social entrepreneur | broadcaster | SPEAKER

Dr KRISH
KANDIAH

Helping to solve some of society’s seemingly intractable problems through partnerships across civil society, faith communities, government and philanthropy.

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social entrepreneur | broadcaster | SPEAKER

KRISH
KANDIAH

Dr Kandiah OBE is the founder of The Sanctuary Foundation. A charity supporting refugees to find welcome, work and worthwhile housing in the UK.
He is recognised as an expert in refugee resettlement , child welfare reform, educational innovation and civil society mobilisation.
Krish has led the charge on mobilising civil society groups and churches as they have supported recent arrivals from Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Sudan.
He is a regular advisor to government.
He was appointed by the Secretary of State for Education as the Chair of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board (2019-2021) where he brought strategic leadership to the finding of permanent loving families for children in the care system.
He has helped to inspire and train thousands to care for vulnerable adults and children.

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Broadcast

Media

Dr Kandiah is a regular broadcaster on a range of subjects including:
Refugee Resettlement
Child Welfare Reform
Faith and Public Life
Justice and Equality
Civil Society Engagement
Film and CultureHe has been a regular guest on BBC Breakfast, the Zoe Ball breakfast show on BBC Radio 2 and has appeared on BBC News 24, The Today Programme, Goggle Box and Sky News, Woman's Hour and more...

• YOUTUBE channel

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Author

Writing

Dr Kandiah has written opinion pieces for The Times, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Express, The Spectator , Christianity Today and more...

• THE GUARDIAN: No one should age out of care
• SPECTATOR: Benedict Cumberbatch's Courier
• SPECTATOR: An Interview with Jesus
• THE TIMES: Why the government's Rwanda programme
• SPECTATOR: There's more to the Queen's Gambit
• CT: The Case Against Orphanages

• Recent Articles

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SPEAKER

Key
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Krish is an exceptional public speaker and has given talks at:
The Royal Albert Hall
TEDxOxford
The GooglePlex
Apple HQ
The House of Lords
The Global Leadership Summit
Albanian Parliament
St Paul's Cathedral
GCHQ

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DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT

GLOBAL

Dr Kandiah is a Global Ambassador for World Vision International.
He has organised and spoken at major global conferences and summits including: The Global Leadership Summit , Q Conference, Amplify,
He designed, organised and chaired the first Transatlantic Learning Summit between the US and English governments on adoption innovation and another on ending racial disparity in adoption.
Dr Kandiah organised and chaired the Global Children in Care Summit which brought together care experienced young people, government leaders and NGO representatives from 29 countries.

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SANCTUARY FOUNDATION

Refugees

Krish is the founder of The Sanctuary Foundation. A charity supporting refugees to find welcome, work and worthwhile housing in the UK.
He is recognised as an expert in refugee resettlement , child welfare reform, educational innovation and civil society mobilisation.

• Sanctuary Foundation

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Get in touch

REACH
OUT

Krish would love to hear from you.
Book Krish to speak at your conference or event. Inquire about consultancy work. Or drop him a line if you have a question or query.

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