Raje Ballagan-Evans, Social Interest Group  

Raje sits on the South West London Mental Health Partnership Delivery Group (PDG) and brings a wealth of personal and professional experience to this role through a lifelong carer and advocate for her severely disabled sister and many years of management in a range of grassroots services as a qualified registered manager and a policy professional. 

Social Interest Group is a mental health charity working in Kent and Croydon that provides services to adults across the SMI, criminal justice, alcohol and substance use and homeless pathways, as well as women’s homelessness and women’s refuges. 

Her passion is to overcome information barriers and siloed ways of working to raise awareness and she is highly skilled in creating models of practical application. She has a Master’s degree in Applied Contextual Theology.