About Us

Our Vision & Mission

Our Vision: Communities living life in all its fullness, free from poverty, injustice and conflict.

Our Mission: To equip communities with media tools, to get people talking, listening, and taking action, to improve local health, well-being and resilience.

Our Core Values

Community focused

We know that real lasting transformation comes from within communities. We focus on helping communities find their voice and transform themselves

Culturally sensitive

We know that what works in one location, time and culture is not necessarily going to be effective in another time or place. We take proven principles and adapt them as required

Service oriented

We partner, collaborate, mentor, empower and serve. We do not impose, dictate, control, regulate or dominate

Faith inspired

We are inspired and motivated by the example of Jesus whose life exemplified care for the vulnerable, marginalised and poor of this world

Amplifying Voices is a member of the HCR family, a network of communication for development (C4D) organisations.

Our community-centred media approach amplifies local voices so that the people most affected by change play a key role in how change happens.

Our team, based in the UK, works alongside local partners, mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, to deliver projects in communities facing crisis or disadvantage caused by poverty, injustice or violence. We equip through training, technology and ongoing accompaniment.

Our vision, mission and values are rooted in the words and actions of Jesus.

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Our People

The Amplifying Voices team brings together people from various media and community development backgrounds. We are a very relational team and we share a common passion for accompanying communities as they exercise their rights and their voices.

Jon Hargreaves

A journalist by background, Jon has been working in broadcast media in Africa, the Middle East and Asia for more than 25 years, including spells with three major broadcast networks. In 1995, he moved to Uzbekistan to lead a number of media for development projects, where he was awarded a doctorate for his work in the field of education and social development. As co-founder of Amplifying Voices in the UK, he currently supports partners on a range of Communication for Development (C4D) projects, mostly in Asia and Africa

Alex Stout

Alex hails from the Shetland Isles in the UK, where he trained as an engineer on aeronautical communications systems. In the late 1990’s he moved to the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles where he worked for a large broadcasting organisation as a radio broadcast engineer before relocating to the Middle East to head up a media network for the region. Alex has been involved in a number of Amplifying Voices projects in Africa and the Middle East and brings with him a large amount of technical and project management experience.

Stephanie Mooney

Stephanie has been working with communities and community development for 18 years, with extensive experience of working in partnerships and using strengths-based approaches in community-led engagement initiatives. She has primarily worked within the African context, since 2010. Stephanie has an MA in Diplomacy, Law and Global Change, and holds a Post-Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution. Steph is pioneering our Amplifying Community Voices process and advocates for street living children via the Stop Child Witchcraft Accusations network.

Johnny Fisher

Based in Duns, Scotland, Johnny is a Communication for Development advisor for partners in Pakistan and sub-Saharan Africa and heads up Amplifying Voices’ disaster response work. Johnny studied electronic engineering, theology and social policy, but not at the same time. He likes exploring new ideas and opportunities.

Iain Taylor

Iain’s business career revolved around insurance and finance. In retirement he works with a number of local charities. He is treasurer of Splash, an organisation presenting Christian assemblies in local schools, and most Fridays you will find him in the Amplifying Voices office trying to make sense of the finances.

Alice Stout

Alice provides communications support for Amplifying Voices. Alice has been working in the non-profit and charity sector since 2015. Though having studied literature at university, Alice plunged straight into the communications and marketing sector, working with a media network based in the Middle East and North Africa.

Our Board

Terry Edmondson

Chair

Terry Edmondson has served on the boards of several non-profit organizations and is currently serving as chair of the board for Amplifying Voices. Terry brings skills from over 30 years of experience in business as an HR Director, including strategic planning, reward & benefits management, and international stakeholder engagement. Terry is married with two adult children. He spent much of his own youth living in Germany and is deeply committed to serving communities and building relationships between people from different cultures.

Tusa Clark

Tusa Clark joined Amplifying Voices in 2023 as a trustee. Born in Lusaka, Zambia, she grew up in Zambia, India and Tanzania before coming to the UK to study Economics and International administration, followed by a Masters degree in International Relations. In the past, she worked for a large international charity in the UK and overseas, in various capacities including emergency response. This work took her to different parts of the world, such as Indonesia and Rwanda. She currently works as a Mathematics and Economics teacher at a local school. Tusa volunteers for her church as a member of the Parochial Church Council and serves as a governor at another local school. "I feel honoured to be a part of the Amplifying Voices family."

Chris Dunn-Coleman

Chris has been on the Board of Amplifying Voices (formerly HCR UK) since the beginning. He has been working in the UK charity sector since the late 1990’s, specifically services for homeless and marginalised communities. Chris has managed projects that have provided practical crisis interventions as well as longer term supported housing schemes. He has found it essential to work with a trauma informed approach and promotes psychologically informed environments.

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