Rose Regeneration

Who we are

IvanAnnibalIvan Annibal

Ivan has a national reputation in economic and community development, with particular specialisms in coastal and rural issues.

He has a practical “hands on” style to delivering programmes and projects.

Ivan is currently supporting local authorities to deliver levelling up projects; working with fire and rescue services to evaluate interventions aimed at making communities safer; and supporting a social prescribing programme to measure its impact.

Ivan writes ‘Hinterland’ (a fortnightly news review) and casebook, a monthly newsletter for the Rural Health and Care Alliance (RHCA).

Ivan is chair of trustees at Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire (RCAN) and on the board of ACRE. He is a Senior Visiting Fellow at Lincoln International Business School and a Fellow of the Institute of Economic Development. Ivan is the Operations Director at the National Centre for Rural Health and Care (NCRHC).


Jessica Sellick

Jessica is a researcher/project manager with 10+ years experience across a wide range of local economic development and enterprise issues.

She undertakes projects on behalf of Government, Local Authorities, businesses, charities and community groups.

Jessica is currently evaluating the impact of neighbourhood-based initiatives and measuring the impact of a programme to reduce demand on adult social care.  

Jessica produces ‘rural words’, a monthly policy briefing which is widely circulated by public and voluntary organisation networks.

She is a senior research fellow at the National Centre for Rural Health and Care; a Chartered Geographer accredited by the Royal Geographical Society; a Fellow of the RSA; and a member of the Institute of Economic Development.


Conor McGale

Conor works with organisations on the island of Ireland, supporting them to evaluate their work and measure their impact. He has 30 years of project planning, delivery and evaluation experience; and has worked with a range of public, private and voluntary & community sector organisations. Conor also supports a number of funders and grant giving bodies to evaluate their programmes. 


Hayden Bird

Hayden is a researcher and community development worker. He works on a range of social, economic and environmental projects. He is currently training a group of residents to become community researchers, and supporting a social prescribing team. Hayden is a research associate at Lincoln International Institute for Rural Health. He also volunteers for Lincolnshire Rural Support Network, supporting the charity to evaluate the help it provides to farming communities.  


Rose Regeneration is supported by a range of carefully chosen specialists covering planning, architecture, surveying, GIS mapping, financial analysis, design and social media.