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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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ISVA & Operations Manager
Alan is the Operations Manager & Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) at SurvivorsUK. He manages our ISVA service which supports men around the criminal justice system and is responsible for funding development. Prior to working at SurvivorsUK Alan volunteered on their helpline and worked as a dual diagnosis project worker in a residential home, supporting men with alcohol addiction and mental health issues.
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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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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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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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Digital Communications Officer
Agnese has a proven track record working in digital communications, online marketing, branding, editing and website management for charities and public sector organisations. Besides working for people’s empowerment behind the screen, she has previously worked as educator with refugees, migrants, children, and founded a youth development charity. She takes pride in working for one of the few organisations in the country that works exclusively with male survivors.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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