Social Entrepreneur Support Manager at UnLtd

Victor has spent many years working within social and community regeneration across the UK. He has worked within large local authorities, social enterprises, long-standing charities, and small businesses, providing development support. Victor has had the pleasure of working with and supporting innovative start-ups and social enterprises, created, or led by inspirational individuals. The people behind the many projects worked with have been from a diverse background, some with challenging lived experiences. Victor has been with UnLtd for over five years, working with those who wish to make a difference and give back to society in some meaningful way. His work with social entrepreneurs has taken him all over the country, helping to underpin the knowledge gained and appreciate the determination shown by so many to try and succeed with their social venture and making a change for the better.

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Julia is a Level 7 Coach and the Chair of the Leicester Adopters & Foster Carers Support Group (LAFS), a peer-support organisation of 430+ members. As a committed Christian with lived experience in adoption, fostering, and kinship care, she is deeply passionate about building thriving, in-real-life communities where vulnerable families can connect and heal. Through her practice, Ember Coaching, she acts as a trusted contractor delivering specialised trauma-informed support for local and national partner charities. Julia brings extensive expertise in organisational development, having previously managed strategic sustainability across a £1.6M portfolio for the Leicester Children’s Fund. She blends a strong operational background with a frontline lens to empower social entrepreneurs innovating in the fostering sector.

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Head of Social Entrepreneur Support at UnLtd

Joel Attar is the Head of Social Entrepreneur Support At UnLtd, with a focus on evolving our awards (grants) and support delivery across the UK to increase our impact and ensure the highest quality of support to social entrepreneurs. Joel has spent six years supporting social entrepreneurs himself, using a mix of coaching-led conversations, signposting, and business support. Before UnLtd, he worked across the charity sector, the public sector and for a profit-with-purpose enterprise. Joel has worked at a local, national and international level and across a broad range of social issues: ranging from social care, vocational education, youth homelessness, youth development and youth participation. He is a mentor with a young migrants charity and trustee at a local grant-making charity where he lives in South East London.