Liza is passionate about social justice (rather than social injustice) and strives to help amplify the voices of those who find themselves side-lined. She is a qualified IDVA, accredited Service Manager and has recently been awarded her PhD – the thesis for this examines the experiences of abused mothers within the child protection system.
Janet’s career was as a lawyer working in criminal justice, latterly as a District Crown Prosecutor, leading a team which dealt with Crown Court work in West Kent. Her particular casework specialisms were child abuse, serious sexual offences and homicides. In addition to overseeing casework and leading her team, Janet also trained as a mediator to deal with in-house dispute resolution. Janet retired in 2013 and joined the SATEDA board in 2014, taking over as chair in August of that year. Janet has been active in promoting issues primarily affecting women and girls through membership of Medway Towns Soroptimist club which works locally and internationally, so bringing a wider perspective to her work for SATEDA
Carey is the Projects Manager for SATEDA. She leads a team who are responsible for a number of specialist projects with individual funding streams. Carey has been with SATEDA since 2015 having worked in social housing for 15 years. In her spare time Carey is training to run a half marathon to raise funds for SATEDA. Carey is a keen runner and has raised funds for SATEDA by completing a half marathon and various other events.
Matt is the Volunteer Team Manager. He leads on driving forward SATEDA’s Employability, Volunteering, Counselling, and Peer Support programmes. Matt has been working for SATEDA since March 2019 after working in mental health for 4 years and as a firefighter for most of his career. In his spare time, Matt raises awareness of mental health and domestic abuse by running Marathons and half marathons in his wheelchair and completed the London Marathon in 2017 & 2018.
Donna has worked for SATEDA since 2015 and is our senior support worker. Donna feels very passionate about supporting victims of domestic abuse. Donna is a specialist in supporting clients with complex needs and has great empathy for the struggles many victims face.
Gina started with us in September 2016 as SATEDA’s Group Programme Coordinator.
Gina loves to be outdoors, she likes camping although can’t handle it for more than 2 nights! She also likes good food, especially if she doesn’t have to cook it herself!
Before working with SATEDA overseeing the Support2Court project Steve worked for Her Majestys Court Service and Kent Police where she supported victims and witnesses of crime through the Criminal Justice System. Steve is married with 3 grown up children and 2 mad dogs. In her spare time, Steve plays Flugel Horn in a local brass band.
Faye has worked with children and young people over the last 14 years in a variety of settings from Youth Work to Private Law cases. She has a passion for supporting young people to reach their potential and to go on to have a successful and happy future.
Chanel works for SATEDA on Project Liberty which is delivered in partnership with Rising Sun in Canterbury. Chanel is an outreach support worker, supporting women and young girls from the ages of 11 – 24 educating them on positive relationships. Chanel has a level 3 diploma in working with children and young people and has a background of extensive training gained from working with Looked After Children for 5 years.
Tracy is a Groups Facilitator. She started Volunteering with SATEDA in 2016, before becoming a paid employee in 2017. Tracy has three children and in her spare time volunteer at her local youth football club, where she is the Vice-Chairperson for the committee and also manages the Colts team.
Gavin has been the Team Administrator for SATEDA since 2015. Before this he volunteered as Admin support through the Employability Programme. With a background in Administration and I.T., Gavin backs the Support, Project and Volunteer Teams in anyway he can.
Lauren is our Support Team Administrator. She has been with us since April 2016. Lauren takes all incoming calls and supports our Support team with admin. Lauren facilitates our Sittingbourne One Stop Shop and supports the operation of our other One Stop Shops and Drop In’s. Lauren has a passion in helping those making their first steps and journey to breaking free.
Mary started working with SATEDA in May 2018 as a Volunteer Coordinator. Mary likes to spend time at home with her husband, her five children and their partners. In her spare time, not that she has much with the six grandchildren, she likes to be creative and loves a game of bingo.
Ali comes from a varied background of pastoral and therapeutic work experiences. Later in life she gained her Post Graduate Diploma in Play and Filial Therapy. She now works with Sateda on the Youth side as a Groups Facilitator delivering 6 week healthy relationship programmes to primary and secondary schools. Also delivering Switch Up – an 8 week programme aimed at supporting families who have experienced some form of Domestic Abuse, Switch Up supports families to promote positive behaviour from young people towards siblings or parents/carers.
As a survivor herself she is incredibly passionate about young people learning to respect themselves and others.
She is a mum of 3 who enjoys spending time with family and friends who loves to read, have fun and study.