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About Us

Toast91 is a social impact startup dedicated to providing young people facing abuse, mental health challenges, and other life struggles with easy access to digital support. Our mission is to make accessing support as easy as making toast.

Our Mission

Toast91 is a mission-driven startup with B-Corp pending status, championing #AIforGood to transform the charity and support sector. We aim to create simple and easy access to vital support services for children and victims of abuse, providing digital assistance when and where it's needed – as easy as making toast.

Our Values

It takes an army to change the support sector and we are building one!Meet the current Toast91 Members, who have a wealth of technical expertise.

Inclusive

The way we work is supportive to our peoples needs. We work with companies who are founded by minority groups where possible. 

Be Yourself

Cherishing everything that is unique about people, always being inclusive and all encompassing. Value all opinions even if they don’t align with your own, try to understand rather than judge 

Smart

We deliver awesome tech that anyone can use without explanation  

Simple

Communicating in a way that anyone can understand 

Joyful

Doing what we love and sharing the joy 

Respect

Be respectful of peoples time and energy 

We’re B-Corp Pending Organisation

Toast91 is proud to be a B-Corp because we believe in the power of sustainable, profit-driven innovation to drive social change. Unlike traditional charities that rely on donations and grants, Toast91 leverages advanced AI technology to aggregate and streamline support for digital natives, starting in schools.

Our for-profit model ensures we can attract and retain top-tier technical talent and continuously invest in the development and maintenance of our platform, offering a scalable and impactful solution that charities and not-for-profits often cannot sustain. By operating as a B-Corp, we commit to high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability, ensuring that our mission to transform the support sector through cutting-edge technology is both effective and enduring.

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Meet the Team

It takes an army to change the support sector and we are building one!Meet the current Toast91 Members, who have a wealth of technical expertise.

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Heather Payne

Founder & CEO

Heather is the Founder & CEO of Toast91. She founded Toast91 after working for 20+ years in corporate and scale up environments as a CTO.

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Yi Zhang

Software Architect

Seasoned developer with 20 years of experience building high-performance  fully automated quantitative trading systems for top hedge funds such as D.E.Shaw, GSA Capital and Point 72.

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Jesse Babudoh

Product Designer

Jesse is an accomplished web designer with years of experience crafting websites across diverse industries, from startups to established businesses.

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Laura Bloomer

Business Strategist

Laura is a Start-up Mentor & Marketing/Business Strategist with 10yrs+ professional experience in early-stage start-up, institutional finance & charity environments. 

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Sam Wise

Data Scientist

Laura is a Start-up Mentor & Marketing/Business Strategist with 10yrs+ professional experience in early-stage start-up, institutional finance & charity environments.

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Mary McGuire

Expert in Social Care, Mental Health, DE&I and Transformation

Mary founded Agents2Change in 2008 to drive positive change in global organizations. Observing ingrained inequality, her books "The Female Edge" and "The Inclusion Edge" address gender inequality and broader inclusivity measures to tackle systemic biases.

Want to Volunteer?

If you have expertise that would contribute to our mission get in touch. We would love to have you on board!

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