Hannah Underwood

Experience

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  Common Purpose

  Dec 2000 - Jun 2004

  Your Turn Project Manager

  I ran leadership and citizenship programmes for young people in Sunderland and Durham. Your Turn is based upon the same principles at other Common Purpose programmes, but is aimed at 13-14 year olds.

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  BBC Trust

  Mar 2003 - Apr 2013

  Chair / Member

  Our role is to advise the Trust on the needs and expectations of the BBC’s audiences in England. ACE of four national audience councils in the UK established under the BBC's Royal Charter, to reflect the views of audiences across the UK to the BBC Trust and to contribute audience views as part of the public consultations undertaken by the Trust.ACE is supported by 12 regional panels, one in each of the broadcasting regions in England.

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  Excellence North East

  Dec 2003 - Jan 2005

  Manager

  A non-profit company working to support SME's with implementing continuous improvement practices. It has since merged with Excellence North West to become North of England Excellence.

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  Michael Heppell Ltd

  Jun 2004 - Dec 2004

  Research and Development Manager

  A small business focused on personal development, helping people to break out of limiting beliefs and achieve their potential.

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  The Key - Inspiring Belief in Young People

  Jan 2005 - Mar 2022

  The Key exists to inspire belief in young people. We want to create a world where all young people believe in themselves and achieve their full potential. For over 28 years we have been empowering young people facing challenging circumstances from the North East of England to believe in their ideas, whilst discovering what they are capable of and generating the drive and determination to do something meaningful with their lives. We achieve this by providing them with the opportunity to be inspired and empowering them to believe in their ideas and take the lead through engagement in our tried and tested, youth- led skills development programme, The Key Framework. Young people have amazing potential. We need to work together to provide them with the opportunities and support they need to realise and achieve it. Find out more at www.thekeyuk.org Show less

  • Director of Innovation and Growth

    Oct 2020 - Mar 2022

  • Chief Executive

    Jan 2005 - Oct 2020
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  Livin Housing

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2024

  Non Executive Director

  Livin is a homes and communities organisation managing around 8,800 homes across Co. Durham. The mission is ‘providing great homes sustaining strong communities and building a successful business.' Livin recognise that to make communities vibrant places to live, they must do more than just letting and repairing homes.Going above and beyond the traditional duties of a landlord Livin work closely with their communities to improve employment and training opportunities, health and financial confidence and to bridge the digital divide that exists within our communities.Livin take an innovative, inspired approach to their work, ensuring that they deliver positive outcomes. With ambitious plans to grow which includes broadening income streams, investing further into their homes, diversifying their tenure offer and growing the business geographically. Show less

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  Under The Hood

  May 2022 - now

  Founder

  Delivering impact though insight and innovation.I work with social change and purpose driven organisations to create measurable social impact that continues to grow through improved understanding, engagement, decision making and innovation. Together we take action to build curiosity within their teams and improve their use of data. I believe good questions and access to good data lead to better decision making and are crucial to creativity and innovation. Being curious together is a fantastic way to solve problems and maximise opportunities. Show less

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  Insightano

  Jan 2023 - May 2024

  Co-Founder

  Through the development of an automated, no-code data stack and bespoke consultation, Insightano took the headache out of data engineering, analysis and visualisaton to enable it's social sector customers to get answers and insights from their data. Customers started to answer the crucial questions and access the vital information needed to make great decisions, keep all their stakeholders informed and to drive their organisation forward.Despite initial successes, I made the difficult decision to close Insightano. I have used the experiences and knowledge gained from co-founding this early stage start up (including participating in both the Ignite Pre-acccelerator and main Accelerator) and then conducting my own market research, to create How Might We Community Limited. Show less

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  How Might We Community

  Jul 2024 - now

  Founder

  A new venture with a vision to unleash the power of data, curiosity and human connection to create an exponentially fairer, happier and more prosperous North East.We are a cross-sector community, taking action, solving problems, sharing insights and creating value together.Our approach is simple yet powerful: we connect unlikely allies to solve shared challenges in new ways. We do this by fusing their skills, expertise and data, whilst providing the human and technical infrastructure needed to create real change.We are just at the start of our journey. To be kept in the loop as it all unfolds follow our How Might We Company page. Show less