Young Activist

Stephen Matthews

Stephen isHead of Policy, Media and Research for YMCA England, supporting local YMCAs in their work with young people in England. At YMCA England, Stephen has helped organise the Changing Your World campaign, a training course that gives groups of young people skills to create their own campaigns. As a volunteer youth worker, he won a millennium award with CAFOD to travel to South Africa and work with their projects.

Steve Hillman

Steve began working for the Foyer Federation in October 2000. Since then, he has co-ordinated the delivery of the Federation’s UK Online Programmes, managed a national basic skills programme, and led on the development of a national learning programme for Foyer residents and staff with the National LSC. As Head of Policy and Knowledge Management, Steve now leads on the Federation’s influencing work across a range of social policy agendas, from housing and learning and skills, to community regeneration and wider third sector issues.

Lindsay Mackie

Lindsay is a Trustee of the Foundation and a journalist and education consultant, specialising in immigration, race and social exclusion. She has co-authored a book on the obstacles to women's achievement, but also the ways in which women were forcing the pace to greater equality of pay and conditions. As director of the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Award for Young People she established an Award which now has 15,000 young holders. Lindsay currently works with local campaign groups fighting the standardisation of their High Streets and the loss of public outlets like banks, independent shops, post offices and pubs.