We exist to build a sector that is truly accountable to the people it exists for.
Social Justice Collective exists because we believe social purpose organisations can and must be part of dismantling the unjust systems they were built within and often shaped by. More than that, we believe they can be genuine catalysts for wider social and sector transformation. We are a collective of people of colour - organisational change experts, coaches, facilitators, and activists - who have spent our careers working at the intersection of professional expertise and personal commitment to justice. We work in solidarity with the organisations and communities we support: not as external experts parachuting in, but as people with a genuine, shared stake in the change we are working towards together.
About us
Our team
Pari Dhillon
Director - she/her
Pari is the Director of the Social Justice Collective. After 20+ years of leading charities, Pari now works with organisations and communities to centre social justice in their purpose and their practice. She is a Trustee of UK Black Pride and founder of the SJC Circle; a healing, learning and action-oriented collective of social justice practitioners. Pari is an anti-racism and queer rights activist, part-time potter and lesbian mother of two.
Hannah Kibirige
Lead Consultant - she/her
Hannah is the Lead Consultant at the Social Justice Collective. She has worked in the UK charity sector on social justice issues and with marginalised communities for over 15 years. Hannah enjoys facilitating learning spaces, supporting organisations to identify their next steps towards social justice, and collaborating with change makers.
Shivani Mahida
Marketing & Project Manager - she/her
Shivani is the Marketing & Project Manager at the Social Justice Collective. Having spent 10 years working in the Arts & Heritage and Education sectors, Shivani was made acutely aware of the diversity and inclusion issues that are prevalent in society today and has become dedicated to creating meaningful social change. She works closely with SJC's clients, supporting them through their social justice journey and manages the SJC Circle. Shivani is a keen traveller, Classicist and plant enthusiast.
Our associates
We also have a team of wonderful associates we work with. Find out more about them below.
Chaka Bachmann
Director & Founder
Impact Culture
Sophia Moreau
Principal Consultant & Founder
S. Moreau Consulting
Bhavika Patel
Anti-racism Coach & Business Psychologist
Our values
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Anti-oppressive
We centre the experiences, knowledge and voices of marginalised people in everything we do. We focus on power — not just identity — and see all systems of oppression as interlinked. We resist approaches that ask marginalised people to simply adapt to systems that were never built for them.
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Joy
We believe the process of working towards justice can itself be generative and sustaining - particularly for those who carry this work most heavily. Joy arises from transformation, from solidarity, from understanding our own power to create change. We do not use it as an excuse to avoid discomfort.
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Liberating
We seek liberation — not improved management of oppression. We approach this work with creativity and curiosity rather than fear, and we move towards bold possibilities collectively. The goal is not a more inclusive version of the current system, but something fundamentally reimagined.
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Real
This work is not an intellectual exercise. It requires vulnerability — including ours. We are committed to unlearning as well as learning, to genuine accountability, and to being honest with ourselves and others even when that is uncomfortable. We do not ask less of ourselves than we ask of the organisations we work with.