WYN Hub is a resource and networking hub that facilitates the growth of the social enterprise and ethical business sector in Melbourne’s Western suburbs. It’s founded with the vision and opportunity for businesses to be a foundational lever for creating a more just and equitable society. It's being led by Mehak Sheikh.
Mehak Sheikh is a connector by nature, and a facilitator by choice. She approaches her work from a lens of Systems Change, Co-design and Place-based advocacy and community organising. She gets most excited learning, researching and talking about social entrepreneurship, youth participation, intercultural dialogue, and when she is designing shared spaces that centre conversations around wellbeing. Her career journey is inspired by her educational background in Psychology and influences such as bell hooks (revolutionary), Priya Parker (author) and Deeyah Khan (filmmaker). She has often been the go-to person in a professional capacity to support culture conversations, community engagement, and big-picture thinking. Outside of her day job as the Young Mayors’ Program Manager for Victoria, Mehak is the lead strategist at WYN (Widen Your Network) Hub and has co-founded a collective for intimate place-based gatherings that centre the human experience and justice, once strangers. She is also an advisor for local social enterprises, community organisations and placemaking initiatives in Melbourne’s West, including an arts and culture retail social enterprise, Khush Zouq and Building Cultural Connections Australia Inc.
