• Alice Dawnay

    CO-FOUNDER

    Alice founded pioneering prison resettlement charity Switchback, leading its development into an award-winning organisation supporting thousands of young men to transform their lives after prison. Bringing over 20 years’ experience working in criminal justice and with young adults, Alice is also now an Associate Prisons Inspector and consultant with special interest in equalities and fair treatment.

    librathinking.com

  • Jacob Dunne

    CO-FOUNDER

    Jacob is an award-winning author, campaigner, presenter, and educator. At 19, Jacob’s life changed forever when a single act of violence resulted in the death of James Hodgkinson. After serving time for manslaughter he embarked on a journey of personal transformation and restorative justice with his victims’ parents, with whom he now campaigns for change. Jacob’s BBC Radio 4 series The Punch won the ARIA Award for Best Factual Series. His memoir Right From Wrong inspired the sell-out play Punch by James Graham.

    jacobdunne.co.uk

  • Sam Boyd

    CO-FOUNDER

    Sam brings a combination of frontline, policy and start-up expertise. A Year Here Fellow In Social Innovation, Sam has worked in youth homelessness, in Parliament, and founded a street food social enterprise backed by the Mayor of London. As Director of Impact at Switchback, Sam spurred the charity’s growth into influencing, helping win the Longford Prize for originality in criminal justice and Best Arts & Culture Podcast at the British Podcast Awards.

    samboyd.co.uk

Pilot partners

We’re grateful to our pilot partners for collaborating with us on this project, and supporting with strategic, operational, research and other advice and support. The Centre for Justice Innovation is acting as incubator for our pilot.

If you’re an organisation or individual that wants to be part of a common ground approach to justice reform, we’d love to hear from you.

Pilot advisory board

Our board of expert advisors are helping to guide this project, bringing a wide range of experience, including first-hand, of the justice system and beyond.

  • Fr Richard Springer

    Rector, St George-in-the-East; Director, Urban Leadership School, Centre for Theology & Community

  • Pamela Dow

    COO, Civic Future; former Executive Director, Cabinet Office

  • Phil Bowen

    Director, Centre for Justice Innovation

  • Dunia Shafik

    Founder, A Life Of Choices.

  • Dr Hindpal Singh Bhui OBE

    Inspection Team Leader, HM Inspectorate of Prisons; Visiting Law Professor, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford

  • Jill Rutter

    Associate Fellow, British Future; Lead, National Conversation on Immigration

  • Kameran Johnsepar

    Lived Experience Coach & Mentor