Homeless Families Conference | Gifty Amponsah, Jane Williams | The Magpie Project

Jane Williams is the Founder/CEO the Magpie Project. Having previously worked in journalism, charity comms and fundraising - Jane first started exploring the needs of women with young children in Newham in autumn 2016. A small team including Kay Rowe children's centre, health visitors, Shelter, and London Black Women's project first six-week pilot of the Magpie Project took place in June 2017, it became a charity in December 2017. Since then, she has been working alongside mums and minis to create a place that meets their needs for safety, security, play, joy and practical support.
Gifty Amponsah first joined the Magpie Project as a mum in 2017 and has been instrumental in shaping the service it provides today. She has worked on change and voice throughout this time and alongside Shelter, Hackney Migrant Centre and others forced an independent review of Newham's NRPF team in 2019. She founded, and is now employed as the lead of their Rights Experience Advocacy Change team and spearheads their No Child in a Home without a Kitchen campaign.
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Homeless Families Conference: Dare to Hope was hosted by the Shared Health Foundation in partnership with GMCA.
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