Michelle is Director of Link Up (UK), a charity she established in 2010 to combat prejudice and discrimination. She has over 15 years experience supporting charities working on community cohesion, interfaith dialogue and citizenship, developing income streams and capacity building. In October 2017, Michelle began a ground- breaking initiative to bring together those agencies and individuals interested in setting up a Network and this has helped to shape our development. Michelle started her career in marketing, before leading the corporate and community fundraising team at Centrepoint, the youth homeless charity.