Emma Kirkbride

Development Officer South West, East & West Midlands and Wales

I have worked for YouthBank UK since October 2003 as a Development Officer (although I had a little break to have my daughter in 2006). During that time I have travelled up, down, across the UK supporting young people to set up YouthBanks. Although my travels have taken me pretty much everywhere, I mainly work in the South West, West Midlands and Wales. 

When I started my job there were 19 YouthBanks, so being here to see this growth in the network has been amazing and one of my favorite jobs is telling young people the good news of their membership application being agreed. I now also have responsibility for developing the training that we offer which also keeps me busy over the 4 days that I work!