I am the co-founder and Director of Ooooby Hampshire, a veg box scheme that champions small-scale, independent growers and artisan producers in Hampshire. I'm also Head of Partnerships at Ooooby UK, an organisation that works with independent veg box retailers to provide easy access to sustainable and small-scale food in the UK.

My Fellowship took me to Canada to research alternative responses to food poverty. It resulted in me identifying the need for a national network of independent food-aid providers, bringing them together and enabling them to have a national voice. That led to me co-founding the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN), a charity that launched in 2016 and which now has hundreds of members across the country. Among other activities, IFAN advocates for policy change to end the need for food aid in the UK and works with partners to carry out critical research with a focus on poverty alleviation.