We’re a small, heart-led team who care deeply about people, connection, and creating spaces where growth and care go hand in hand.
Ash – Business Development Volunteer
Ash leads Spark’s business development through identifying opportunities and nurturing collaborations to expand our reach and ensure our work stays both sustainable and values-driven. Ash advocates for trauma- and gender-informed, intersectional systems to end violence against women and other marginalised groups, and believe that helping systems should reflect the intersectional reality of service users and allow them to fully engage with the system. Ash worked in gender-based violence work and programme management over the last 7 years.
Xiu Xuan - Training Coordinator
Xiu Xuan oversees the coordination of Spark’s workshops and training engagements. With strong organisational skills and a deep commitment to trauma-informed learning environments, she ensures that each session runs smoothly and is tailored to participants’ needs.
Anisha Joseph – Founder, Executive Director and Lead Trainer
Anisha founded Spark Social Ventures with a simple but powerful belief: that resilience can be built, and healing begins with feeling safe, seen, and supported.
A registered social worker in Singapore, she brings over a decade of experience working with women experiencing adversities and survivors of sexual violence, leading teams in the gender equality space. Before starting Spark, she headed the Sexual Assault Care Centre and Women’s Care Centres at AWARE, Singapore’s leading gender equality organisation.
She holds a Master’s in Social Work with a specialisation in Criminology and Justice, and her earlier work in India focused on prison reform and human rights.
Anisha brings equal parts evidence and empathy to her work, and is deeply committed to supporting people reconnect with their strength, purpose, and voice.