Meet The Team

Karla Simpson had made numerous international trips to Ghana, Cambodia and Uganda, volunteering through charities such as Platform 2, Restless Development via The Department of International Citizen Service and Adra working in communities to teach sexual reproductive health and rights, livelihoods, health and nutrition and to build soft play activities for children in the community.

Over the last 10+ years, Karla has been committed to building activities that support young people in Uganda living in poverty and from disadvantaged backgrounds to become more confident, access education, skills and employment to have the best possible outcomes. Karla brings extensive programme and grants management experience as she works as part of one of the largest Cultural Relations open call programme in Europe - The International Collaborations Grant at the British Council. She has successfully contributed towards the design and delivery of its second cohort and the closure of the first one.

Karla has demonstrated a high level understanding of partnership work across international countries through her ability to successfully manage and support organisations implementing projects overseas with the support of colleagues in retrospective countries to problem solve, procure for services, manage finance, operations and contract and overall project management.

One of the original trustees and is the lead contact at Youth Link Networks for any legal and compliance matters. Charisma is a qualified practising Solicitor of over 8 years and continues to monitor the charity’s policies.

She started with Youth Link Networks as the Chair of trustees but has since taken a break for maternity leave and will return in the new year as a trustee.

Charisma has played an integral role in bringing the trustees together and helping Youth Link Networks to prioritise. She has also played active roles in personal fundraising, highlighting our projects to access donations and organising events. 

Chantelle has been a volunteer at Youth Link Networks since 2020 and has recently joined the board of trustees in 2025. Her previous role was based around social media, communications, website management and working closely with the board to market and fundraise for the charity. Chantelle has been involved in numerous fundraising campaigns and fundraising events for Youth Link Networks. Now, stepping into a trustee role, Chantelle will continue to offer her expertise in these areas as well as finding new innovative ways to strengthen the image and branding of Youth Link Networks.

Naomi Grossett, one of the original trustees and co-founder of the Pretty Box project, Naomi has proudly worked with Youth Link Networks since 2017.

Naomi has an MSc in Sustainable Development from SOAS University and is an experienced Senior Project Manager for a behavioural change consultancy where she has managed programmes up to £1million for global organisations. Naomi comes with a strong background in the charity sector working for International charities like ADRA across Africa and Asia, as well as smaller youth charities like St Andrews Club in the UK. Naomi has also volunteered her time to Australian South Sea Islanders, Port Jackson in Sydney to support them with their cultural programmes for Indigenous Australians.

Over the last 8 years Naomi has played an integral role in the project’s orchestration and delivery, she has continued to be a key contributor to the charity through personal and corporate fundraising bringing visibility to our work through her networks.