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.)
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