Hannah Martin

I've worked with young people and community development from the age of 14 when I set up a family arts and community festival on one of the most deprived council estates in the North East. Since then I've been instrumental in setting up a social enterprise in Oxford, using innovative community building techniques like co-design and interactive working groups. Along the way I've led numerous youth groups, and community events and lived in an intentional community house, opening up the home as part of a small community committed to supporting hard to reach families in Oxford. I now work supporting strategy at a children's charity. I bring a unique perspective on the importance of faith-based groups in developing community as well as both a professional and personal commitment to developing youth people through community organising and family-based interventions.