Kam Stevens

Kam Stevens is a Senior Digital Consultant for Grow Transform Belong CIC and Penal Reform Solutions, a prison reform advocate, and a member of the Royal Society of the Arts. With over 20 years of lived experience in the UK justice system his journey symbolises the transformation possible by justice involved individuals. Kam is dedicated to creating opportunities for successful reintegration through advocacy and campaigning. As co-founder of The Growth App, Kam helps justice involved people rebuild their lives through education, mentorship and community support.

Minister Timpson

Lord Timpson (OBE) was appointed Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending on 5 July 2024. Prior to his appointment he held the position of chief executive of the Timpson Group, from 2002 to July 2024, a company which is known for advocating for the employment of former prisoners.

Lord Timpson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2011 for services to training and employment for disadvantaged people. He was made chair of the Employers Forum for Reducing Re-offending (EFFRR) until 2016, and became the chair of the Prison Reform Trust that same year. He also founded the Employment Advisory Board network across the prison estate, which links prisons with employers to improve the employment opportunities for former offenders upon release.

David Gauke

David Gauke is a former Conservative MP and Government minister, serving in various roles in the Treasury before becoming Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2017) and Secretary of State for Justice (2018-19).  He is a trustee of the Prison Reform Trust and recently chaired the Independent Sentencing Review which reported in May.  David is head of public policy at a leading City law firm, a senior adviser at a public affairs firm, a chair of a negotiation consultancy and is a regular columnist for the New Statesman and ConservativeHome.

Dominique Moran

Dominique Moran’s research and teaching is in the sub-discipline of carceral geography, a geographical perspective on incarceration. Supported by the ESRC, her research has informed and extended theoretical developments in geography, criminology and prison sociology, whilst interfacing with contemporary debates over hyperincarceration, recidivism and the advance of the punitive state. She is currently researching the impact of nature contact on prisoners' wellbeing and the experience of ex-military personnel working in the prison service.

Dominique is Co-founding Chair of the Carceral Geography Working Group of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers.

She is author of 'Carceral Geography: Spaces and Practices of Incarceration' (2015) and an editor of Historical Geographies of Prisons: Unlocking the Usable Carceral Past (2015), ‘Carceral Spaces: Mobility and Agency in Imprisonment and Migrant Detention’ (2013), ‘Carceral Spatiality: Dialogues between Geography and Criminology’ (2017) and 'The Palgrave Handbook of Prison and the Family' (2019). She publishes in leading journals including Progress in Human Geography, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers and Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, and Theoretical Criminology.

Veronique Aicha

Veronique Aicha is Head of Social Impact at RESCALED, a European movement that advocates for small-scale forms of detention as a replacement for large prisons. In addition to her work, she also writes frequently. Recently an article appeared in Philosophy Now magazine about Bastøy. She studied European governance and policy in The Hague and social psychology at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. After her studies, Veronique worked for the Netherlands Helsinki Committee as a criminal justice program manager, where she worked in countries such as Albania and Kosovo. She was also chair of the European Prison Education Association in the Netherlands for several years and is on the Supervisory Board of HALT and the Youth Courts Foundation. 

Steve Chalke

Steve Chalke MBE is an author, speaker, and social entrepreneur dedicated to tackling social injustice. He is the founder of Oasis, a leading UK charity that builds inclusive communities through education, housing, and youth work. In England, Oasis runs 54 schools and, in 2023, launched Oasis Restore, the UK’s first Secure School—a pioneering, therapeutic alternative to youth custody aimed at transforming outcomes for vulnerable young people in the justice system. 

A former UN Special Advisor on Human Trafficking and a Baptist minister, Steve has long been a prominent advocate for systemic change in criminal justice, education, and social policy. His work has earned him numerous honorary fellowships and an MBE. A regular media commentator, he continues to challenge traditional approaches to incarceration, urging innovative and compassionate solutions. His latest book, A Manifesto for Hope, explores these themes in depth.

Lady Edwina Grosvenor

Lady Edwina Grosvenor is a Justice System Reformer with over 20 years of experience and expertise working in the criminal justice sector.  Since graduating from Northumbria University in 2005 with a degree in Criminology and Sociology, Edwina has combined her work as a criminologist, prison philanthropist, adviser and reformer to create systemic change within the Justice System.

Edwina’s approach is to combine hands on experience, her expertise, training, philanthropy and influence to create impact.  She is a founding investor and Ambassador of the Clink Restaurant chain, and she has advised and worked with the Government on the Women’s Advisory Board for Female Offenders under The Secretary of State for Justice. This work, alongside Edwina’s broader experiences in the justice system inspired the launch of One Small Thing, the charity which she is Founder and Chair of.  One Small Thing aims to redesign the justice system for women and their children and in 2023 they opened Hope Street, a pioneering purpose-built residential space for justice involved women. 

Edwina sits on the advisory board to the Centre for Criminology in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford. She completed her master’s degree in Criminology and Crime Scene Management at Solent University in August 2021 achieving a distinction. She was the High Sherriff of Hampshire in 2022/23, and in January 2024 she joined Global Philanthropic as the first Chair of their Advisory Board. She is also Patron of Paladin, which is the country’s only national stalking advocacy service.  In 2023 Edwina was presented with the International Corrections and Prisons Association (www.icpa.org) Presidents Award in Antwerp.   

Edwina is currently a member of the Women’s Justice Board and she is a Deputy Lieutenant for Hampshire. 

Alice Dawnay

Alice Dawnay is a social entrepreneur and advocate of human-centred systems. Her new venture, the Common Ground Justice Project, aims to uncover and amplify common ground between divided groups, illuminating a more thoughtful way forward on crime and justice that can deliver for victims and wider society.

Alice has extensive experience of working with people in and around UK prisons and founded award-winning London resettlement charity, Switchback, in 2008. She designed Switchback’s pioneering relational change programme and led the organisation for 15 years, supporting over 2000 young men to build new lives they could be proud of after prison, whilst campaigning for national change.

Alice is a justice and charities consultant, sometime Associate Prisons Inspector, coach and NLP Master Practitioner. She is on the board of A Band of Brothers and is currently Interim CEO at the Hardman Trust.