About Us
Our Vision
TogetherintheUK serves people migrating to the UK for whom English is not their first language and who face challenges in
adapting to life in the UK. Our aim is to to develop the tools and information that will support an inclusive life for migrants.
We started in 2015 with a purpose of sharing stories from migrants about living in the UK. Since
then we have published over 110 blogs full of insights. We have developed a website and published
research report called Moving Matters: The Challenges and Solutions of living in the UK. We
launched the report at the Migration Museum on July 10 th , 2019.
Our Team
We have an experienced team, many of who are migrants themselves having first-hand experience of adapting to Life in the UK. They play an important role in directing the vision and work of TogetherintheUK.
Teresa Norman
Founder | Director | CEO
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Teresa set up TGIUK (TogetherintheUK) CIC in 2016. Following a career in HR and fifteen years in the civil service, she is now pursuing her dream and making TGIUK live and grow.
She was born in the UK and has always lived here. ‘TGIUK is about creating a platform where we all learn from each other about living together in the UK’
Johann Taljaard
Founder | Chair | Ambassador
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Johann is an experienced business professional, executive coach and has worked at a senior level in business for the past 20 years. During the past 30 years, he has founded and set up a number of businesses, both in his host country Britain as well as in his home country South Africa, where he grew up. He has been living in the Uk for the past 20 years and has also lived in Holland for a time. He now focuses mainly on strategy and leading the board at TogetherintheUK.
Kosta Eleftheriadis
Founder | Director |Governance
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Kosta has experience of many different jobs in the UK and now works as a health service administrator.
At TGIUK, Kosta leads on Facebook, customer research, corporate governance and risk management.
Kosta grew up in Greece.
Fatkma Mustafa
Founder| Director|Commercial
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Fatkma Mustafa leads on project management and commercial.
Fatkma works as a civil engineer and her role in TGIUK is to lead on product development, business planning and project management.
Caroline Komuhangi
Head of Business Engagement
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Twitter lead and Vlogger. Caroline has previously worked for one of the major consultancies and has lots of experience supporting charities and making them grow.
Caroline grew up in Uganda and the UK and she is excited to share her’s and other migrants’ view point.
Noa Tu
Head of Operations
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Noa developed his keen world view through his nautical studies and travelling across oceans on a container ship. After working in Saudi Arabia and studying in Sweden, he chose to settle in the UK.
He has worked across many roles in the third sector.
TGIUK has become his new passion as he wants to pass on his knowledge as a modern settler in the UK.
Dee Mohamed
Technical Lead
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Dee is a web developer who has an interest in the use of technology in serving communities. As an immigrant from Somalia, she understands the need for and supports the work done by TGIUK.
Sophie Wright
Graphic Designer | Digital Artist
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Sophie has just joined the TGIUK team in autumn 2018. Born in Edinburgh she moved down to London as a child where she has lived ever since. She is a trained actor-musician who also works as a freelance digital artist.
She is excited to learn from TGIUK and keen to help share their message.
Adam Świtała
Podcast Editor
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Adam is a Polish musician living in Iceland who works with the Polish community to help them live an inclusive life in their new country, through music.
He’s happy to support TogetherintheUK’s initiatives and is learning a lot by being part.
Sam Carter
Multimedia Designer
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Born in Leicester but raised in rural Norfolk, Sam moved to London at a young age. From studying journalism, teaching abroad to working on film and music video sets and finally retraining as a graphic designer Sam feels there is always something to be learnt from every scenario life can throw at you. Fostering a strong belief that actually knowing the myriad options and paths that are available is a large part of the challenge many face in life.
His interests are Films, Cooking, Pale Ale, Stand up Comedy, Rock n Roll, Skating and Design.
Sam’s role is to work on the design and development of different TGIUK products.
Noha Choudhury
Content Producer
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Tom Berry
Social Media Campaigner
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Tom is a social media executive, working professionally in the sports sector, who is experienced in content planning, creation, promotion and optimisation for digital platforms. Having grown up in West London in a multicultural community, Tom is excited to help Together In The UK use story-telling to build a more inclusive society.
Gemma Hoult
Analyst Researcher
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Viraj Otu
Web Designer
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Viraj has been working within the marketing industry as a Graphic designer and web specialist for 10+ years for a number of companies and design agencies in the UK.
He now shares his knowledge and experience to help improve the way we communicate our great services to help our clients.
Hattie Callery
Content Creator
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Hattie works in theatre project management and administration. She believes that stories bring people together, and is looking forward to gathering migrants stories for TogetherintheUK.
John Ho
Head of Insight | Strategist | Fundraising
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Having lived and studied in different regions in East Asia, John moved to London in 2015. He has led customer and operational strategy projects for various organisations, and is keen to apply his analytical and strategic thinking to drive fundraising at TGIUK.
As a migrant himself, John is excited about helping others settle into the British community.
James Holland
Head Fundraising
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James has been a fundraiser for 15 years, working in large and small charities in the UK. He is passionate about supporting marginalised communities and looks forward to helping secure funding to help TogetherintheUK support more people.
Isy Paton
Special Projects Manager
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Isy has a BA in Creative Writing and worked in marketing for 10 years before recently moving into fundraising. She believes everyone has a story and loves meeting new people and can’t wait to use these skills to get creative with TGIUK.