Our PeopleThe TeamSummary: The Launchpad team is a part of the Young Foundation and consists of individuals with a broad range of experience in different sectors combining hands-on experience from the commercial, technology, charity and public sectors. The team works as social entrepreneurs, bringing extensive experience of start-up ventures, turn-arounds and front-line management experience. Our real expertise is in starting social ventures and where appropriate we work with specialist consultants or partners to help us fully understand the sector context for each new venture. Our role is to find and select the most promising ideas, either working with entrepreneurs to take an idea forward or working as entrepreneurs ourselves. OpportunitiesIf you're interested to learn more about potential opportunities at Launchpad please see Careers. Alice Phillips
Alice is a Senior Associate in Learning Launchpad.
Andrew BroughLaunchpad Head of Fund Development Andrew Sage
Andrew is Launchpad Team Co-ordinator
Angela Trotman
Angela is the PA to Joop Tanis and Simon Tucker.
Cynthia Shanmugalingam
Cynthia is a Launchpad Associate, joining Launchpad in October 2008.
David Nicoll
David Nicoll is the Studio School Programme Manager for the Learning Launchpad Team
Ian Casswell
Ian is a Launchpad Associate, working mainly in Learning Launchpad
Jacques Mizan
Jacques Mizan is a Senior Launchpad Associate
Jane Dawson
Jane is an Associate in Health Launchpad.
Joop TanisJoop is Health Launchpad Programme Manager Kippy Joseph
Kippy joined Launchpad in 2005 with an extensive background in the non-profit sector.
Nusrat Faizullah
Nusrat is a Launchpad Associate, working mainly for Learning Launchpad.
Patricia Keegan
Patricia Keegan is a Researcher for the Health Launchpad team.
Sarah CarlierSarah is the Personal Assistant to Simon Tucker. Simon Tucker
Associate Director of the Young Foundation and Head of Launchpad.
Stian Westlake
Stian Westlake is a Senior Associate in Launchpad, he works primarily with the Health Team.
Yvonne Roberts
Yvonne is a Senior Associate with Health Launchpad
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latest additionsEuropean Venture Philanthropy Association conference in Madrid
Simon Tucker and Andrew Brough attended the annual EVPA conference to highlight Launchpad's activities as an early stage social venture fund and share experiences of investing for social impact with other organisations around Europe.
12 December 2007 | Launchpad
Call for Ideas
Imagining a working world that supports people with long term conditions
12 December 2007 | Launchpad
School of Everything Launches Alpha Site
School of Everything, recently voted amongst Europe's twenty hottest emerging start-ups at Seedcamp, has launched its first version of its online market place for learning.
12 December 2007 | Launchpad
Launch of Studio Schools
Lord Andrew Adonis, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Schools and Learners hosted the reception for the launch of the next phase of Studio Schools on Tuesday 4th of December at the RSA. In attendance were officials and representatives from central and local government, schools, national and local businesses, and a range of charitable foundations - all interested in building upon the progress made thus far.
25 January 2008 | Learning launchpad
Managing long term conditionsThe World Economic Forum has called on businesses to lead the fight against chronic disease, to embed a culture of health and to manage the change in a population where long term conditions are increasingly prevalent. 30 January 2008 | HIA
most readStudio Schools
A new version of 14-19 school hosting businesses where students are employed, earning real wages alongside a project-based curriculum. Full of Life
Peer-to-peer cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to provide emotional resilience for old people
Studio SchoolsStudio Schools™ continue to gain momentum following its recent launch and inclusion in government speeches and thinking on promising education initiatives. This builds on the momentum established by the national pilot that started last September at Barnfield College in Luton and the detailed planning for studio schools now being conducted at eight local authority areas around the UK. 30 January 2008 | Learning launchpad
Faking It
Faking It aims to provide Young People with the experience and demands of the real-world.
Changing Health
Changing Health aims to address the problems people with long term conditions face, by developing a new flexible support structure
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