Staff Tutors
Meet the team of permanent staff who are responsible for coordinating and delivering Woodbrooke’s learning programme.
Rachael Swancott
Rachael Swancott is Woodbrooke’s Head of Community and Engagement. Rachael has a particular interest in working with Friends to be an Anti-Racist faith group and…
‘Ben’ Pink Dandelion
‘Ben’ Pink Dandelion is Woodbrooke’s Programme Leader for Research. Ben began his academic work in Quaker studies in the late 1980s, co-founding the Quaker Studies…
Simon Best
Simon Best is Woodbrooke’s Head of Programmes & Partnerships. He has overall responsibility for Woodbrooke’s learning and research programmes, and is responsible for supporting the…
Benjamin Wood
Benjamin Wood is Woodbrooke’s Programme Coordinator for Applied Theology and Biblical Studies. Before coming to Woodbrooke, Ben spent more than a decade in UK Higher…
Wendy Hampton
Wendy Hampton is Woodbrooke’s Programme Coordinator for Supporting Quaker Communities. She has been a Quaker for 30 years, has been involved with Quakers in different…
Tanya Hubbard
Tanya Hubbard is Woodbrooke’s Programme Coordinator for Racial & Social Justice. Tanya is a facilitator and trainer of conflict transformation and dialogue. She has worked…
Simonne Wood
Simonne Wood is Woodbrooke’s Programme Coordinator for Worship & Spirituality. In that role, she organises courses for the worship and spirituality programme and teaches on…
Elize Sakamoto
Elize Sakamoto is Woodbrooke’s Programme Coordinator for Quaker Service and Roles. She is on the Quaker Peace and Social Witness Central Committee, having served as…
Lily Chadwick
Background and Research Interests: Lily Chadwick (she/her) is Woodbrooke’s Programme Coordinator for Quaker History. Lily is by training a social historian of the early modern…
Ella Asheri
Ella Asheri (she/her) is Woodbrooke’s Programme Coordinator for Racial & Social Justice. She is a facilitator, educator and researcher with a particular focus on psychosocial…
Our team of tutors is supported by our learning and research admin team.
Associate Tutors
Woodbrooke also has a large number of volunteer and freelance Associate Tutors who help to run our learning programme and deliver many of our courses. If you are interested in offering service as an Associate Tutor then please contact us.
