Esther has spent over 20 years working in the not for profit, social enterprise and business sectors, running award-winning campaigns, supporting enterprise and building teams. She founded the Social Change Agency in 2013 with a desire to combine organising, technology, comms and social enterprise to create a leading non sector-specific agency to improve movement building across the world.

Esther is a 2011 Clore Social Fellow, 2012 Winston Churchill Fellow and 2013 SSE Fellow and was recently placed in the top Women in Social Enterprise.

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Sapna is the Director of Operation for The Social Change Agency and The Social Change Nest. She provides support on all things operations, from finance, process and systems improvements, policy, HR, supporting product development and business development.

She has 9 years’ experience in operations and managing projects. She has previously managed research projects, including looking at a top down approach to advocacy of the Freedom of Religion or Belief across the Commonwealth. She has also managed project activity in Human Resources and Organisational Development. She has supported the delivery of leadership programmes, with a focus on supporting early career academics, senior leaders and programmes supporting the career development for women in science and leadership development for BAME staff.

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Eda is the Programme Manager for The Social Change Nest. She has over five years’ work experience across various nonprofits, ranging from grassroots microfinance programmes in Mexico to international projects aimed at testing alternative and more trust-based approaches to grantmaking.

She holds a BA in languages (French, German and Spanish) and an MSc in Development Finance. She is particularly committed to testing innovative solutions to social issues and ensuring a collaborative and community-led approach in everything she does.

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Grace is the Partnerships Manager for The Social Change Nest. Grace has had a diverse range of experiences within the third sector. From designing a new strategy to support young creatives to break into the sector, to running a befriending service for adults with a learning disability, finding better solutions has always been a key passion. She is currently completing an MSt in Social Innovation at the University of Cambridge alongside her work here. Her personal interests are that of mental health, LGBTQ+ rights and the Black Lives Matter movement, with a particular interest in intersectionality.

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Becca is the Project Manager for The Social Change Nest and has over seven year’s experience in community engagement throughout a variety of volunteer projects with organisations including the British Red Cross and the International Citizen Service. She is a liaison for Anthropy UK; a national event combining senior influencers and grassroot organisations to share ideas on how to shape our collective future. 

Becca has an MA degree with honours in Social Anthropology and a postgraduate diploma in Social Innovation Management which she completed in Brazil whilst simultaneously working with young women in a juvenile centre on a trauma-informed care programme. She was the coordinator for a youth-focused education Foundation in the UK before completing a Masters of Laws in Transitional Justice and Conflict. Becca is currently interested in social justice, gender equality, conflict resolution and peace-building.

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Saoirse is the Programme Assistant for The Social Change Nest. She joined The Social Change Nest after 6 years of working in customer service and hospitality roles. She holds a BA in Liberal Arts with a focus on politics and sociology, and an MSc in Human Rights and Politics. She is interested in sustainable, localised economic methods, such as Community Wealth Building. This interest was ignited when she volunteered for PPR (a Belfast-based human rights organisation).

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Shaurya has experience in operations and business development for startups and non-profit organisations. Her interests lie in advocating for accessible mental health support, gender equality and sustainable development.

She is also the founding director of a non-profit in India that works for the welfare of Veterans and their families. Prior to her role with the SCA, Shaurya completed her MSc in Development Economics from the University of Sussex and a BA in Economics, History and Literature from the University of Mumbai.

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Claire has 18 years experience in finance and business improvement consultancy in the public, private and charities sectors, in the UK and overseas. She looks after our finances and has played a key part in developing our financial processes as we have grown.

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Priya is the Operations Manager for The Social Change Agency and The Social Change Nest.

Priya has experience in operations, international trade and development & carbon emission reporting systems. She has a background in Environmental Science with a strong understanding of sustainability and environmental justice.

Her personal interests are in sustainability and all things related to environmental, racial and social equity/justice.