Although Jake has recently joined Friends Provident Foundation, they have been heavily involved in changing the way that funding is distributed across the charitable sector. Since 2010, Jake has helped establish three LGBT+ charities in York and has supported over 1,000 individual LGBT+ people over the years from giving support at asylum seeker hearings, helping people report hate crime and creating community groups for people to attend. Jake’s work is also global, supporting LGBT+ people in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, and Poland. Jake has also delivered LGBTQ+ training as part of Diversity Enterprises to numerous organisations including the Prince’s Trust, various county and borough council, as well as, Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD).
