Demystifying How to Scale Solutions

Amy is Senior Programmes Manager at Spring Impact, responsible for leading the set up and delivery of a number of multi-year programmes focussed on training, consultancy and learning exchange for mission-led organisations to scale their impact. This includes programmes focussed on preventing childhood sexual violence, women’s empowerment and supporting children to thrive within families. Amy first joined Spring Impact as a Senior Consultant, where she worked directly with NGOs and CSOs from across the globe to develop the mindsets, strategies and operational approaches needed to reach more people in more places. She brings first-hand knowledge of scaling the impact of initiatives having joined Spring Impact from UK education charity Future First, where she worked as Head of Primary School Services. During this time, Amy established and scaled Future First’s primary school programme. She has previous experience as a classroom teacher and holds a Geography degree from the University of Exeter.

Anna is an international children's rights law specialist dedicated to safeguarding the rights of children in online and offline environments. She focuses on addressing crimes against children and cross-border offenses, with a strong commitment to prevention and advocacy. As Deputy Director and Legal Specialist at Protect Children, Anna works on raising awareness, conducting research, and advocating for early prevention strategies to combat child sexual violence. Her efforts include offender- and potential offender-focused prevention, aiming to address harmful behaviours before they escalate. Anna leads the expansion of the ReDirection Self-Help Program, an innovative initiative designed for individuals at risk of committing online child sexual abuse who are motivated to change their behaviour. She is also a passionate advocate for victims and survivors of childhood sexual violence and works tirelessly to uphold the rights of children, striving to create a safer and more just world for all. Protect Children is a non-profit organisation based in Helsinki, Finland dedicated to ensuring children are free from sexual violence. Protect Children have developed and are scaling the ReDirection Self-Help Programme an anonymous, online, self-help resource with the primary aim of helping individuals who use child sexual abuse material to change their harmful behaviour and stop using it

Godfrey Siu is a Behavioral and Public Health Scientist, and Senior Lecturer at Makerere University Department of Child Health and Development Centre in the College of Health Sciences in Uganda. He currently leads the Families, Parenting and Children’s Health Programme at the department. Godfrey has led the development of a home-grown evidence-based parenting programme – the Uganda Parenting for Respectability, which is being scaled-up in parts of the east African region. His publications on men and parenting offer insightful comments and have been a valuable contribution to the international audience interested in engaging fathers in parenting programmes aimed at improving child wellbeing and reducing both child maltreatment and intimate partner violence. Godfrey has led and supported the Uganda government national efforts to standardize parenting work by setting up the Uganda National Parenting Agenda, and developing national standards for parenting programmes in Uganda, and he is currently leading efforts to implement a training course on the science of evidence-based parenting interventions to build the capacity of Ugandan practitioners. His affiliations with the Uganda Virus Research Institute/Medical Research Council, and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom reflect a commitment to advancing global health perspectives and collaboration. His previous role (2017-2023) as a member of the WHO Scientific and Technical Advisory Group further underscores this focus and contribution. A recent contribution as co-author to the WHO 2024 publication on ‘Designing, implementing, evaluating and scaling up parenting interventions: a handbook for decision-makers and implementers’ provides a comprehensive advice for policy-makers, practitioners, and stakeholders involved in the development, implementation, and monitoring of evidence-based parenting interventions. Child Health and Development Centre (CHDC) is a department under the College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Makerere University in Uganda. CHDC has been developing and scaling the Parenting for Respectability (PfR) programme since 2013; a community-based parenting programme for the early prevention of violence against children and gender-based violence.