About Nesta

Nesta is an innovation foundation. For us, innovation means turning bold ideas into reality and changing lives for the better. We use our expertise, skills and funding in areas where there are big challenges facing society.

Alternarratives was a £15,000 prize for writers to explore innovation in short-form storytelling.

Nesta was looking to unearth the future of cutting-edge short-form storytelling. In its pilot year, the prize encouraged storytellers to imagine how short-form fiction could be told in new ways to help re-engage young people at secondary school, aged 11-16, with the act of reading for pleasure.

Team

Fran Sanderson

Fran Sanderson

Fran Sanderson

Director of Arts Programmes and Investments

Alongside heading up the Arts, Culture and Creativity team, Fran also had primary responsibility for the Arts Impact Fund.

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Dominika Cazamea

Dominika Cazamea

Dominika Cazamea

Investment Analyst, Arts & Culture Finance team

Dominika was an Investment Analyst for the Arts & Culture Impact Fund, a social investment fund offering repayable finance to arts, culture and heritage organisations across the UK.

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Shoubhik Bandopadhyay

Shoubhik Bandopadhyay

Shoubhik Bandopadhyay

Insights Manager, Arts and Culture Finance team

Shoubhik produced primary and secondary research to help the team and its partners better understand the impact of their work and identify opportunities for future development

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Jed Cinnamon

Jed Cinnamon

Jed Cinnamon

Senior Programme Manager, A Fairer Start

Jed was a senior programme manager in the fairer start mission at Nesta.

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Omolara Olusola

Omolara Olusola

Omolara Olusola

Partnerships Coordinator, Education

Omolara was the Partnerships Coordinator in the Education team.

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