About us
Cultivating spaces of safety, together. Building trust and taking collective action.
Our Vision is to create an equitable world founded on connection and empathy.
Where people are valued for their uniqueness and empowered to live fulfilled lives.
“Structural and systemic causes within the system are human-made. They don’t just exist, they’ve been created. And because they’re human-made, those systems can be changed.”
John McGlone - community member
Our Mission
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We Empower
We empower organisations to see people as more than just numbers on a spreadsheet and to recognise the value of human experiences.
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We Share
We share knowledge and provide practical support to understand and re-distribute power.
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We Cultivate
We cultivate spaces where people with lived and learnt experiences of social systems - such as housing and health & social care - can feel safe, connect as humans and drive systemic change.
Our Values
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Build relationships, connect with, and value, each other. Create spaces where differences and tensions can be explored with trust and compassion.
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Shift power relationships that are controlling, to more collective power. Maintain awareness surrounding the interdependent nature of the world.
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Hear each other, decide on actions and create change, together.
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Be flexible and willing to change course if necessary. Have a learning mindset and consider individual and group reflection.
Power With People
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Alice Adams
Co-founder & Executive Director
Alice uses her vast experience supporting people experiencing homelessness, passion for participation, and entrepreneurial spirit to co-develop and deliver our strategy, partnerships and everything in between.
A proud Bristolian she enjoys bass music, aerial hoops and cycling!
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Caroline Hadley
Community Member & Board Member
Having witnessed first-hand the unduly way in which women experiencing homelessness are treated, Caroline brings immense passion to effect change at Power With.
In her free time, Caroline loves doing anything creative, from art to DIY. She also takes joy in researching her family ancestry!
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John McGlone
Community Member & Board Member
John is a passionate advocate with lived experience of homelessness.
He now uses that experience to make positive changes in society and to promote fairness and equality.
John is from Wirral and his interests include reading and learning, music, history, literature and art.
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Delia Águila
Community Member & Associate
Delia has over 10 years of experience providing person-centred interventions and implementing innovative frameworks to promote social inclusion and community engagement in Spain and the UK.
She loves getting lost in nature with her mini camper van and meeting and connecting with people.
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Miranda Keast
Associate
Miranda has worked in homelessness charities for 15 years and is always learning, un-learning and re-learning.
She has a Masters in Public Administration and is currently working towards her doctorate, but she enjoys procrastinating by walking in the South Downs, reading poetry and cooking.
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Zahabiya Husain
Board Member (Non-Executive Director)
Zahabiya has worked in Britain and abroad on policy development and human rights, AI-solutions for refugees and, most recently, on digital rights and anti-racism with Glitch.
Zahabiya is passionate about community-centred solutions for social and environmental justice issues and has completed a postgraduate fellowship in social innovation.
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Beth Knowles
Board Member (Non-Executive Director)
Beth has a scrapbook of experience revolving around interrogating power structures and working with communities to challenge them and create alternatives. She has been a local politician, academic, helped to set up local and international arts and homelessness organisations, changed and created policy and worked for a Mayor.
She loves learning Spanish, travelling, playing Playstation (or Nintendo!) and spending time with her wife and black cat, Yoshi.
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Chris Vogtherr
Board Member (Non-Executive Director)
Chris is thrilled to be part of the Power With community! He is a Kiwi and a father of two teenage boys. Chris’s working background is in finance and fundraising and his personal background is spiritual growth and awareness.
Chris loves to hike and is an enthusiastic but wooden yogi.
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Tahmina Nizam
Board Member (Non-Executive Director)
Tahmina strongly believes in the power of community. With over 10 years of experience working in support roles, she knows the importance of putting people first and ensuring they know their rights.
A London-raised Bangladeshi now based in Glasgow. She can be found exploring Scotland in the summers, when the wet and midges allow, and hibernating with books in the winter.
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Ramune
Community Member
Ramune, originally from the Baltic States, is currently studying at the Institute of Leadership and Management. She also has experience in a Primary Health Care Network. She believes that the greatest asset of a community is its people, and has a clear vision of how to embrace change to improve collaboration.
Ramune enjoys London’s musicals and parks and is easily amazed by the relationship between humans and animals.
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Joe Baldock
Community Member
Born in Essex and matured (arguably!) in Brighton, Joe’s passionate about people with actual experience of life’s challenges leading the way in creating the actual solutions!
Joe loves his coaching work, playing the piano, speaking Japanese, running in beautiful places, growing food and playing Nintendo!
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Laura Steen
Co-founder (until 2020)
Laura holds a background in Anthropology and creative writing. She has a deep rooted love for gathering stories, finding poetry in everyday life and bringing bodies together through music.
Facilitation, Cornwall, sea swimming, poetry, making playlists, radio and all things community focused are her jam.
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Carolina Neu
Co-founder (until 2021)
Carolina is a Colombian anthropologist with a Masters in Participation, Power and Social Change from the Institute of Development Studies. An experienced facilitator of participatory processes and passionate about individual and collective transformation connecting social, political and environmental values.
