Jonathan is a Refugee support specialist and advocate. He has 10 years’ experience working in Refugee community engagement programmes with Freedom from Torture, NHS England, and the City of Sanctuary Manchester. Since 2017 Jonathan has worked as the Expert by Experience Manager championing shifting the power to people with lived experience within Refugee Action. He has supported the empowerment of people with lived experience through Refugee Action’s front-line services team in Bradford, Manchester, and Birmingham and through the Expert by Experience Steering group which influences Refugee Action’s overall plans. He is interested in how we can strengthen meaningful participation by people who have lived experience of being a refugee.