 in the UK and abroad. Currently he is a freelance consultant – country of origin expert on western Balkans region focusing on Albania and Kosovo.
Sile Reynolds
Sile Reynolds
Trustee
Sile is the Lead Asylum Policy Advisor at Freedom from Torture and leads advocacy aimed at improving legal and policy protections for torture survivors. She has over fifteen years' experience in policy research and advocacy, covering asylum & migration, mental health and equalities.
Jonathan Thomas
Jonathan Thomas
Trustee
Jonathan is the Migration Researcher at the Social Market Foundation think tank. Prior to that he had a career as a financial lawyer in the City of London, including 15 years at Goldman Sachs.
Richard Priestman
Richard Priestman
Trustee
Richard is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years experience in the finance and banking sectors. For over 25 years he worked for NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland where most he was managing director of Corporate Businesses of Lombard.
Partnering with us
Working with businesses is core to our approach to transforming our communities. We aim to build corporate relationships that are strategically aligned and mutually beneficial. Find out about our partnerships and how you, your staff and business can can get involved.
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We’re busy preparing our annual report for the last year. We’ll have this published very soon. Please check back here or get in touch.