ABOUT US
Stake Engage is a movement dedicated to cementing a better future for all. Founded by Rikki Garcia, with 30 years of experience of engaging young people, older people, staff teams, volunteers and senior decision makers in participation, co-production and co-design processes to amplify stakeholder voices and improve services. We believe in working together, holding leaders accountable through collaboration, and supporting and empowering people to join in and take action. Through sustainable collaborative processes, we ensure stakeholders voices are heard.
Stake Engage's associates, are a group of highly experienced, enthusiastic professionals from a range of professional and personal backgrounds. What brings us together is our dedication toward our common goals. But we can’t do it without your help. Get in touch to see how you can get involved and increase our impact.
STAKE YOUR CLAIM
Help Us Succeed
PROMOTE LOCAL ENGAGEMENT
Help to make sure the people affected are listened to
BECOME AN ASSOCIATE
Join us and help to make teams, services and system better for everyone
JOIN IN
Let us know when services and systems could be better. Take part in our workshops, discussions, design sessions.
THE TEAM
Committed to Our Cause
We’re very proud of the diversity of our team, and their abilities to contribute their own unique experience and skills to our success. Find out more about some of them below.
RIKKI GARCIA
Founder/CEO
Rikki Garcia has 28 years of experience working in the public and voluntary sector with staff teams, community groups, and local people to create participatory and collaborative mechanisms aiming to improve teams, systems and services.
MICHELLE GOLDING
Assessor
Michelle Golding was a foster carer herself before training as a social worker, and now has ten years' experience assessing and supervising foster carers, including three years as a family court magistrate.
JANE LAW
Assessor
Jane began as a teacher specialising in health and social care, qualified as a social worker, with extensive experience with adults and children with disabilities, and over twelve years experience assessing and supervising foster carers. Jane is also a foster carer herself.
"If there was ever one
Who when you achieve
Was there before the dream
And even then believed;
Who would clear the air
When it’s full of loss;
Who would count love
Before the cost"
Lemn Sissay - Invisible Kisses
