2026 Programme — Solution Spaces

Co-creating the sector's solutions.

Three live spaces where funders, leaders, support staff, frontline workers and policy leaders build initiatives for equity in the sector.

What is a Solution Space?

Convene. Diagnose. Build.

Each space is a year-long working group convened by TRIUMPH and led by a sector practitioner. We bring together funders, organisations and frontline workers to map the problem, prototype interventions, and publish standards the sector can adopt.

Racial Justice Practitioner

Racial Justice Practitioner — Funders for Race Equality Alliance
Ellora Kowalczyk

Solution Space 01

Shifting Power in Philanthropy

Redesigning how funding flows — who decides, who's trusted, and who gets resourced — in the youth sector.

About the Lead

Ellora (they/them) is a racial justice practitioner working across community engagement and systems change. Drawing on Queer theory and Black feminism, they create spaces that share power and knowledge. Most recently, Ellora was a Programme Officer at the Funders for Race Equality Alliance, they shift power and resources toward Black and Global Majority communities.

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Social Prescribing & Eco-Therapist — Pennine Oaks
Saba Iftikhar

Solution Space 02

Narratives & Storytelling

Building new sector narratives that centre Global Majority experience, dismantle deficit framing, and resource truth-telling.

About the Lead

Saba (she/her) is a Social Prescribing and Eco-Therapist, Forestry Practitioner and Youth Worker with over 10 years delivering outdoor activities that support health, wellbeing and connection. Through Pennine Oaks, she creates safe, inclusive spaces where people reconnect with themselves and others using nature as a tool for healing. For 20+ years she has worked alongside Global Majority communities to challenge systemic barriers, rooted in Ubuntu — "I am because we are." She sits on the CVS, TRIUMPH and 4 Acres boards.

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Diversity & Inclusion Practitioner — Making The Leap
Tochi Iyke

Solution Space 03

Safe & Restorative Spaces

Designing organisational and frontline practice that's trauma-informed, restorative, and structurally safe for young people and workers.

About the Lead

Tochi (she/her) brings a strong background in diversity and inclusion, with a BA in Social Sciences (King's College London) and MA in Social Justice and Education (UCL). She has worked across organisations focused on social mobility and equality for young people, and currently works at Making The Leap in Northwest London. She leads the Safe & Restorative Solution Space with care and determination — building collaborative spaces where we can thrive, do restorative work, and better care for each other and our young people.

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