Team

Leadership

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

PROGRAMMES DIRECTOR

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

Programmes

Katie Campbell

HEAD OF CONTENT

Katie leads the content team, who make our current affairs schemes of work, resources and workshops for young people.

Alicia Matton

EDUCATIONAL CONTENT LEAD

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

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.

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.

Marketing and operations

Molly Rutherford

HEAD OF OPERATIONS

Molly is our operations manager; she's a brilliant organiser and keeps our charity running smoothly.

Loretta Cooper

HEAD OF MARKETING

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.