AMIKA GEORGE - FOUNDER
Amika George is a Cambridge University finalist, who, at the age of 17, started the Free Periods campaign from her bedroom to end period poverty in the U.K. She has since received global recognition for her campaigning work including receiving a Goalkeepers award by Bill & Melinda Gates, in conjunction with the United Nations, and was recently listed by TIME magazine as one of the 25 most influential teenagers in the world. In June 2021, Amika was awarded an MBE for her period activism.
Her book, ‘Make It Happen: How to be an Activist’, is available here.
GEMMA ABBOTT - DIRECTOR
Gemma is a lawyer and activist.
As well as fighting period poverty as part of the Free Periods team, she is the Legal Director of the Good Law Project, a not-for-profit organisation that uses the law to protect the environment, uphold democracy and ensure no one is left behind.
She is passionate about social justice and equality, and works determinedly to hold those in power to account.
JANVI PATEL - DIRECTOR
Janvi Patel is a strong supporter and advocate for women’s rights at all levels. A regular keynote speaker on female founders and women in leadership, she is also a board member of NGO Equality Now, who work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls around the world and the Children of War foundation, whose projects offer specialist healthcare and medical education in underrepresented regions
In 2007, she co-founded Halebury, one of the first alternative legal services providers at that time. Janvi has been featured on the UK’s first ever Power Part Time 50 list and was awarded the Red Women Award. She was listed in Top 50 Most Influential Women in the City and won the WeAreTheCity – Rising Star Awards. She has been nominated for the Great British Entrepreneur and Asian Women of the Year Awards.
CLEGG BAMBER - DIRECTOR
Clegg is one of the co-founders of the Red Box Project and has worked with charities in a voluntary position as well as a paid member of staff since being at university. This includes working with one of the UK’s Air Ambulance’s and sitting on the operations committee of a voluntary outreach group that supports the homeless and vulnerable within the city of Portsmouth. He has also previously worked in a school as a teaching assistant and tutor and firmly believes in the rights to an equal and fair education.
In June 2021, Clegg was awarded an MBE for his dedication to education.