Staff Support Team

All committee members and volunteers will benefit from having two members staff to support you: the Southampton Hub Manager and Programmes Manager.

The Southampton Hub Manager is Catherine Taplin-Thorpe. Catherine's job is to oversee the committee, lead the delivery of all volunteering projects excluding, work with our community partners, contribute to impact measurement and deliver core training and support to volunteers!

The Southampton Hub Programmes Manager is Sapthi Santharuban. Sapthi's job is to support project co-ordinators to deliver youth programmes to a high quality, communicate with community partners and support students to incubate new projects in Southampton.

If you ever want to find out more about what we're up to, whether to get insight into the roles, learn how you can support our work or simply find out more about us, get in touch.

The People Behind The Magic

Southampton Hub is made up of all you wonderful students doing volunteering, campaigning and running events - however, if you want to talk to someone directly about our activities, then these are the people you're looking for:

• Catherine Taplin-Thorpe catherine.taplin-thorpe@southamptonhub.org - Southampton Hub Manager
• Sapthi Santharuban sapthi@southamptonhub.org - Youth Projects Officer
• Nicki Ashworth president@southamptonhub.org - Hub President
• Nadya Longstaff vicepresident@southamptonhub.org - Vice President
• Jules Anderson treasurer@southamptonhub.org - Treasurer
• Zara Campbell comms@southamptonhub.org - Communications Officer
• Weronicka Szczepan schoolsplus@southamptonhub.org - Schools Plus Coordinator
• Alex Stilgoe schoolspluslibraries@southamptonhub.org - Libraries Plus Coordinator
• Adelia Bernard-Patel branchup@southamptonhub.org - Branch Up Coordinator
• Megan Sheridan empower@southamptonhub.org - Empower Coordinator
• Jess Shum inventplus@southamptonhub.org - Invent Plus Coordinator
• Holly Baker and Chante O'Shaughnessy inspiredebatechange@southamptonhub.org - Inspire, Debate, Change Co-ordinators
• Currently Vaacnt biocycle.coordinator@southamptonhub.org - BioCycle Coordinator

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board ensures that Southampton Hub thrives as a result of being well embedded in the university and community environment. By bringing together individuals and organisations with varied perspectives and expertise, our Advisory Board helps the Southampton Hub to identify which activities to prioritise, as well as ensuring coordination of messaging and activities with other stakeholders. The Board meets 2-3 per academic year.

If you would like to get involved in the Advisory Board, contact Catherine, Southampton Hub Manager at catherine.taplin-thorpe@southamptonhub.org.

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