Eva Sprecher
Research Fellow at UCL and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
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Jake Curtis
Jake is co-CEO at Jamie’s Farm, which provides short-stay residential experiences for vulnerable children. This has allowed him to see close up the vast potential that all children have, if given the right conditions. As Chair of the Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust Project Forum, Jake is supporting Lighthouse to give the most deserving of children the best conditions to thrive on a permanent basis.
Anna Buscall
Anna was a law firm partner for more than 20 years in the City of London. She spent her career advising a wide range of clients and delivering on their corporate and commercial transactions. Anna provides legal expertise and guidance to the Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust Project Forum.
Dr Eva Sprecher
Eva is a Research Fellow based at UCL and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. She began her involvement with Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust as a teacher where she saw the challenges faced by looked-after-children in the classroom. Her work focuses on understanding the relationships that allow children growing up in care to flourish, with a special focus of championing the voice of young people in her research.
Edward Davison
Ed is Public Policy Lead at Uber. He previously led the Chair and Chief Executive’s office at the newly established universities regulator, the Office for Students. Prior to this, Ed has worked as a teacher and Deputy Head of 6th Form and as a civil servant in the Cabinet Office and the Department for Education. Ed met Emmanuel when they were both working as Associate Tutors for Teach First. This was when they first started to discuss how to improve outcomes for looked after children – a dialogue which, through Emmanuel’s leadership, has resulted in the establishment of Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust.
Harry Hill
Harry is the founder of Rightmove and former Chief Executive of Countrywide. His history is almost entirely in property, and he was delighted to be able to contribute his knowledge and experience to the plans and ambitions of the executive team at Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust who are seeking to create a network of properties in the U.K. that will set a new high standard for children’s homes.
Jessamy Gould
Jessamy currently works as Opportunity Fund Partnerships Manager at Henry Smith Foundation. She previously worked as Grants Director at Treebeard Trust and has supported Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust through grant funding since 2018. Jessamy worked across youth and education charities for ten years, fundraising from a range of sources including trusts, statutory and corporate. Jessamy met Emmanuel through the Teach First ambassador network and was immediately convinced of the potential of the Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust model to improve outcomes for the some of the most vulnerable children in our society.
Siân Edwards
Sian started her career in public relations, then spent twenty years working in the voluntary sector – with a focus on international development, disability and mental health. She joined Andrews Charitable Trust in December 2006, as Executive Director. She has overseen the incorporation of the charity, its merger with a sister trust and the development of new grant-making and investment programmes. She is also Chair of the Rebecca Hussey Trust for Africans and Founding Trustee of Carers Worldwide.
