bright people Bright’s work is very much shaped and inspired by our backgrounds, interests and our values. Like the staff and trustees of most charities, we’re a bunch of do-gooding liberals with personal experiences which produce and inform the particular projects we take on. So, as you can tell from our areas of work, we’ve worked in and/or have lives affected by criminal justice, mental health issues, learning disability, faith communities, the media, and social marketing. Who we are: Radhika Bynon My three bullet points: * community activist in East London * Credo: Just get people together * Love Bright because we believe it really can change the world... Sarah Cable Having just produced a series on Phobias for the BBC, and after 6 years of working in documentaries for the corporation, Sarah was looking at diversifying into more rewarding and worthwhile areas. Before the Beeb she'd worked for an indie producing travel films and before that a 7 year stint as a nurse specialising mainly in coronary care and surgery, none of which prepared her in any way for having Sam, and very recently, Louis. Margaret Carey – Director, Inside Out Trust Margaret Carey is Founder Director of the Inside Out Trust which has been working inside prisons for nearly ten years. She believes that people in prison, whose lives have often been unrewarding, need opportunities to link positively to the community. She previously worked in overseas development, travelling extensively in Africa and Asia. Matching the needs of prisoners for skills and self-esteem with the needs of disadvantaged people all over the world is the rationale supporting Inside Out. Margaret won the Guardian Jerwood Award for Charities in 1996 which included funding for study visits to prisons throughout Europe. She has also visited prisons in the USA, Ghana, Uganda and Australia. She is Chair of the Restorative Justice Consortium and was a core member of the IPPR’s Criminal Justice Forum 2000. She is a magistrate in North Sussex including being Vice Chair of the Family Panel with a particular interest in child protection work. In July 2001 Margaret was awarded the MBE. Mike Chilton Mike is a 38 year old Chartered Accountant who is currently the Chief Financial Officer for the African division of an international bank. He has a keen interest in developing economies and helps manage the bank's £1m annual community partnership fund that reinvests time, money and passion back into the 13 African countries in which they operate. His hobbies include poorly imitating Carlos Santana on the guitar and receiving (and giving) many bruises whilst playing 5 -a side football. He is married with children aged 3 and 2 who ensure he does not sleep at night. Ingrid Falck I am a freelance television producer with a personal interest in community and development issues world wide. My background is in anti-apartheid politics in South Africa in the 1980's and running the Community Video Education Trust there. Since coming to London I have produced dozens of TV programmes, three kids and a few pitifully bad paintings. Which only goes to prove I can turn money into light, juggle work/life/kids like a Circe de Soleil pro, and ... not paint very well. Marion Janner Despite spending most of my ‘career’ doing worthy and right-on work with people who are socially marginalised and powerless, the only thing anyone ever remembers is the business I set up. A chocolate business. It was a total failure. But people still mourn its end. (Incidentally, my non-chocolate work has been running community services for people with learning disabilities and more recently campaigning against excessive use of prison.) |