Our Mission

Avocados Advocacy was founded in 2020 by Rachael Grimshire and Katie Smaldon. Rachael is an Independent Social Worker and Katie is care experienced. They brought their knowledge, experience and passion together to create an independent service to support care experienced people outside of statutory services.

Meet the Team: Employees

  • Rachael

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY

    CO-FOUNDER

  • Katie

    DIRECTOR OF LEGAL ADVOCACY

    CO-FOUNDER

Meet the Team: Non-Executive Board of Directors

  • Steph

    NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    CHAIR OF BOARD/BUSINESS ADMIN

  • Rebecca

    NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    SAFEGUARDING LEAD

  • Charlie

    NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    LEGAL/RESEARCH AND POLICY LEAD

Meet the Team: Lived Experience Board

  • Brigit

    YOUTH BOARD CHAIR

    MENTORING LEAD

  • Jason

    YOUTH BOARD MEMBER

  • Phil

    YOUTH BOARD MEMBER

  • Teddi

    YOUTH BOARD MEMBER

    EQAULITY & DIVERSITY LEAD

Meet the Team: Volunteers

  • Zara

    CONTENT CREATOR