Kate Hawkins

Kate is a youth and community work consultant with over 20 years’ professional experience in the voluntary and statutory sectors. She began her career as a local authority youth participation worker in London and has been championing co-production work with young people ever since. She is an experienced frontline worker with a history of managing complex cases and supporting vulnerable young people with multiple needs. Kate is adept at planning, implementing and managing a diverse range of youth work programmes in both inner-city and rural communities. Her work has included a community mapping and youth engagement project with the Diocese of London, and managing a young carers’ service in Leicestershire. She’s a seasoned project manager, skilled at gathering insight about sensitive issues from seldom heard groups and collaborating to co-design projects and services.