Kimberly Garande joined the Barrow Cadbury Trust Board in 2024. She is a Youth Voice Advisor at the Westminster Foundation, where she embeds meaningful youth participation in grant-making strategy and practice, supporting funders and charities to centre young people in decision-making.

A campaigner with lived experience, Kimberly has a strong track record in youth-led social justice and systems change. She previously led the Let Us Learn campaign at We Belong, supporting young migrants to influence education institutions and national policy. She has also worked as a Consultant with the Involving Young People Collective (IYPC) at Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, leading the grants workstream and shaping participatory approaches across the funding sector.

Kimberly is a trained facilitator, community organiser and programme designer, with experience in monitoring and evaluation. Her governance experience includes serving as Vice Chair of the Sheila McKechnie Foundation, Mind’s Lived Experience Advisory Board and The Ubele Initiative’s Emerging Young Leaders Collective. She is a former recipient of the Blagrave Trust’s Challenge and Change Fund and an Associate of Hudl Youth Development Agency, where she has designed and delivered programmes for organisations including BBC Children in Need and The Damilola Taylor Trust.

“I’m committed to shifting power as a BCT Trustee so that young people and communities with lived experience shape decisions that impact their lives. The Trust’s focus on tackling injustice at a systems level strongly resonates with me. I see my role as helping it continue its legacy of ensuring that those closest to the issues we fund are well resourced and supported to lead positive change.”