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West London Citizens (WLC) |
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Julie Camacho
Lead Organiser |
Citizens MK |
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Mousa Baraka
Lead Organiser in Milton Keynes
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Living Wage |
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 Matthew Bolton - Team Leader
Matthew Bolton grew up in South East London. He read Social and Political Science at King's College, University of Cambridge, where he received a Double First and was twice awarded the Doncaster Prize in Sociology. In 2004 he participated in the London Citizens Summer Academy and on graduating in 2005 was granted a Level 2 Award by UnLtd to further develop the London Citizens Living Wage Campaign. Through that year, Queen Mary University agreed to become the first Living Wage Campus in the UK and several financial institutions including KPMG and PWC implemented the Living Wage. Since 2007, he has worked as the Lead Organiser for TELCO, growing the membership, developing leaders and helping drive forward campaigns around street safety, the Olympics and immigration. His interests include Wu Shu Kwan Chinese Kickboxing, Tottenham Hotspur and travelling to sunny places.
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Marzena Cichon
Living Wage Organiser |
Sheilla Patel
Volunteers Co-Ordinator For the Living Wage |
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Citizens for Sanctuary |
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 Jonathan Cox - Lead Organiser
Jonathan Cox began his political education while growing up in the South Wales Valleys in the wake of the Miners’ Strike – his first recorded words were ‘Arthur Scargill’ and ‘Margaret Thatcher’! The son of an Anglican priest and a nurse-turned-educator he witnessed how economic, social and spiritual decline - and the failure of politics - affected local people and their communities.
He studied at St John’s College, University of Durham, where he gained a First in History and Politics and got his first taste of organising. After a year as College Student Union representative, three-quarters of the Student Union’s elected positions were held by members of St John’s –the second smallest college!
Jonathan then worked as Political Researcher to Rt. Hon. Alun Michael MP. After running Alun Michael’s successful election campaign in 2005, he became Parliamentary Officer at the Refugee Council.
Frustrated at the limited ability of mainstream NGOs to deliver political change, Jonathan was inspired by the success of South London Citizens and the Lunar House Enquiry. He co-ordinated the Independent Asylum Commission and is now the Lead Organiser of CITIZENS for Sanctuary, the COF campaign to make the Commission’s recommendations a reality.
Jonathan goes to St Mary’s church in Battersea. He likes running, reading, and watching The Wire and The West Wing with his wife. He sits on the National Executive of the Christian Socialist Movement, runs a mentoring scheme for young Somalis, and is an alumnus of the International Young Leaders Network.
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Carina Crawford-Rolt
Project Organiser |
Sophie Stephens
Sanctuary Organiser
Sophie Stephens also works for Citizens for Sanctuary and is the Organiser responsible for Balham and Tooting.
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Jonny Scott
Associate Sanctuary Organiser |
Linda Hopkins
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Strangers Into Citizens |
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 Austen Ivereigh
Austen, 43, worked as a journalist, university lecturer, campaigner and public affairs adviser before becoming a full-time community organizer. He is former deputy editor of the Catholic weekly The Tablet and press and policy adviser to the former Catholic Archbishop of Westminster. He has been lead organizer of West London Citizens since July 2008, overseeing an area that includes the boroughs of Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow. He has primary responsibility for Westminster.
He has been involved with London Citizens for a number of years, notably as the first coordinator of the first phase of the Strangers into Citizens campaign in 2007 (he continues to be the campaigns’ policy and press director). Austen’s first passion is Catholic social teaching, which formed a large part of his Oxford doctorate (1993). He decided to work for London Citizens when he discovered that it was the best vehicle available for the principles and values of that teaching.
He speaks a number of Latin languages fluently, is a reader and small faith group leader in his parish, writes occasional articles, and gives regular training in the arts of public action.
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Schools Alliance |
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Ben Hammond
Schools Alliance Co-ordinator |
Sebastien Chapleau - Community Organiser
Sebastien Chapleau is originally from France. He was born in what people often refer to as “la banlieue”, just outside Paris. He came to the U.K. in 2001, after completing a Masters in English Literature at Tours University, to study at Cardiff University, where he carried out some doctoral research around the notions of children’s literature, critical theory, and deconstruction. He taught at Cardiff for a couple of years, wrote, published, and edited, a number of articles and essays on various aspects of children’s literature and cultural theory, before deciding to leave academia and become a primary school teacher at an inner-city school in south-east London. He is now one of the full-time organisers working for South London CITIZENS, and has primary responsibility for the borough of Greenwich where he is developing teams of leaders around issues of safety, ecology, housing, and local governance. In his spare time, Sebastien likes reading, writing, and improving his photography skills.
Jamie Audsley - Lambeth and Schools Organiser
Jamie grew up in Battersea and has lived and worked in Wandsworth, Southwark, Croydon and Lambeth, where he is now firmly based. Before starting as an organiser he worked on democracy, education and youth projects and taught Geography and Science at Addington High School in Croydon. As borough organiser for Lambeth, he is working to expand South London’s membership and across London as a school's organiser with Ben Hammond, London Citizens' Schools Co-ordinator
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English For Action |
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Dermot Bryers
English for Action Co-ordinator |
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Chinese Community Organisers |
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Nikki Lee
Lead Organiser Chinese Community |
Helen Yang
Community Organiser |
Joy Lam
Community Organiser |
Daniel Man
Community Organiser |
