Donna Molloy

Donna leads Foundations’ work on impact and ensuring evidence is used to influence local and national policy and practice. She works extensively with policymakers in Whitehall departments, sector organisations and those leading services in local areas. Before joining Foundations, Donna helped set up the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) and was EIF’s Director of Policy & Practice from 2013. She was  awarded an OBE for services to disadvantaged children and young people in the 2022 New Year Honours.

Prior to her time at EIF, Donna spent over 10 years in central government roles, developing policy and programmes to support disadvantaged children and families. She ran national programmes to increase the availability of evidence-based parenting and family support as deputy head of the DfE Families at Risk division, and also worked as a senior policy adviser in the Home Office, Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit and the Social Exclusion Unit. Donna started her career as a researcher at the National Centre for Social Research.