About us Who we are Our Team Director of Positive Action on Poverty – Emma Bates Emma is the Director of Positive Action on Poverty. Previously she was the Programme Manager for IGNITE, a partnership with Grapevine, Children's Services and Whitefriars Housing. Emma has worked in a variety of operational roles for the third sector including Voluntary Service Overseas Kazakhstan, The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and a Stroke Survivors Project in Hackney. She also worked for Coventry as Young People’s Manager at the New Deal for Communities in Wood End and as Care Act Implementation Manager. Manage Cookie Preferences