Co-Founder and Director at CIVIC SQUARE
Bio
Immy is a Co-Founder and Director of CIVIC SQUARE. CIVIC SQUARE is a public square, neighbourhood lab, and creative + participatory platform focused on regenerative civic and social infrastructure within neighbourhoods. Immy is part of a creative and dynamic leadership team who work alongside the local neighbourhood to offer a bold approach to visioning, building, and investing in civic infrastructure for neighbourhoods of the future.
She is also an active member of:
The Project 00 Doughnut Economics Action Lab Advisory Team
A Birmingham Hippodrome Trustee
A Birmingham Open Media (BOM) Board Member
An Inclusive Economy Partnership Board Champion
The National Lottery Community Fund Advisory Board
Immy was a founding director of Impact Hub Birmingham, which was open between 2015–2019. Impact Hub Birmingham was on a mission to help build a fairer, more equal, and just city through people, place, and open movements. On a voluntary basis, Immy also led and ran TEDxBRUM between 2012 and 2017.
Immy’s work has been recognised with a series of notable honours and awards. In 2018, Impact Hub Birmingham was named a NESTA New Radical. For her services to the city of Birmingham, Aston University’s School of Life & Health Sciences granted Immy an Honorary Doctorate in 2019. And in 2020, Immy was awarded a prestigious Ashoka Fellowship.