Hey, I’m Daisy

I am a facilitator, founder, community-builder and coach.

For 5 years, I was co-Founder & Director of Routes, supporting women with experience of the UK asylum system to rebuild fulfilling lives, whilst simultaneously training people without refugee backgrounds to become more inclusive, empowering and intentional leaders. In April 2023 I stepped back from my day-to-day role, and now sit on the board as a Non-Executive Director.

I have designed and delivered workshops, talks and trainings for organisations across sectors and sizes, including NHS England, Liberty, Investec, UBS, Ben & Jerry’s and the School for Social Entrepreneurs.

"Daisy has a great balance of calm, whilst being directive and assertive. I loved the different activities that enabled reflection and allowed everyone to be heard." - Year Here Fellow

In 2019 I was listed as one of WISE’s top 100 Women in Social Enterprise, and was named one of the Big Issue’s Top 100 Changemakers. I have featured in Marie Claire Magazine, Positive News and on the Guilty Feminist Podcast.

In September 2023, I embarked on a Churchill Fellowship, which you can read more about here, and began working on a number of projects in a freelance capacity: you’ll find me working on the research and development of the Refugee Energy Hub: the’s UK’s first and only physical Hub for refugee sector organisations; helping out with Scene & Heard’s 25th anniversary celebrations; supporting Turadh to welcome frontline workers in Scotland for some much needed rest in nature; and designing and delivering retreat days, informed by my fellowship research.

In September 2024, I’ll be moving to Boston to start huge new adventure, in the form of a three year long Master of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School.

If you want to get to know me even better, you can have a peek at some of my photos here - it’s a short but sweet collection of things I have found inspiring, calming and beautiful over the years, captured on 35mm film.

Oh, and my preferred pronouns are they/them. You can read more about the use of pronouns here.

The juicy stuff

Things I have studied

  • Ritual and Ceremony with Dead Good Guides

  • Mikveh Guiding with Mayyim Hayyim

  • Jewish Art, Ritual and Healing with Rebekah Erev

  • Tackling Modern Slavery with Unseen UK

  • Community Builder Training with Protection Approaches

  • Nonviolent Communication Foundation Training

  • Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship with Year Here

Languages I speak

  • French (professional profieciency)

  • Spanish (limited professional proficiency)

  • Arabic (beginner)

Things that have inspired me

  • Holding Change by adrienne maree brown

  • The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker

  • Transitions by William Bridges

  • Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich

  • On Being with Krista Tippett

  • Grayson Perry: Rites of Passage