Annika Elisabeth Small is a social entrepreneur focused on using

digital technologies Digital electronics is a field of electronics involving the study of digital signals and the engineering of devices that use or produce them. This is in contrast to analog electronics and analog signals. Digital electronic circuits are usually ...

to address social challenges. Issues targeted include

healthcare Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...

, social isolation,

homelessness Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are: * living on the streets, also kn ...

, domestic abuse and persistent

poverty Poverty is the state of having few material possessions or little income. Poverty can have diverse social, economic, and political causes and effects. When evaluating poverty in ...

. Examples include online peer mentoring for those experiencing

bullying Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imba ...

, the first online clinical research trial, th
iDEA programme
for young digital entrepreneurs and new forms of micro-volunteering to help those experiencing

loneliness Loneliness is an unpleasant emotional response to perceived isolation. Loneliness is also described as social paina psychological mechanism which motivates individuals to seek social connections. It is often associated with a perceived lack ...

are some examples. Small is the founder o
CAST
and former Chief Executive o
Nominet Trust
Prior to Nominet Trust, Small founded and led the Tony Blair Institute's global education programme, Generation Global, where she used digital technologies to bring together young people of different cultures around the world to learn directly with, from and about each other. Prior to this, Small was Chief Executive of Futurelab, an educational R&D organisation chaired by Lord Puttnam, which develops radically new approaches to teaching and learning. Small is a recipient of a BETT Award for special achievement in education and technology Small is a member of BAFTA and a

Fellow A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context. In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements. Within the context of higher education ...

of the RSA. She has been Chair of the University of Chichester, a non-executive of Wey Education and a Trustee of Founders4Schools. She has also been a Trustee of the

Design Council The Design Council, formerly the Council of Industrial Design, is a United Kingdom charity incorporated by Royal Charter. Its stated mission is "to champion great design that improves lives and makes things better". It was instrumental in the prom ...

, a non-executive Director of Lightful and Senior Independent Director of the Access Foundation. She is currently a Trustee at the John Ellerman Foundation and a non-executive Director of Care Unbound.

References

* * * * * * * * * * *

External links

Nominet Trust Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Small, Annika Living people Officers of the Order of the British Empire Year of birth missing (living people)