Building Pathways to Recovery Together

Damien is the current Operations Director at Noise Solution, an award-winning social enterprise delivering evidence-based digital music mentoring to youth at risk across the East of England. Damien is a social entrepreneur with over 25 years experience across charities and social enterprises. Damien has worked in multiple domains including disability, children's mental health, older people, marginalised young women, and homelessness. Damien specialises in the intersection between data, technology, and social impact.

Ali was the first ever service user at SiT! She brings a quiet, measured element to the Board and helps to ensure that all of our decisions and day to day running of SiT is steeped in what our service users want. She oversees and regularly attends our Service User Group (SUG) and ensures that survivors ideas and feedback are effectively represented at Board level. "I have been involved with SiT since it started and it played an important role in my own healing. I am proud to represent service users on the Board and am pleased with the openness and transparency demonstrated within SiT".

Emma is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist who has provided clinical direction and insight to SiT since its inception. Emma specialises in older people’s acute services and has an avid interest in how trauma impacts people in older age. "It has been an incredible privilege to be involved and watch as SiT has grown, shaped and responded to enormous demand".

Andrew is the Managing Director of a local manufacturing company and brings with him a vast range of well-honed business skills. He is integral to the business element of the charity and supports the strategic direction, development and implementation.

I’m proud to serve as a Trustee for Survivors in Transition (SiT), contributing to the organisation’s vital work supporting survivors of sexual violence or sexual abuse. My focus as a Trustee is on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), an area I am deeply passionate about professionally and academically.

Professor/Dr Vanessa Webb (MBBS, RGN,MSc, BSc, DLM, DFMS, FMERSA, MFMLM) has over 30 years experience as a nurse and qualified as a doctor in 2007, with experience as a forensic medical examiner delivering services to children, young people and adults. Vanessa was a Co-Founder of Mountain Healthcare, and left in 2021 to share her experiences. She is the Medical Director and Co-Founder of Nurture Health and Care Ltd, Chair of Trustees for The Maslow Foundation and is excited by the opportunity of supporting Survivors In Transition and their amazing team.

Following completion of a law degree, Charlotte qualified as a Barrister and then subsequently took the Solicitors conversation exam and spent many years working as a Solicitor in several law firms based in both England and Scotland for over fifteen years. Having spent her career specialising in employment law, Charlotte is passionate about helping employers comply with their legal obligations as well as best practice around employee engagement. Charlotte now provides advice to clients on a consultancy basis through Kingfisher HR which has been established for over six years. Charlotte has vast experience across the employment law spectrum having advised clients on all aspects of day to day HR management and change management projects. Charlotte helps SiT with our HR and employment law compliance and she has commented “ It is a real privilege to be able to support SiT, who clearly make a positive impact on our community and the lives of others”.

Brings relevant experience of managing scale-ups, strategic and operational overhaul and transformation, and of financing businesses and charities.