Ange Jones

Ange Jones is first generation Pākehā born to British parents who emigrated to Aotearoa New Zealand in 1971 after her father secured a labouring job he had seen advertised in a English newspaper. She grew up in Heretaunga, Te Matau-a-Māui, swimming in rivers and enthralled by Te Mata-o-Rongokako (she still is). Ange has lived and worked in both Aotearoa and the UK, and calls Ngunguru on the Tutukākā coast - of hapū Te Waiariki, Ngāti Kororā and Ngāti Takapari - home.

Ange is passionate about creating inclusive, participative processes that harness diversity of thought and lived experience, and is a Certified Professional Facilitator with the International Association of Facilitators. 

Alongside facilitation, she has been commissioned to design and deliver leadership training and programme evaluations as well as mentoring and coaching, for a range of organisations. She also co-delivers Te Tiriti education workshops and is a student of Te Reo Māori with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

A strategic thinker who also likes to focus in on the 'how' something can be achieved, Ange is an engagement specialist with experience working at the interface between local government and communities, facilitating the development of meaningful multi-faceted partnerships.

Her most recent role was managing the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities as the affiliate lead to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Network. Over three years she provided an evidence-base and guidance for place-based partnerships to gain age-friendly status with the WHO, responding agilely to facilitate rapid learning and dissemination of local initiatives as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in the UK in 2020.