Edwina Grosvenor

Lady Edwina Grosvenor is a Justice System Reformer with over 20 years of experience and expertise working in the criminal justice sector.  Since graduating from Northumbria University in 2005 with a degree in Criminology and Sociology, Edwina has combined her work as a criminologist, prison philanthropist, adviser and reformer to create systemic change within the Justice System.

 Edwina’s approach is to combine hands on experience, her expertise, training, philanthropy and influence to create impact.  She is a founding investor and Ambassador of the Clink Restaurant chain, and she has advised and worked with the Government on the Women’s Advisory Board for Female Offenders under The Secretary of State for Justice. This work, alongside Edwina’s broader experiences in the justice system inspired the launch of One Small Thing, the charity which she is Founder and Chair of.  One Small Thing aims to redesign the justice system for women and their children and in 2023 they opened Hope Street, a pioneering purpose-built residential space for justice involved women.

Edwina sits on the advisory board to the Centre for Criminology in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford. She completed her master’s degree in Criminology and Crime Scene Management at Solent University in August 2021 achieving a distinction. She was the High Sherriff of Hampshire in 2022/23, and in January 2024 she joined Global Philanthropic as the first Chair of their Advisory Board. She is also Patron of Paladin, which is the country’s only national stalking advocacy service.  In 2023 Edwina was presented with the International Corrections and Prisons Association (www.icpa.org) Presidents Award in Antwerp.  

Edwina is currently a member of the Women’s Justice Board, chaired by Prisons Minister Lord Timpson and she is a Deputy Lieutenant for Hampshire.