I helped establish The Survivors Trust (TST) in 2003 as a UK and Ireland network of specialist rape and sexual abuse support services with a membership of 70 specialist agencies. I was appointed CEO in 2004 and I attend a range of national groups and forums aimed at addressing the institutional responses to survivors of child sexual abuse and rape.
In the past four years, I have overseen the set-up of five new rape and sexual abuse support centres, funded through the government commitment to open 15 new centres. In addition to my role in TST I am a member of the National Police Chiefs Council Rape Working Group, and a member of the HMIC Rape Monitoring Group. I am also a member of the CPS External Stakeholder Group and the CPS Community Accountability Forum which raises issues of current concern facing survivors of sexual violence and abuse.
I was also a member of the now concluded Children’s Commissioner’s Inquiry into Sexual Abuse in the Family Environment (CSAFE) and a member of the Research Advisory Group for the CSAFE research project. I was awarded an OBE in the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honours List in recognition of my work promoting survivors’ rights.
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