About me
I support networks, teams, and organisations to work more collaboratively and learn more effectively in complex contexts. My core practice is designing and facilitating participatory processes that enable co-production, emergent learning, and shared ownership of change. I’m particularly drawn to values-led work, where participation, power, and relationships matter as much as outcomes, and a core theme of my practice is collective care, alongside co-production and participatory approaches that help people share responsibility for both processes and results.
I specialise in creating conditions for meaningful reflection and dialogue, including peer learning spaces, participatory sense-making, and reflective teams. My facilitation is informed by trauma-aware principles, with a strong emphasis on psychological safety, inclusion, and collective wellbeing. I also bring a strong research and learning background, with extensive experience in applied, participatory and quantitative research, organisational learning, capacity-building support, programme design, and training.
My work is grounded in early experience leading a youth programme with refugee communities, giving me a deep appreciation of grassroots realities, power dynamics, and lived experience, alongside a systemic perspective on social change. I hold an MA in Social Anthropology and an undergraduate degree in Political Science and International Studies, and my studies underpin my practice while always being applied to real-world challenges and outcomes. With 20+ years of experience across the forced migration, health, and social justice sectors, I am passionate about helping organisations and networks get things done and create meaningful, lasting change - collaboratively, strategically, and effectively.
oh, and if you haven’t guessed already, I’m a bit obsessed with trees...
Sample of previous projects I’ve worked with...
My values
These values guide everything I do. They are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. In practice, they are rarely separate, but I hope that naming them helps clarify what I pay attention to, how I make decisions, and what it’s like to work with me.
Participation & inclusion
I prioritise meaningful involvement, ensuring people who are affected by decisions have opportunities to shape them. This means paying attention to who is included, who is not, and adjusting processes so participation real, not symbolic.
Collaboration & connection
I focus on building trust, understanding and shared ownership. I believe lasting change happens through relationships, so I support people and organisations to collaborate across differences in roles, experiences and perspectives while maintaining clarity and momentum.
Anti-racist & anti-oppressive
I aim to work in ways that recognise and challenge structural inequalities, including racism and other forms of oppression. This involves reflecting on my own position and power, supporting others to examine bias, and embedding inclusive practices into processes, structures and culture.
Safety, consent and ‘Do no harm’
I prioritise the wellbeing of people and processes. This includes being attentive to the emotional energy involved in managing feelings, relationships and capacity, ensuring that work is carried out responsibly, ethically and sustainably. Safety and consent are both conditions and outcomes of good practice.
Systemic & pragmatic
I help teams and organisations understand the bigger picture - the systems, structures, patterns, and connections shaping their work - while keeping an eye on what is realistic and achievable. My focus is on turning insights into practical, concrete actions that make a real difference.
Collective care, creativity & joy
Sustainable work relies on shared responsibility for care. I support groups to cultivate collective care, embed practices that sustain wellbeing, and intentionally make space for creativity, play and joy as a way to build resilience and trust. (As Audre Lorde noted, joy give us ‘energy for change')
Certified Professional Facilitator
I am a Certified Professional Facilitator with the International Association of Facilitators - I abide with their code of ethics, and am practiced at applying their core competencies to help organisations and networks embed participatory processes into each stage of project and service design and development.
“Tina’s approach to facilitation is both empathetic and strategic. She is a natural facilitator with an impressive range of experience to draw on. I loved working with her because she is so thoughtful, always brought in the right examples and made me think in new ways."
