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zulf ahmed
Executive Director
Zulf is at the helm of The Leap, providing creative and out of the box leadership. He leads The Leap team, champions everything The Leap does. He makes strategic connections, develops new partnerships and resources as well as implementing the artist and strategic vision to ensure we stay on track in achieving our mission.
osman gondal
Director of Programmes & Operations
Osman brings a wealth of experience in operations, project development, and financial management. Known for managing complex projects and driving successful outcomes, he excels at building strong relationships with stakeholders and teams.
Osman is committed to fostering creativity, learning, and professional growth while championing arts and culture and creating opportunities for all communities
andrea dean
Administration and Events Assistant
Andrea supports the team to deliver great programmes. She gets involved in the upfront co-ordination of programme applications, organises some of our events and is the initial point of contact if you email our info box.
And if you are applying for a job with the team she might be helping to sort out applications and interviews. Jack of all trades in other words! She likes getting to meet the many different people that the team have connections with and helping them to realise their projects.
sabir musaji
Community Development Manager – Climate Action
Sabir has a wealth of experience in Project delivery across both commercial and art platforms. He is extremely passionate about developing people and their aspirations.
As an experienced Talent Manager and Musician also, he hopes to combine all his experience to realise the exciting potential of Bradford and Keighley communities to access arts and culture.
ibrar ali
Community Development Manager - Children, Young People & Families
Ibrar is a community connector and a social entrepreneur with a significant history of developing projects and ideas to create social change. Ibrar is extremely passionate about asset based community development and people powered change. A highly motivated and skilled manager of enterprise projects, social investment programmes, third sector development and helping to develop sustainable business models for social projects.
He has over 25 years of experience as a project manager in community development, having worked extensively in supporting and developing individual and community led social projects across the north of England and Northern Ireland.
josh adam
National Network Manager - Community-Led Climate Action
Josh has over a decade of experience nurturing partnerships and shaping multi-sector programmes at scale, working with governments, philanthropic, businesses and community partners around the world. This is complemented by varied community roles across youth development, climate action, and free play. Josh also participates in local and national climate initiatives rooted in social justice, including the JUST Centre’s inaugural Practice-Builders Network.
Josh is developing and facilitating a new national network for community-led climate action, anchored in Bradford’s communities, as part of the The Leap’s Dream-Act-Inspire initiative.
asif ahmed
Marketing, Design and Communications Lead
Asif manages the branding and online presence of The Leap, creating beautiful illustrations, logos and campaigns both digital and physical to share the amazing work The Leap is up to with the community.
Asif has worked on many projects large and small; from designing logos and branding for local businesses and charities, to corporate conventions, apps and self-development books for international clientele. Asif loves using his skills to help those around him to tell their story and bring their ideas to life.
ahmed al-agaam
Deveoplemt Director GCC
An experienced leader with over 15 years in social innovation & entrepreneurship, a passionate advocate for youth & community development. Ahmed is a coach, facilitator, and advisor to founders, executives & community leaders. Ahmed champions learning by doing & servant leadership. He led, cofounded and contributed to numerous youth programmes at UnLtd, YTFN, Filanthropy*, YFS, Social Ark, AALFY, Renaissance Foundation and chaired the Commission for Youth Social Enterprise. Ahmed has delivered keynote talks and training globally, collaborating with government departments, corporations, and grassroots organisations.
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zulf ahmed
Executive Director
Zulf is at the helm of The Leap, providing creative and out of the box leadership. He leads The Leap team, champions everything The Leap does. He makes strategic connections, develops new partnerships and resources as well as implementing the artist and strategic vision to ensure we stay on track in achieving our mission.
osman gondal
Director of Programmes & Operations
Osman bringings a wealth of experience in operations, project development, and financial management. Known for managing complex projects and driving successful outcomes, he excels at building strong relationships with stakeholders and teams.
Osman is committed to fostering creativity, learning, and professional growth while championing arts and culture and creating opportunities for all communities
habib khan
Chair
Habib co-runs Bradford Eid Festival. He is a proud Bradfordian, son of an immigrant and of Pakistani heritage. He loves travelling and enjoying meeting peeople from different cultures. He's a big Liverpool supporter and has a passion for the motor industry!
naz kazmi
Non-Executive Director
Naz has lived in Keighley for most of her life and has 30 years’ experience of working with Black and Minority Ethnic women and children, particularly from a south Asian background. Naz has worked closely with communities and organisations designing, developing and delivering innovative programmes and research projects. These projects have focused on addressing social inequalities, which overlap with health, environmental behaviours, education and employment. Her hobbies are travelling, poetry and fine arts.
lauren batty
Non-Executive Director
Lauren is the director of OutLOUD and Founder of Beyond the Margin. Bradford born and bred she is a performing arts graduate and youth worker with over 12 years experience working in a frontline capacity with communities in Bradford - particularly in Holme Wood. Along with arts and culture, Lauren has a passion for charitable causes and has a vast amount of experience volunteering and working within the charity sector including volunteering in Bolivia, Brazil, and across South America.
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Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people's lives. ACE supports activities across the arts, museums and libraries – from theatre to digital art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections.
Our clinical commissioning group (CCG) plans, buys and monitors health services in Bradford district and Craven. We are responsible for commissioning (buying) services such as mental health, urgent and emergency care, hospital services and community care. In the About Us section of our website, you can find information about what we do, who we work with and information about which GP practices are members of our CCG.
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is the local authority for the Bradford District, in West Yorkshire.
The Bradford For Everyone programme is led by the Stronger Communities team at Bradford Council and is overseen by an independent partnership. The programme delivers innovative, and well-evidenced, initiatives which bring people and communities together in meaningful and sustainable ways.
Bradford is the UK City of Culture 2025. The year is set to deliver more than 1000 new performances and events including 365 artist commissions, a series of major arts festivals as well as exciting national and international collaborations.
The Emerald Foundation, the charitable arm of Emerald Group, was established in 2008 by the Owner, Keith Howard OBE, who wished to support charities in the local area where the company was founded, West Yorkshire. The Foundation was created to cope with the enormous number of requests received from charities each year. The aim of the Foundation is to support four main areas: Performing Arts, Sport, Animal Welfare, and Education.
Film Hub North supports film culture in the North of England through a combination of funding, training, advocacy and community-building. We help film exhibition organisations and filmmakers at a grassroots level, supporting them to grow audiences, screen great film and create exciting, new work. Together, we’re expanding audience choice, improving access to cinema and nurturing a new wave of creative talent.