Where you live and who your neighbours are have never mattered more. With nowhere else to go, immersed in a protracted global emergency, we recognise that the places where we live will shape our fortunes.
Jessica Wenban-Smith
Jessica Wenban-Smith heads Local Trust’s communications team and is responsible for shaping and delivering Local Trust’s communications strategy. This includes responsibility for digital content, publications, identity, messaging and media work. She has a background in communications in the non-profit sector, having previously worked on a wide range of issues – especially environmental – for local, national and international organisations including the Marine Stewardship Council, New Economics Foundation and Campaign for Better Transport. She joined Local Trust in 2016.
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