Laura is the Head of Policy and Research at Resolve Poverty and she leads on all the advocacy, policy and research work for the organisation. Working with the policy team, she oversees the research they conduct, and the policy reports they produce. Laura also represents Resolve Poverty in meetings with stakeholders and a number of forums they are part of. Laura leads on the advocacy of a number of Resolve Poverty’s message and is involved in national campaigning on topics such as the Household Support Fund and the socio-economic duty.

Prior to working for Resolve Poverty, Laura worked for nearly a decade as a researcher in the trade union movement.

Helen holds an LLM in Human Rights and Criminal Justice from Queen’s University Belfast. She has over ten years experience researching and campaigning on behalf of NGOs, community groups and grassroots organisations towards the better realisation of human rights. Helen has a particular interest in the domestic implementation of international human rights standards and has worked to find ways to better facilitate access to UN monitoring mechanisms for those engaged in grassroots human rights work both in the UK and Latin America.

John has worked for both Local Authorities and Housing Associations, as well as at the Audit Commission (Lead Housing Inspector) and the Regulator (RSH) (Senior Regulation Manager). John has also been an RSH NED appointee, is a Fellow of the CIH, and has an MBA from Bradford University.
John is currently CEO of Prima Group, an award winning medium sized housing association operating across the Liverpool City Region.

Colin Heyman has been working in the field of diversity and inclusion, and leadership for over 20 years. His passion for leadership and diversity arises from both his own experience and from a belief that improving leadership and diversity practice in organisations is vital to improving people’s lives. One of the main aims of his work is to make diversity discussable

He has worked with organisations in the public, private and third sectors, including the housing, education and arts sectors, and with people at all levels, from Boards to people on the front line.

He holds a Masters in Change.

Jan is an Executive Director at Wrekin Housing Group and corporate lead for EDI. Wrekin have been on a journey to transform its approach to EDI and were a pilot in the Social Mobility HDN/Winmark survey. This insight is being used to inform the future together with the recent HDN DNA accreditation award.