Erika Rushton MBE has supported hundreds of creative and social businesses to turn their individual and collective dreams into reality. Erika is widely recognised for her contributions to the Creative and Digital sector, Social Economy and Gender Equality. Erika helped found and Chaired Baltic Creative CIC for 10 years; was Chair of Granby 4 Streets Community Land Trust winning the Turner Prize with the Assemble Collective; delivered a £7M expansion of Islington Mill artis- led community in Salford; and helped set up Kindred-LCR, an £8M social investment fund for Liverpool City Region that is redesigning how money works, and who it works for.