Name: Amanda Chatterton
Company: Everton in the Community
Job Title: Partnership Relations Manager
What does the business do: Official charity of Everton Football Club – Everton in the Community has been at the forefront of social intervention across Liverpool City Region since 1988; tackling social issues prevalent across the city and addressing them head on. Everton in the Community delivers more than 40 programmes a year tackling issues such disability, poverty and homelessness, education, mental health, employability and dementia.
What are three words to describe yourself: Positive, Loyal, Sociable.
What do you love about working from home: I get to see my parents who I haven’t lived near for over 20 years.
Favourite sports team: Everton Football Club /Arsenal Football Club.
Favourite Book: Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert.
Favourite Podcast: White Wine Question Time.
Favourite Band/Artist: Pet Shop Boys / Tina Turner.
Best business moment in your life: Being part of Everton’s new stadium project – The People’s Project.
What advice would you give to 18-year-old you: Follow your dreams or ‘watch out for 2020 – it’ll be quite a year!’
If you were allowed to have 5 people, living or dead, in lockdown with you, who would they be: Elvis Presley, Anne Frank, Ian Wright, Nigella Lawson, Peter Kay.
What restaurant are you most looking forward to returning to: Tough one. Fazenda or Gusto.
Celebrity Crush: Idris Elba.
Your Business Heroes are: Downtown’s members.
What superhero would you be: Penelope Pitstop – not sure she’s a super hero though!
Why Downtown: Innovative organisation, forefront of business and change, great team who work there!