Ed is a Leeds City Councillor (for the Green Party) and community activist. Originally from Sheffield, he studied at Leeds and Bradford Universities, and has lived and worked in inner-city south Leeds over the past 20 years. He’s been involved with T4P since 2003, variously as a trustee, project manager, and volunteer. Ed has also co-founded and/or co-led a wide number of community initiatives, including the Big Bike Fix, the Holbeck Viaduct project, Beeston Festival, Leeds Repair Café, Cross Flatts parkrun, South Leeds Life newspaper, and the regional Same Skies thinktank; he’s supported dozens of other projects. Ed is married to Tania, with two children.