Deborah Conteh is a Programme Co-ordinator at Untold Creative Training. She is a two time published poet and has participated in the BBC Word First Programme 2022.

Deborah blends her corporate background and love for the creative industry to work on building creative courses for people in prison. Being an advocate for mental health and diversity and inclusion, Deborah also has a depth of knowledge on the significance of these. She has also created a short film based on youth violence from the perspective of a single mothers. She is known for confident, caring and colourful personality. Her favourite song right now is Reason by Cleo Sol... beautiful song!

Sheena is a musician, who also holds over 2.5 years of experience in providing music education and delivering music workshops across 5 different prisons in the UK.

She holds an MA in Music & Management and is currently participating in research projects, preparing her to embark on a PhD project exploring the inclusivity of music education and its surrounding policy landscape in the UK. Now, I have proudly taken on a pivotal role at Untold creating and coordinating the creative courses for the young men at HMP ISIS.

She is excited to bridge the gap between theory and practice.Her mission is to revolutionise the impact of the creative sector by ensuring equity of access and fair representation within it.

Comfort joined Untold at the very early stages of Untold in 2022, after a decade of working in the community and education system. She started at Untold as the Development Manager helping to build up the organisation and mapping out the strategic plan.

She has led social impact innovations in London, striving to help young people to overcome barriers and this passion transcends to young people stuck in the justice system.

Founder Changing the Game, which delivers therapeutically-focussed group programmes to address trauma and identity among men of African-Caribbean descent in prison; former senior policy lead for gangs and serious youth violence at the Mayor’s Office.

Head of Ark Teacher Training; Trustee of the Charities Advisory Trust; Governor of Ark Brunel Academy.

Chief of Staff for Test and Trace Finance; Recipient of the Duke of Cambridge Scholarship; Former young advisor at the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales; Governor at Addey and Stanhope secondary school.

Co-Founder Hawksmoor restaurants; Non-Executive Director National Theatre Enterprises; Founder Today’s Special

As a professional trustee at Ross Trustees, Andrew sits on a number of pension fund trustee boards with combined assets of around £15 billion. He is Chair of our Board in his personal capacity.