David Babbs helped found 38 Degrees in 2009. Since then the organisation has grown to over 800,000 members who work together both on the internet and in the real world.

38 Degrees has played a key role in some significant campaign victories including halting government plans to privatise England’s public forests, forcing a rethink of Andrew Lansley’s plans for the NHS and securing better protection for victims of Human Trafficking.
Before launching 38 Degrees, David worked for Friends of the Earth, where he led the successful mobilisation to persuade the government to enact the world’s first Climate Change Act.

David grew up in Leicester, and now lives in East London