ROBYN KNOX
Director

Talk to Robyn about the strategic direction of the Emergencies Partnership, how we can improve and how we strengthen our position with government and statutory partners.

JON VANGORPH
Head Of Partnership Insight

Jon leads on how our engagement and insight work with partners adds value and improves systems.

He works with partners who run networks, and those who offer specialist capabilities, to build and strengthen relationships and enhance community preparedness and responsiveness to emergencies.​

BECKY MAYNARD
Partnership Lead

Becky is the key contact for Local Resilience Forums, including LRF secretariats, constituent Category 1 and 2 partners and any associated central government representatives. Talk to her about multi-agency activity in relation to improving connections with LRFs.​

ABUBAKER ADAM
Partnership Lead

Abubaker is the key contact for VCS partners dedicated to working with and for communities of identity, characteristic, faith or belief. Talk to him about multi-agency activity in relation to diversity of voice and community. ​

TOM WATKINS
Policy and Insight Lead

Tom takes the lead on analysing what the team and the partnership knows about resilience issues and uses those insights to shape our influencing work, improving policies and the way the system works. He is our key contact for academic and research partners.

MARCUS BOWEN
Head of Partnership Delivery

Marcus is responsible for the development and delivery of our capability offer, designed to create spaces for sharing best practice, to learn from previous emergencies and build new skills across the Partnership.

SOPHIE FREEMAN
Head of Partnership Development

Sophie focuses on how the team and the partnership can develop their work and learning approaches. Talk to her about collaboration.

EMILY COATHAM
Partnership Manager (LCEP)

Emily is your key contact for the London Communities Emergencies Partnership (LCEP). Talk to her about multi-agency activity and connections across London, particularly in relation to charities and community groups and their role in resilience and response to emergencies.

ELIZABETH MAYER
Programme Manager (LCEP)

Eli focuses on how LCEP can structure their programme to work productively in London’s resilience space with a wide range of resilience partners and stakeholders. Talk to her about how LCEP can be more effective.

Governance

The Emergencies Partnership is co-chaired by the British Red Cross and the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA). Our performance and strategic direction is overseen by a programme board of our two co-chairs and a small team of resilience and voluntary sector advisors. 

Co-chairs