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 Partnerships

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

SOPHIE FREEMAN
Programme Delivery & Learning Manager

Sophie focuses on how the team can work and learn together. Talk to her about how the Emergencies Partnership works and if there is any key information about our work you need.

MARCUS BOWEN
Capability Development Lead

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.

BECKY MAYNARD
Engagement Manager

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
Engagement Manager

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. ​

BETH HAZELDINE
Systems Manager

Beth is looking after the technology and systems used within the Partnership as well as exploring future tools.

BEX GILBERT
Communications Manager

Bex is one of the key comms people in the Emergencies Partnership. Talk to her about the partnership in practice and share your good news stories of how we’re better together.

GEORGIA ALLEN
Communications Officer

Talk to Georgia about our bulletins, blogs and website so we can ensure we are creating content that is useful for you and your work.

London Communities Emergencies Partnership (LCEP)

EMILY COATHAM
Partnership Manager (LCEP)

Emily is your contact for the London Communities Emergencies Partnership (LCEP). Talk to her about multi-agency activity and connections across London.

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