FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
Victoria Farrelly
Victoria is a passionate community leader, educator, and creative practitioner whose life’s work has been dedicated to empowering individuals and creating opportunities for those who face barriers to personal and professional development. Through her extensive experience in education, the creative industries, and community engagement, Victoria has developed a deep understanding of the challenges experienced by marginalised communities and those with limited access to resources.
As the founder and driving force behind Global Education CIC, Victoria is committed to creating inclusive, supportive environments where people of all backgrounds can discover their strengths, build self-confidence, and realise their potential. Her approach centres on ensuring that everyone has access to opportunities for learning, creativity, and personal growth, regardless of their circumstances.
Drawing on decades of experience as a teacher, mentor, creative professional, and business owner, Victoria has worked with individuals from diverse backgrounds, helping them develop practical skills, increase their confidence, and overcome personal barriers. She firmly believes that confidence and self-belief are the foundations of lasting positive change and that strong communities are built when people feel valued, connected, and supported.
Victoria's vision for the CIC is to use creativity, education, and community collaboration as powerful tools for social impact. Through workshops, mentoring programmes, skills development initiatives, and community projects, she strives to empower individuals to take positive steps towards employment, entrepreneurship, education, and improved wellbeing.
Her dedication to social inclusion and community development continues to inspire those around her. By fostering meaningful connections and providing accessible opportunities, Victoria is helping to create stronger, more resilient communities where everyone has the chance to thrive, contribute, and succeed.
DIRECTOR
Sandrine Toul
Sandrine Beaunol is a social entrepreneur, programme strategist, educator, and community development leader specialising in employment, enterprise, education, and social mobility.
Appointed as a Director in November 2023, she brings over fifteen years of experience designing and delivering programmes that help individuals overcome barriers to progression and achieve sustainable personal and professional growth.
Originally from Martinique in the French Caribbean, Sandrine studied Psychology at the University of Bordeaux before moving to the United Kingdom to further her education and career. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Careers Education and Guidance from Manchester Metropolitan University, a Level 4 PTLLS qualification from the University of Bolton, a Level 5 Cert TESOL qualification, and a Level 3 Certificate in Project Management from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
Throughout her career, Sandrine has worked across the careers, employability, enterprise, education, and voluntary sectors, directly supporting more than 3,000 people, including vulnerable adults, young people, migrants, and individuals facing complex barriers. Her work is rooted in person-centred, strengths-based approaches that build confidence, skills, resilience, and independence.
She currently serves as Programme Manager in Salford, leading on a multi-partner employability and enterprise programme funded by the A. Gubay Charitable Foundation. In this role, she oversees the strategic delivery of a programme with funding exceeding £2 million and coordinates a network of community organisations, employers, training providers, and public sector partners. The programme has supported almost 2,000 participants to date, and is recognised for its collaborative and trauma-informed approach.
Alongside her programme leadership work, Sandrine is an experienced trainer, facilitator, and speaker with particular interests in social entrepreneurship, community empowerment, employability, English language learning, and inclusive economic development. She also serves as a Trustee of Bolton Community Advice, a community-based charity providing advice, advocacy, wellbeing, and employability support to local residents, further strengthening her commitment to social inclusion and community-led change. She is also a qualified Zumba instructor and wellbeing advocate, supporting individuals to become more active and develop healthier lifestyles through movement, healthy choices, confidence-building, and accountability.
Drawing on her international background and extensive experience working across sectors, Sandrine brings a strategic yet community-focused perspective to governance. She is passionate about creating opportunities, strengthening partnerships, and supporting initiatives that enable individuals and communities to thrive.
DIRECTOR
Elizabeth Biggs
Elizabeth Biggs is a consultant, qualified educator, and business owner specialising in operational compliance, training implementation, and vocational education. Appointed to the Board of Directors in April 2026, she brings a practical background in multi-department management, internal compliance auditing, and adaptive educational delivery.
Elizabeth has practised photography for nineteen years, establishing her commercial practice in 2016 and expanding into professional training and consultancy in 2021. Her management foundation was built at Mitchells & Butlers, where she held accountability for statutory and operational compliance across a high-volume, multi-department £1M+ annual turnover venue. Managing a team of over 40 personnel, she was responsible for operations and policy implementation, stock and labour management, financial reconciliation and tracking, and food, fire, health and safety. Deployed as a regional trainer across multiple North West venues, she audited compliance gaps, reviewed financial discrepancies, trained venue managers to self-audit using internal software, and implemented missing staff training and induction documentation.
Her background in inclusive education spans domestic delivery and international training. She spent five years as a sessional climbing coach for OnThisROC CIC in Liverpool, delivering a rehabilitation programme, community and schools sessions, and mixed-ability coaching including disability access, coaching two athletes to international and Paralympic selection and sight-guiding a blind climber onto the GB Para-Climbing Team.
Internationally, she has delivered training through established charities across Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Botswana, travelling to 16 locations across Malawi to train 800 educators and community leaders and developing tools and materials the organisation adopted for ongoing use.
Elizabeth holds a BA (Hons) 2.1 in Applied Theology from the University of Gloucestershire, specialising in youth work and cross-cultural studies, alongside a VTCT Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training. Diagnosed with dyslexia at university, she had achieved straight A's through school before anyone identified it.
Prior to joining the board, she taught NEET learners, SEND students, and young people with complex needs at Global Make Up, Hair & Productions Academy Ltd, alongside project sprints in team training, HR compliance, and systems management during a period of commercial growth. Her governance approach is defined by absolute precision for detail and a commitment to supporting mental health, identity development (personal, community, cultural, and organisational), and vocational financial independence, grounded in counselling training, coaching certification, and over two decades of pastoral and community education work alongside personal experience of navigating education without formal diagnosis.