Simone Baird is features editor of Time Out. She started her journalism career in Edinburgh at The List magazine before writing for Jockey Slut, Sleazenation, The Face, the Sunday Times Style magazine, NME, Muzik and several Australian broadsheets.
Alongside running media projects with teenagers, she has covered everything from restaurant reviews and travel stories to celebrity interviews and cutting-edge culture pieces.
Mark Jenkins is a web designer and blogger. He has produced work for Time Out and Curve Films, and he designed and runs three popular blogs - UK Street Art, Fried My Little Brain (covering music) and The Fat Seagull (covering streetwear T-shirt design).
Alan Rutter is Online Editor at Time Out. He has previously worked as a print and online editor and journalist for different magazines, and has written for Men's Health, Jack, Maxim US and New Woman among others.
Tony Elliot is the founder, owner and Chairman of Time Out Ltd . He started Time Out magazine in London in 1968 with £70 during a summer holiday from Keele University. The company has since expanded to include guidebooks, 28 international editions and a network of thriving international websites.
Gina Reeves is the Curriculum Consultant at Ealing City Learning Centre. She has been involved in the Trashed projects since they started, and has provided invaluable advice during the development of the workshops.
Michael Shaw is the Opinion Editor of The Times Educational Supplement , a newspaper he first joined as a reporter in 2002. As well as editing its comment pages and international coverage, he writes a regular column exposing myths about schools and often speaks about education matters on BBC radio. His previous employers have included the Bristol Evening Post, where he started as a news reporter, and the television channel Cartoon Network.