Who we are
Mindapples was started by Andy Gibson back in 2008, founded as an organisation by Andy, Tessy Britton and Hege Saebjorsnen in 2010, and has since grown into a thriving voluntary organisation with a wonderful network of supporters and advisors.
Gardeners
- Andy Gibson, head gardener
- Tessy Britton, official flag waver
- Hege Saebjornsen, Affluenza Exhibition, nef's Bigger Picture
- Amanda Gore, founder PSFK London
- Ana Garcia, art director
- Cassie Robinson, Agency, thinkpublic, Futuregov
- Esther King, Shell, RSA projects
- Jenny Reina, Hunter Gatherers, Pick Me Up
- Kate Andrews
- Kat Pesaran and the team at Drama Ltd
- Lauren Currie
- Louise Marshall, former general consul at Hudson Recruitment and Cable & Wireless
- Lucy White, FC Business Intelligence
- Marilena Reina, Marketing Manager, Tate Britain
- Nicola Bonnick Caldeira, former BBC management accountant
- Sam Spedding, University of East London (Psychology Department)
- Sarah Drummond, MyPolice, Snook
- Sangeet Gyawali, website designer
- Tom Ten Thij, lead developer
Advisory Board
We're also fortunate enough to have a pretty wonderful set of people advising us, including:
- Ravi Bagirathan, Cabinet Office
- Rose Casey-Challies, Director of Partners in Impact
- Charlie Davies, The Face, Last.fm
- Roger Edmonds, Marketing Manager, Pepsico
- Peter Gibson, founder of Philosophy Ideas, and Andy's dad
- John Grant, co-founder of St Lukes Communications
- Christine Hartland, producer, Sick and WMD
- Diane Herbert, HR Director at Channel 4
- Sophie Howarth, founder of the School of Life
- Oliver James, clinical psychiatrist and broadcaster, author of Affluenza
- Kerry McCarthy, NESTA, K-Clarity
- Maureen Rice, founding editor of Psychologies Magazine
- Colin Tate, Nemawashi, School of Everything
- Tanis Taylor, We Are What We Do
- Jo Worsley, freelance journalist and writer for One in Four magazine
Supporters and partners
Along the way we've worked with, and been helped by, the Young Foundation, the New Economics Foundation, The Work Foundation, Ilona Boniwell at University of East London, the RSA, Courvoisier, BBC Careerlink, Engauge, Ian Gilmour of OK2B, Simon Lawton-Smith of the Mental Health Foundation, Kris Morris (who did our first logo), PR whirlwind Heleana Quartey, Marjorie Thompson, Henry Playfoot at Whiteloop, Siân Croxton of DLA Piper, the Social Innovation Camp community, School of Everything, Unboxed Consulting, Webstars, White Label PR, FreeAgentCentral, UnLtd and the Nominet Trust, many of the Courvoisier Future 500, and lots of other lovely people.
There's no hidden agenda or big company behind this: just a group of collaborators peddling an interesting idea and building something good. And we're here for the love of it. Read more about how we got here , and take a look at our media coverage too.