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…
Rhiannon Grant
Rhiannon Grant is Woodbrooke’s Deputy Programme Leader for Research and Programme Coordinator for Modern Quaker Thought. Rhiannon’s work at Woodbrooke spans academic and practice-based approaches…
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…
Simonne Wood
Simonne Wood is Woodbrooke’s Programme Coordinator for Worship & Spirituality. In that role, she organises courses for the worship and spirituality programme, teaches on a…
Kim Harrison
Kim Harrison is Woodbrooke’s Project Manager for the Climate Crisis: Spiritual Nurture and Learning Project. Kim has over 13 years experience of direct action, campaigning,…
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.
