Phillippa Banister

Experience

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  Project Trust

  Oct 2004 - Aug 2005

  English Teacher and Community Project Co-ordinator

  • English teaching to children and adults• Managed small scale income generation project for vulnerable women and a micro finance credit project.

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  Bradford Nightstop

  Nov 2008 - Jun 2009

  Project Manager

  • Co-ordinated daily operations of a small grass roots charity providing emergency overnight accommodation for young people in the homes of volunteers.• Liaised with project partners for strategy development• Prepared funding applications, volunteer recruitment and training

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  Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

  Nov 2008 - Jun 2009

  Care support

  Day to day front-line care role in an elderly medicine ward.

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  Oxfam

  Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Information and Communications Assistant

  • Provided communications assistance to Oxfam shops and supporters in the UK• Assisted with event organising and volunteer recruitment

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  VSO

  Sept 2009 - Aug 2010

  Organisational Development Advisor

  • Strategic planning and programme development for Ministry of Agriculture at grassroots level• Developed and co-ordinated capacity building training to support farming co-operatives• Developed funding proposals and managed projects in partnership with the local community• Designed Monitoring and Evaluation systems to measure project effectiveness• Initiated sustainable energy education project training over 30 students in partnership with the Centre for Appropriate Technology: Cameroon Show less

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  Forum For the Future

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2011

  Masters Scholar

  At the heart of this innovative 10-month programme is the link between learning about the concept and practice of sustainability and applying those ideas in the real world. As one of only 12 students I took up placements in six work sectors. I also completed two tailor-made modules on leadership development at the highly acclaimed Leadership Trust.

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  The Fairtrade Foundation

  Sept 2010 - Oct 2010

  Masters Scholar

  Reviewed Producer Audit reports and designed framework for Producer Impact information

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  Flintshire County Council

  Nov 2010 - Dec 2010

  Masters Scholar

  Researched and developed a community planning tool for Town & Community Councils

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  Environment Agency

  Jan 2011 - Feb 2011

  Masters Scholar

  Researched and developed narrative style articles on illegal waste

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  Unilever

  Feb 2011 - Mar 2011

  Masters Scholar

  Carried out a listening project with Brand Managers and Directors on sustainability

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  Dragon Rouge

  May 2011 - Jun 2011

  Masters Scholar

  Developed an internal sustainability policy and worked on a brand sustainability strategy

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  IDE – International Development Enterprises

  Sept 2011 - Nov 2011

  Program lead (freelance project)

  Worked on the development of a Concept Note for an EC proposal: 'Design for a Better World' exhibition.Project lead for Farm Business Advisor programme Mozambique.

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  Uscreates

  Nov 2011 - Nov 2012

  Design Associate

  Uscreates is a social change agency with a mission to develop effective ways to respond to social challenges. Clients include:Trafford Partnerships and the Design CouncilGloucestershire PCTThe Children's Society

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  Self Employed

  Feb 2012 - Sept 2012

  Social research and insight professional

  Various consultancy projects for private and non-profit sector clients: - cultural insights research with teenage girls in Ethiopia, Girl Hub Ethiopia (Nike Foundation/DfID) and Ruby Pseudo Consulting.- qualitative research project exploring how to maximise the impact of tourism on the local economy in Cyprus, The Travel Foundation and Pelagos Consulting- developed a range of social impact measurement systems for a youth media charity, Mediorite- co-designed a new digital platform to facilitate micro-volunteering in care homes and community organisations in Tower Hamlets and Hackney Show less

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  Sustrans

  Sept 2012 - May 2017

  Leading in the development and delivery of community street design and active travel projects across London, making streets and spaces more 'liveable' and better for walking and cycling. Led a complex and innovative traffic calming scheme on New Park Road, Brixton Hill to reduce accidents and increase the quality of the street environment outside a Richard Atkins Primary school. I managed the life cycle of this award winning scheme from community and stakeholder engagement, design to delivery over a 12 month period and sourced additional funding for the permanent works from Transport for London. Show less I led an innovative community street design project on the Becontree Estate in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. This two year project aimed to create more liveable streets and spaces with residents at the heart of the co-design process, culminating in significant infrastructure changes to the value of £300,000. With the long term aim of increasing walking and cycling rates this project combines urban design, community engagement and sustainable transport planning to create better places for people to live in and move through.The project was featured at the New London Architecture FIT:London exhibition and I recently spoke at the Design Council's Active by Design summit about how community street design can be a catalyst for increasing walking and cycling within a local area. Visit the project blog for more information: www.diyporterslodge.wordpress.com Show less

  • Senior Project Officer, Collaborative Street Design

    Mar 2015 - May 2017

  • Project Officer, Collaborative Street Design, Barking & Dagenham

    Sept 2012 - Mar 2015
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  Give A Damn Dating

  Nov 2014 - Sept 2017

  Co-founder and Director

  We connect single people who Give A Damn. Join us for documentaries, talk-fuelled dinner parties and events in weird and wonderful locations in London.www.giveadamndating.co.uk

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  London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

  May 2017 - Jun 2018

  Community Engagement Coordinator, Policy & Participation

  Creative engagement and collaborative design to strengthen civil society, tackle the drivers of extremism and build a thriving, cohesive Barking and Dagenham.

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  Street Space

  Jun 2018 - now

  Founder Director

  We work with people to reimagine their streets and spaces to make them feel safer, bring joy and social connection.