Kaleidoscope Trust
Jesse Sperling has extensive experience in leadership and advocacy roles across various organizations, currently serving as Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Kaleidoscope Trust since October 2016, with additional interim and acting roles including Executive Director and Programme Manager. Previous positions include Atlantic Council Fellow focusing on LGBTI foreign policy, and Researcher at Volonteurope, where Jesse authored a significant policy report on youth engagement in Europe. Earlier experience at Save the Children UK involved multiple roles in campaigns and grants related to child survival and international advocacy. Jesse also managed projects for love.futbol in Guatemala, enhanced research methodologies at the Munk School for Global Affairs, and interned with the Permanent Mission of Canada to the Organization of American States. Academic credentials include a Master of Science in Global Politics from The London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in International Relations from the University of Toronto.
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Kaleidoscope Trust
Established in 2011, Kaleidoscope Trust is a UK-based international charity fighting for a future where LGBTI+ people everywhere can live free, safe and equal lives. Around the world, the human rights and identities of LGBTI+ people are under attack. New discriminatory laws and policies are being proposed every week and a third of all countries still criminalise consensual same-sex relationships. We are building a global movement to create a world where LGBTI+ people everywhere can live free, safe and equal lives. We work with political leaders in the UK and beyond to ensure global LGBTI+ issues are a priority. We ensure that activists have the resources, skills and training they need to learn from one another in order to create an enabling environment and change hearts and minds. And we bring together grassroots organisations with those in power to create that change. Our mission is to help create a world where LGBTI+ people are free, safe and equal everywhere, and we carry out our work in three distinct ways: 1. We make sure that activists, change-makers and community organisations around the world have the funding, resources and training they need to get their work done; 2. We move through the corridors of power here in the UK to ensure global LGBTI+ issues are a priority for funding, legislative and foreign policy decisions; and 3. We connect grassroots organisations with governments and key policy and decision-makers so they can advocate for themselves and their communities.