Marie joined Blagrave in April 2025 and is our Regional Programme Manager, overseeing our work under our first strategic objective: investing in youth organisations. She manages all our regional funding partnerships with organisations in the South East region.

Marie’s career spans many areas of social justice in the voluntary sector, including spells at the Down’s Syndrome Association, St Mungo’s, and Trust for Developing Communities. She was also the Founder and first CEO of The Choir with No Name, an organisation seeking to build community and challenge the stigma often attached to homelessness through the arts. She is home based, and lives in Brighton.

She is excited to work alongside Blagrave partners and learn from their inspiring work and feels uplifted by the hope and dynamism that many young people bring to the voluntary sector and wider society.

Email: marie@blagravetrust.org