In a modern election it is increasingly easy to get caught up in the drama of the campaigns and ignore the actual issues that lie beneath. There is often a lack of thoughtful expert analysis on the issues at hand, the policies of the parties and what their pledges mean for the country. This is […]
Helen Lang and Ellen Shepherd
Helen Lang is the chair of ASAP UK, and runs Innovation Unboxed, a social business that focuses on tech for good skills development. She is a civil society organisational development specialist who has spent over 12 years building cross sector partnerships between corporate businesses and the voluntary sector. She has designed and led complex local civil society skills transfer projects for the Olympic 2012 legacy programme, and award-winning programmes delivering skilled volunteering opportunities for multinational businesses. Helen has also worked in the innovation team at Cancer Research UK. Ellen Shepherd is a project coordinator at ASAP UK. She recently completed the On Purpose leadership development programme, during which she performed project management roles for three London-based social enterprises.