Staff
We currently have two Regional Organisers who work three days a week, typically Tuesday to Thursday.
To contact the whole team email [email protected]
Hannah Ross
(She/her) North England, Scotland and Ireland
I’m an anti-capitalist organiser based in Manchester, primarily focused on disability activism following the social model of disability. By extension I have been involved with anti-austerity and housing activism, supporting young disabled people’s rights and challenging oppressive healthcare structures. I care deeply about how disablement interacts with other marginalised identities. My favourite place to be is dancing at my home away from home, Partisan Collective.
I hope my background will inform all the work I do at Edge Fund. Please get in touch to chat about how Edge Fund can support your organising in Northern England, Scotland and Ireland.
Email: [email protected].
Illary/ Illa Valenzuela Oblitas
(She/her) South England, Midlands and Wales
I have been part of the migrant justice movement for a decade where I've learned from my own Latin American community the multiplicity of models when organising for social justice outside of the Western framework. I am particularly inspired by youth-led movements and have collaborated with a few youth groups to campaign against the Hostile Environment permeating our neighbourhoods and schools.
About my work at Edge, I view that mobilising resources, redistributing wealth, and engaging in reparations are some of the key areas needed in the philanthropic sector as well as its total abolition.
Contact me for any queries, or comments about groups organising in the regions I cover but especially Wales and the Midlands.
Email: [email protected]
Khadijah A
(They/them) Finance and Crowdfunding Officer
I am a neurodivergent, community organiser, and sound artist menace to the system. I am passionate about change whilst centring lived experience in order to reallocate resources to where they are needed and truly belong.
I have been a part of various successful crowdfunding campaigns for non-profit organisations, mutual aid funds and a wealth distribution process that reflect my steadfast belief in the criticality of wealth as a tool and resource for transformative justice.
My role allows me to deepen my experience, knowledge and harness resources to advance the Edge Fund’s mission. I am committed to creatively expanding our donor base and engaging with individuals and organisations to further support the Edge Fund’s vital work as a unique participatory grantmaking body in the UK.
If you or your organisation would like to be in direct solidarity with the Edge Fund’s aims and values by contributing and distributing your wealth to support genuine, systemic change within the philanthropy sector, get in touch.
Email: [email protected]
Core group
Edge Fund is a member-led funding organisation. We rely on our members for every aspect of Edge Fund's work, from scoring, funding and supporting grassroots groups across the UK and Ireland to the day-to-day administration of Edge Fund, handled by our Core Group and Staff. Below you can read more about our CG and why they're active in Edge Fund. If you want to find out more about the work the CG does, or get involved, contact [email protected] or one of the Regional Organisers.
Mijael Jiménez
(he/him)
I have been a Core Group member at Edge Fund since September 2022. I have been involved in London-based groups and campaigns of solidarity with different social movements in Mexico and Latin America for the past 10 years. With them I have coordinated multiple events and projects, including tours to the UK and Europe of Human Rights defenders, survivors of State violence, journalists, mothers of the movement against enforced disappearances, and of members of different indigenous communities in resistance against extractivism and State violence. I also support Human Rights organisations in Chiapas, Mexico, by referring organisers to do Human Rights observation in indigenous communities affected by the militarisation of their territories. I am happy to be part of Edge Fund to support the work of radical grassroots organisations whose work is key to push for a different world.
Nehanda Sankofa
I have been a Core Group member at Edge Fund since September 2022. I have been organising in Pan-Afrikan organisations and spaces since 2006. Campaigning for the rights of Black Afrikan people globally and locally. I have campaigned for deaths in custody to racial discrimination in the British school system, while supporting political education programs and events to inform our community. I have also worked and organised in the London-based black supplementary school system for 10 years, alongside creating programs for black children of all ages and separate programs for adults supporting family structures. I am happy to be a part of an organisation like Edge Fund who understands the importance of supporting the communities whose voice is often unheard and unsupported.
Patrick
I lived in communes in the 70s, and initiated 2 wholefood co-operatives. I have worked as a consultant and trainer in the voluntary sector. I also call myself a wealth activist, because for 40 years I have been bringing together people with wealth to cooperate over giving grants to radical causes. For me the Edge Fund crucially enables decisions about its grants to be made by grassroots activists. My contribution to Edge is currently as Treasurer and member of the Core Group.