Team

Emily Evans

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Emily makes sure everything we do is driven by our mission.

Tiffany Smyly

CHIEF PROGRAMMES OFFICER

Tiff oversees the design and delivery of Topical Talk and other programmes. She’s focused on developing what we do to deepen the impact on students.

Olivia Platman

HEAD OF PROGRAMMES

Olivia supports teachers to get the most from the programme. She ensures the resources, teacher training and support are the best they can be.

Harriet Boland

FUNDRAISING & PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER

Harriet helps to generate funding and partnership opportunities to help us grow our support and reach thousands of more young people.

Loretta Cooper

MARKETING MANAGER

Loretta helps to raise awareness of our programmes and boost engagement, increasing our impact and reach so more young people can benefit from Topical Talk.

Katie Dixon

SENIOR EDUCATIONAL CONTENT LEAD

Katie designs the content for our current affairs schemes of work, resources and workshops for young people.

Jen Wakefield

EDUCATIONAL CONTENT LEAD

Jen researches and creates content for the Topical Talk lessons and other schemes of work linked with current affairs.

Kim Grosvenor

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Kim is our creative designer who brings our teaching resources to life with inspiring layouts and visuals. She also creates the design for our events and marketing materials.

Stephanie Young

TEACHER ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT LEAD 

Steff helps to remove any barriers for teachers delivering Topical Talk in their schools and enables them and their students to become champions of the resource by providing bespoke CPD and events.