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Who we Are

Resilience Network CIC (ResNet for short) was founded in 2023. Iris, David, Andrew and Rose are the current registered company directors for ResNet and as directors we are legally responsible for the running of the organisation. However, it will be our members – community organisations based in and around Bristol – who will be able to assist us, the directors, in determining the long-term aims of ResNet as well as in the appointment of additional directors.

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We are also very lucky in that we are being supported by a few other individuals and organisations on a voluntary/pro bono basis, giving us time to raise further funds and starting to bring greater neighbourhood climate resilience to our neighbourhoods. As the project develops, we anticipate the addition of both, additional directors (we are looking at a board of at least 7 directors) and paid members of staff.
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At this stage of the project, ResNet does not have any other paid staff members, though directors are receiving some limited payment for the work that is being undertaken by ResNet, paid for with the funding we have received from Bristol City Leap and The South West Net Zero Hub.

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We are looking for two of the directors to be nominated by our member organisations and one to be an industry expert in their field from one of our partner organisations.
Please feel free to contact us using the contact details below if you would like to nominate someone to join our board.

Meet the team

Iris Partridge

Iris Partridge

  • Director
  • iris.partridge@resnet.org.uk
Iris has supported community based social enterprises and charities in Bristol, both as a senior staff member and as a director and trustee since 2001. Her social innovation and enterprise initiatives are complemented by her diverse range of higher education qualifications, ranging from Psychology to Strategic Management and Mechanical Engineering, culminating in a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Bath. With a strong emphasis on supporting Bristol’s more vulnerable neighbourhoods, Iris has led a number of organisations combining her support for equity of opportunity with climate action: Iris is a founder director of We Can Make Knowle West www.wecanmake.org. She was the CEO of Easton Community Centre, leading it to become part of Eastside Community Trust, and was trialling urban food production (aquaponics) as part of Bristol Fish Project CIC. Prior to this, Iris was CEO of Re:work Ltd in Knowle West, providing work experience and skills in South Bristol. In her early career, Iris was a key part of bringing car clubs to Bristol, managing the original Bristol City Car Club. As a community co-design pioneer Iris was also part of making street parties accessible to all as the Chair of Streets Alive!
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David Saunders

David Saunders

  • Director
  • david@resnet.org.uk
David arrived in Bristol in 2007 after a varied and serendipitous career in business involving computing, marketing, silicon valley, working as a carpenter in meditation communities, peace projects, business training, corporate turnarounds, an amphibious car, fell walking, and a World Expo. An interest in the environment and social justice led to helping open Hamilton House in Stokes Croft as a community hub and putting Bristol’s first community owned solar array on its roof, working with two community energy co-ops in 2011. This then led to a community project putting solar on domestic roofs in Lockleaze in 2012-13, and other projects since, with varying degrees of success and learning. David is committed to enabling our communities to become more sustainable and resilient, and supports the rapid evolution of solar, electric vehicle and other environmental technologies, making it possible to work through our community anchor organisations and building a community owned solar energy supply integrated with shared storage and electric vehicles.
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Andrew Baker
MA, BFP, FCA

Andrew Baker
MA, BFP, FCA

  • Director
  • info@resnet.org.uk
A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a qualified business & finance professional, as well as a qualified teacher of classical Hatha Yoga, Andrew has a variety of experience supporting charities, quoted companies, owner-managed businesses and government organisations.
Andrew’s experience in corporate finance as a Senior Manager of a “Big Four” international accountancy firm has proven invaluable to more recent posts as Chief Financial Officer of an internationally owned engineering company and a UK property group that provides homes for the homeless.
For several years, Andrew was Head of Social Enterprise for a multi-million-pound property group, responsible for ground-breaking programmes aimed at improving the sustainability and resilience of society. These include a project to rehabilitate ex-offenders and research and education into issues of sustainability, which led Adrew to become a founder Director of a renewable energy co-operative. Aside from being a Resilience Network director, Andrew is a currently a Trustee of another charity and runs a Chartered Accountancy firm – as well as providing training in classical yoga.
Andrew has been an active member of Bristol’s business community, having been a Committee Member of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce, a Board Member of Business Link and President of a Rotary Club.
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Rose Crichton

Rose Crichton

  • Director
  • info@resnet.org.uk
Rose builds practical, resilient systems that connect biology with emerging technologies to promote sustainability. With a PhD in marine biology, her work spans agritech, aquaculture, aquaponics, energy systems, and community resilience.
 
She is the founder of SynergAI, an agritech start-up developing digital tools for sustainable food production. Rose currently leads an Innovate UK-funded feasibility project co-designing digital tools with farmers, agricultural professionals, and educators to improve digital literacy, decision-making, and resource efficiency in agriculture.
 
Alongside her technical work, Rose has published research on sustainable food systems and indicators of soil health in agriculture. She combines technical innovation, research experience, and stakeholder engagement to ensure new solutions are practical, relevant, and shaped by the needs of food producers.
 
As a director of Resilience Network CIC, she supports its mission to build resilient, low-carbon communities through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation.
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