Meet the Youth Unity team
Paul McKenzie
Head of COMMS & Youth Development
Professional Public Speaker, life coach/ NLP Master Practitioner, film director/producer and book author.
Paul has enjoyed changing the lives of hundreds of people over the last 20 years.
Through his film making he has developed a platform designed to provide a space for individuals within the community to express their brilliance, speak their truth and encourage the lives of others. This is achieved by producing short powerful films that highlight specific issues and capture the unique essence of everyday people’s stories, which are now award winning. These Films and documentaries are shared internationally and contain inspirational, thought provoking material, and reaches out to the heart of the community.
Paul remains proud to have contributed to some major changes in the way we address specific issues that challenge communities, especially the issues that affect our youth.
Shirley Jackson
head of operations
Shirley oversees the operational aspects of company strategy, helps set strategic goals and is responsible for the flow of operations information to the other partners.
Shirley is also our marketing and branding specialist and project events planner with over 25 years of experience working with agencies, corporate and non-profit organisations and now brings this experience to Youth Unity.
In the past she has worked with organisations that focus on the well-being of youth and of the wider community and has led various projects over the years that empower young people and enforce community cohesion. Shirley also has over 25 years experience of event management from both the corporate and music industry and hosted many large bespoke events internationally.
James Hensman
Head of Strategic Planning
Riyad Hacib
Youth Development
Wayne Hill
Gang Exit Worker
