Estella Adeyeri is a performing musician and multi-instrumentalist. She plays bass guitar in Black feminist punk band Big Joanie, and lead guitar in anarcho-pop punk outfit Charmpit. She has performed at leading music events including SXSW and Lollapalooza Berlin, and has featured with Big Joanie on radio stations and in publications such as BBC 6 Music, KEXP, Rolling Stone and Pitchfork. She has toured extensively and has shared stages with artists including Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill and Gossip. Estella is a member of the organising team behind Decolonise Fest, an annual London-based music festival run by punks of colour for punks of colour. She is also a board member of the Good Night Out Campaign, which seeks to create safer nightlife spaces. She has volunteered with Girls Rock London since 2017 as a band coach, instrument tutor, and year-round organiser.
Jessie Maryon Davies is a pianist, composer and workshop leader. She is a founder member of Girls Rock London and believes that everyone has the right to create and be creative. Jessie is musical director of feminist pop choir Lips who have performed at the Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall and live on BBC Television. In 2018, she was awarded The Unsung Hero award by Time Out recognising her achievements in building community through music. A passionate speaker on music’s unique power to strengthen community and enable personal development, Jessie has spoken live on BBC Radio, delivered a TEDx talk and chaired panels at the Southbank Centre and Serious Festival. She is member of a musical theatre performance group called Troupe and workshop leader in residence with Aurora Orchestra. Jessie plays keys and synth in the 3 piece synth-pop band Glorybox.
Kate Whitaker is a drummer and Clinical Psychologist. After studying for a BA in Music and Philosophy and MMus in Music Technology at the University of Leeds, Kate moved to London to work for the Learning team at Wigmore Hall, where for eight years she managed community music projects with diverse groups of people, including young people on the autism spectrum, refugees and asylum seekers, and people living with dementia. Alongside this, Kate played drums with groups including samba band Rhythms of the City and prog/jazz band The Filter Queue, as well as pursuing an MSc in Child Development at the UCL Institute of Education. Kate has been involved with Girls Rock London since their first camp as a band coach, instrument tutor, and music co-ordinator, and more recently a Core Team member. In 2016 Kate began training as a Clinical Psychologist, and now works with families in the NHS; however she is still very involved in music through GRL and playing drums with synth-driven trio Glorybox.
Geraldine Smith is CEO and co-founder of Girls Rock London, an organisation she helped to set up in 2015 after experiencing the joy of a girls rock camp as a volunteer whilst living in Vancouver BC. In 2009 she also co-founded Lips Choir, a 100-strong feminist pop choir based in London, which she managed until 2019. Prior to setting up these organisations, Geraldine worked for eight years at the National Union of Students where she promoted the rights of Black, LGBTQ+, women and disabled students through managing policy, research, campaigns and training. Before that she worked at Leeds College of Technology where she managed a youth volunteer programme, and at Abortion Rights supporting national campaigning activity focused on reproductive rights. Geraldine has an MSc in Gender from the London School of Economics, and still sings in Lips Choir.
Jodi M Burn is a UK based musician, educator and event organiser. As a musician they have played drums and bass with bands such as Colour Me Wednesday, Personal Best and BYENARY on studio recordings, international tours and festivals including Kendal Calling and Madrid Popfest and support slots for Propagandhi, Lemuria and Juliana Hatfield. As an educator they have taught music privately and run group music workshops for beginners for 5 years, deliver training on LGBT+ issues to youth organisations and volunteer as a youth worker with Gendered Intelligence and The Proud Trust. As an organiser they have co-run First Timers Fest, organised DIY shows in London and Brighton and co-ran Synth Punk Fest at DIY Space for London for 3 years. Jodi started with Girls Rock London as a volunteer Drum Tutor and Band Coach in the 2018 and 2019 camps and has since joined the organising team to focus on programme delivery, international collaboration and trans inclusivity. 
Get Involved! Girls Rock London! very much welcomes the support and contributions of volunteers and community members. If you want to get involved in an exciting project giving young women and trans youth in London a voice, these are some of the ways you can help:
Volunteers
We need volunteers to help us deliver our programmes, teaching instruments, coaching bands, moving equipment, runing workshops and helping with events adminstration. All our roles at camp are for women, trans and gender nonconforming folk, but everyone is welcome to help out in non-camp roles
Fundraising
We are a small team committed to providing free and subsidised activities for people with limited financial resources. You can help by raising money, or – if you are a band or musician – by performing in a fundraiser.
Instruments
We need electric guitars and basses, drum kits, amps and keyboards – either as a contribution or a loan. We also need ways of storing and transporting equipment before, during and after our programmes.
If you can help with any of the above, please get in touch; we would love to hear from you!
