Andrew Grinnell has been involved with developing responses to poverty for over 20 years. After working nationally with The Salvation Army, he spent 10 years living in a low-income estate in East Leeds seeking to develop places of hospitality with local people.

Andrew is a facilitator for the Leeds Poverty Truth Commission that brings together people who struggle against poverty and leaders from within public, private, third and faith sectors. Together, they seek to address poverty within the city. He is also co-director of the Poverty Truth Network that supports the development of commissions across the UK.

Andrew is a core team member of Urban Life where he teaches on a number of formal and informal training programmes. His doctoral research addressed the political and societal implications of the practice of Christians relocating to low-income neighbourhoods in the UK.