Alex Feis-Bryce

CEO

Alex is the Chief Executive Officer of Survivors UK. He has almost eight years as a CEO in the third sector, has developed innovative services supporting marginalised people in a criminal justice context and has also worked as a political advisor.
His most recent role was as CEO of RightsInfo, a charity which promotes human rights in the UK and prior to that he worked as a senior adviser to Ed Miliband.
Previously, he was the founding CEO of National Ugly Mugs (NUM), which supports sex workers throughout the UK when they become victims of crime. He was a consultant trainer on the Advanced ISVA Development Programme and has been published as a practitioner criminologist in academic publications. Under his leadership NUM won a range of awards including the Third Sector Award for “Big Impact” and the Guardian Charity Award.

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Katherine Cox

Counsellor & Groupwork Coordinator

Katherine is SurvivorsUK Counsellor and Groupwork coordinator. She has worked in the charitable sector as a social worker and then as a psychotherapist and supervisor. She has experience of working in palliative care, sexual health, with survivors of trauma, with LGBT communities and young people. She is passionate about the development of groups as well as 1:1 work at SurvivorsUK.

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Jeremy Sachs

Groupwork Facilitator

Jeremy has facilitated therapeutic groupwork for years. Delivered to groups who have experienced trauma, live with long term health issues or caught in cycles of violence. His work is therapeutically informed, with a strong emphasis on a creative, person-centred approach. He strongly believes that group work is key to tackling social isolation and building a sense of wellbeing and agency, after surviving adverse life experience/s.

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Neil Atkinson

Support Counsellor & Groupwork Facilitator

Neil is a psychotherapist, trainer and group facilitator who has worked in a wide variety of psychological services, as well as in private practice.
His experience includes working with substance misuse, LGBT+ issues, childhood and adult trauma and survivors of domestic violence.
Part of Neil’s role will be to offer a flexible service for clients that find it difficult to engage with other support.

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Meka Beresford

Digital Communications Officer 

Meka is a passionate multi-hyphenate who heads up communications for SurvivorsUK. She trained as a journalist and has worked as a writer, videographer and editor for a number of organisations over the last four years.
She tells the human stories of human rights – working to cover everything from the spate of acid attacks that took over the UK, to the fight for recognition of non-binary and trans identities.
Human rights runs at the heart of everything Meka does, and she hopes her knowledge and skill will help SurvivorsUK to reach more survivors and provide them with the help and advocacy they deserve.

Ye-Ye Fadaka

Office Administrator

Ye-ye is the Administrator for SurvivorsUK. She is the first point of contact for people looking to access the service and for anyone looking for information about the services we offer. Ye-ye previously worked as an administrator at other charities such as Relate counselling and the Alzheimer’s Society and has experience working in the charity sector.

Pronouns: she / her

Calvin Stovell

ISVA (Independent Sexual Violence Advisor)

Calvin is an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) working with male victims of rape and sexual abuse with complex needs, who may feel disenfranchised due to homelessness, immigration and addictions issues, assisting them to navigate the criminal justice system. Before joining SurvivorsUK Calvin worked as a Sexual Health Advisor providing information and advice around sex, Sexually Transmitted Infections and prevention. He is also doing a diploma in Psychosexual counselling.

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Sam Thomson

Outreach & Engagement Officer

Sam is the Outreach & Engagement Officer. He manages all things ‘engaging’, from campaigns, to lecturing, to training – all in the name of building constructive pathways towards SurvivorsUK. He has a history of successful campaign development and implementation around rape and sexual assault, as well as volunteering experience with Rape Crisis. Often seen out and about removing the taboo surrounding rape and sexual assault – say “Hi!” if you see him.

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Michelle Buckberry

Support Counsellor

Michelle has experience working with adults and young people with learning disabilities, mental health problems and a history of offending, and those who have experienced homelessness, misuse drugs and sex workers. As a counsellor she has more recently worked with survivors of domestic violence as well as men and women who have experienced sexual abuse and violence. She enjoys working with people who might otherwise find it difficult to access counselling and works creatively to enable them to do this.

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Elizabeth Noble

Support Counsellor

Elizabeth is a psychotherapeutic counsellor and supervisor with over 10 years experience in managing and delivering NHS and charity services. She has specialised in counselling male survivors since 2011 and her experience also includes working with domestic violence survivors, LGBTQ+ communities, and people with long-term health conditions. Elizabeth’s role is to support clients that experience barriers to accessing counselling.

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Lee White

Support Counsellor

Lee is a psychotherapeutic counsellor who has experience working with survivors of sexual trauma and abuse in various settings, including a prison and as part of a Psychosis residential rehab project. He is currently working in private practice and believes passionately in helping people feel heard and understood. Part of his role at SurvivorsUK is to help survivors who may find conventional counselling difficult find a therapeutic space that feels tailored to their unique experiences, helping them to begin to find ways to live the life that they want to live.

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Whitney Shaw-Dale

Support Counsellor

Whitney Shaw-Dale is a UKCP registered group and individual psychotherapist. She has extensive experience working in the mental health sector and has worked in both the charity sector as well as within the NHS. She uses an integrative approach to therapy, which includes gestalt, person-centred, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Whitney has experience working with survivors of sexual, domestic and psychological abuse, trauma, addiction, anxiety and depression to name a few and she believes in working collaboratively and creatively with her clients.

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Dionne St. Hill

Support Counsellor

Dionne is an Integrative Therapist, she is passionate about mindfulness, creative visualization, journaling and writing for therapeutic purposes. Dionne’s support and therapeutic focus includes working with individuals who historically or currently sex work, self-harm and those experiencing or troubled by alcohol and or substance misuse or dependency. She has a particular interest in the impact of prejudice and oppression and works with individuals who have experienced a collision of discrimination, tied to aspects of who they are – be it self-identifying gender, race, culture, sexuality or faith.

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Roses Leech-Wilkinson

Webchat Coordinator

Roses provides day-to-day leadership of SurvivorsUK’s helpline services. A caseworker, facilitator and community organiser by background, Roses has worked with people who have experienced domestic and state violence, being missing or having a loved one missing, mental health problems, LGBTQIA+ people and young people, as well as in research, policy and campaigns. They are passionate about justice, anti-oppression work, and nature.

Pronouns: they / them

Lyla Smith-Abass

ISVA (Independent Sexual Violence Advisor) and Groupwork Facilitator

Lyla is an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) supporting male victims of sexual abuse and rape. She provides emotional and practical support to men who have reported sexual abuse to the police or are considering reporting to the police.
Lyla also facilitates therapeutic group work and has experience of working extensively with both perpetrators and survivors of domestic abuse.
She works privately as a therapeutic theatre practitioner. She strongly believes that theatre processes can support personal change in individuals and social change in the wider society.

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Roxana Graves

ISVA (Independent Sexual Violence Advisor)

Roxana is an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA), this role gives her the opportunity to support survivors on what may be a daunting and stressful journey through the criminal justice process, particularly for those who have additional needs.
Roxana has had more than ten years of experience working in the mental health field and is currently a tutor for Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich Mind Recovery College. Roxana feels passionately about supporting diverse communities and voluntarily runs an LGBTQ+ wellbeing and social support group. Previously she has been a crisis worker for The Havens working with women, men and children immediately following rape or sexual assault.

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