One Humanity

One Humanity Project

The One Humanity Project, with the welcome support of the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire and in collaboration with the University of Warwick’s Children, Young People and Families Network, seeks to foster greater engagement and enjoyment in celebrating our common community values and principles and to live peacefully with one another through mutual respect and understanding.

Project Group Members

Pal Singh Sanghera DL

Vice Lord-Lieutenant for Warwickshire. Served 20 years as a District Judge, now sitting part-time as a Recorder in the Family Court. One of the founding and a continuing trustee of Gursewak Trust. Founding and continuing member of Sikh Heritage Association Warwick and Leamington. Served as a school governor and chaired the Equal Opportunities Advisory Committee of Warwickshire College for many years. Founder chairman of the British Asian Business and Professionals Association. One of the founding trustees of Sydenham Neighbourhood Initiatives.

Jayne McHale

A retired Headteacher, working in challenging areas in Coventry over 25 years. After leaving Kings High School, Jayne trained to be an Actuary. Jayne then trained as a teacher at the University of Warwick. Jayne began and finished her career in Coventry.

Dr Charlotte Jones

Founder of the UoW Children, Young People and Families Network and Director of BA(Hons) Early Childhood, and BA(Hons) Child and Family: Mental Health at the University of Warwick. Charlotte also fulfils the role of Secretary for the Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH West Midlands) and Trustee for TACTYC (Together and Committed to Young Children).

Dr Tisa Thomas

An accomplished Change and Transformation Leader with extensive experience supporting organisations through complex cultural and operational transitions. Before moving into transformation, Dr Thomas spent several years as a Senior Specialist Audiological Scientist in Paediatrics at St Thomas’ Hearing Implant Centre, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital, London.

Martin Price

The Associate Director, Regional Engagement (Community) and leads the University's community engagement. This includes building relationships with our close neighbours around campus and working with local stakeholders.

Jamie Ormes

Jamie Ormes is a Community Partnerships Manager at the University of Warwick, helping to lead engagement across Coventry and Warwickshire with a strong focus on social and cultural development. Jamie builds collaborative partnerships with political, statutory, voluntary and community stakeholders to improve opportunities for children, young people and families.

John Starley

A Chartered Accountant, John’s career as a Finance Director included several successful private equity backed projects as well being MD of a substantial fresh food company, before heading back into private practice. As a volunteer he was Chair of Trustees of Dogs for Good as well as helping smaller charities with finance.

Regional Launch Event

23rd February 2026

One Humanity: Celebrating our Community and Values

One Humanity is a community initiative rooted in a simple truth: while our traditions, backgrounds, and stories may differ, our core values are widely shared. Across the land, people continue to care about dignity, fairness, respect, and the wellbeing of their neighbours.

This programme exists to make those shared values visible and lived. Rather than adding to discussion alone, One Humanity brings people together through practical, participatory events—conversations, youth‑led forums, charitable collaboration, music, and dance—that allow connection to happen naturally, face to face.

By creating spaces where people meet first as human beings, the initiative aims to strengthen local relationships, amplify youth voices, support existing voluntary work, and celebrate the richness of our community. Small steps, taken together, can change the climate of a place.

One Humanity is an invitation: to show up, to bring others with you, and to help turn shared values into shared action.

Symposium

May 2026

An energising gathering where credible voices illustrate why shared values matter now, and how they are lived in practice. We’ll hear concise, story led talks and create space for real conversation. We already have outstanding speakers who bring law, global perspective, and academic insight to the room.

Sir John Saunders — former High Court Judge and Chair of the Manchester Arena Bombing Inquiry, bringing insight into justice, responsibility, and community impact.

Dr Mandeep Rai — author of The Values Compass, drawing on work in over 100 countries to illuminate how values translate into action.

Youth Summit

18 June 2026 Youth Voice

23 June 2026 Policy-Influencer Response

Dr Charlotte Jones - Founder of the Children, Young People and Families Network and Director of BA(Hons) Early Childhood, and BA(Hons) Child and Family: Mental Health at the University of Warwick.

Martin Price –the Associate Director, Regional Engagement (Community) and leads the University's community engagement. This includes building relationships with our close neighbours around campus and working with local stakeholders.

Dr Amy Lynch - an Assistant Professor at Warwick Business School. Amy's research role focuses on developing collaborations with third sector and statutory organisations that deliver services for children and young people.

Marie Diebolt - Outreach Project Officer at Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick and has over a decade of experience in educational outreach.

Jamie Ormes - a Community Partnerships Manager at the University of Warwick, helping to lead engagement across Coventry and Warwickshire with a strong focus on social and cultural development.

Arts and Culture event

If you would like to support this project or any of the events listed above, please fill in our registration form. We will be in touch soon.

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