Robbie De Santos

Robbie De Santos lead Communications, Campaigns, Policy and Research teams at Stonewall. This means ensuring that supporters, partners and stakeholders are inspired by campaigns and join in fighting for the freedom, equity and potential of every LGBTQ+ person. He also make sure that Stonewall is using every tool it has to bring social, legal and policy change for LGBTQ+ communities in the UK and across the world. Finally, it’s hisrole to ensure they’re telling a wide range of LGBTQ+ people’s stories and addressing inequities that hit some of the communities hardest.

Before joining Stonewall, he spent 14 years leading successful campaigns on housing, debt, welfare, disability rights and education. He played a key role in changing the policy landscape on private renting as a Policy Officer at Shelter, leading to real changes in private renters’ rights and protections. He also led a policy programme at StepChange Debt Charity that helped re-frame problem debt as a political issue and built cross-party support around better protections for people in financial difficulty. These measures helped millions of people struggling with debt to stabilise their finances.