IMPACT REPORT
2025-2026
“When I first started, opening up about what happened to me was hard, but once I got to know I was able to trust my therapist it took me out of that dark place and now I understand it more and can see it with a different perspective. It’s been good to talk about this and not keep it in my head and I can’t thank you enough for what you have done for me, I really appreciate it.”
Who We Are For Public Benefit Achievements & Performance In Numbers The Future Governance Risk Management Principle Funding Sources Key Organisational Information
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OBJECTS & AIMS The charitable objects, amended by Special Resolution on 31 January 2025 are:
WHO WE ARE
For the public benefit, to promote and protect the good health and wellbeing of male victims / survivors of sexual harms, and their loved ones, across Greater Manchester and throughout England & Wales by:
1 Providing qualified health and social care professionals, ISVAs, IDVAs and advocates to treat, support and advise them to cope and recover and move beyond these harmful experiences, and
2 Providing training and education in, and awareness raising campaigns of, the prevention and impact of sexual harm on males, sharing knowledge and information to support a greater societal understanding of sexual harms.
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MISSION STATEMENT To break the silence of sexual harm on boys and men, providing support and advocacy to them and their loved ones to engage in positive healing, free from the impact of abuse; and educating society on the prevention and impact of sexual harms against boys and men. VISION A society where no male survivor is left behind. AREA OF BENEFIT The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document, Greater Manchester and throughout England and Wales. VALUES The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing.
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“You’ve made everything so much easier to deal with by creating a really welcoming space to connect with other survivors, which I’ll be forever grateful for.”
The trustees of We Are Survivors re-affirm their commitment to operating in accordance with the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit; whilst also re-stating that they take seriously their responsibility to ensure the charity’s activities serve the public good and confirm compliance with Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011.
FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT
Trustees understand and accept they have a responsibility to adhere to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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Trustees also understand that they have a responsibility and legal duty to ensure that all activity undertaken within the organisation is done so in the pursuit of achieving the charitable objects. Trustees are assured of this through:
Any concerns about activity or ‘mission drift’ are raised timely and appropriately to the Chair; they would be highlighted in the quarterly Risk Governance Group; and discussed at general board meetings. This provides a solid structure to ensure we continue to work to benefit the public, as we are required to do.
monthly written updates from the Chief Executive Officer;
The primary beneficiaries of the charity are adult males (18+) who have directly experienced any form of sexual harm at any point in their lives. In referring to adult males, the charity is clear about this including trans men and is welcoming of non-binary individuals who feel a male survivor space is appropriate to meet their individual needs as a victim/survivor.
scrutiny of operational activities and client data dashboard which is reported quarterly at General Board Meetings; and via the quarterly Business Governance Group, which includes Deputy Chair, Treasurer, Risk Governance Trustee, People/HR Trustee and Trustees with expertise in fundraising, and clinical services governance.
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At the point of incorporation in 2009, the charity’s founder and its founding trustees identified the distinct lack of support available to the 1 in 6 males who have experienced sexual harms. Then there were only 4 organisations specifically providing support to UK males, compared to 200+ providing support to UK females, neither quantity acceptable to meet demand. Today, whilst the number of organisations that have added an offer for male victims/survivors has increased, making them pan-gender; there has been nearly an equal number of organisations that have closed; and the total number of organisations that provide specific support to men and boys is 4, with one recently having closed down. The Trustees remain confident that their continued and clear focus on male victims/survivors as primary beneficiaries, and their loved ones as secondary beneficiaries, remains a necessary approach to continue to respond to the growing and evolving demand of unmet need and therefore, for the benefit of the public.
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Furthering the vision, the charity is also undertaking substantial scoping, research and design work to ensure that its primary beneficiaries will begin to include male victims/survivors aged 16+, with an organisational aspiration to further reduce our age criteria to 13+ by 2030.
All frontline services are delivered in accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions (2018), which is supplemented by clinical guidelines such as those from NICE; independent accreditations such as the UK Male Quality Standards and the National ISVA Standard both awarded by LimeCulture CIC; and adherence to the Government’s ‘Working Definition of Trauma-Informed Practice’ (2022).
The Trustees are clear that whilst this is ongoing exploration and development work, delivery is subject to relevant governance confirmations, safeguarding assurances for all, sustainable funding and current and future capacity considerations.
These frameworks, and others, help ensure that the organisation’s services are safe, ethical, and effective. All staff are trained to professional standards relevant to their roles and are members of appropriate professional bodies.
In providing space and support to male survivors, often referred to as vulnerable adults, it is essential that all of the charity’s services are delivered with sensitivity, with care and through a trauma-informed approach to avoid any risk of further harm or re-traumatisation.
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The trustees positively identify We Are Survivors secondary beneficiaries as being those who are indirectly affected by male sexual harms, such as family members, partners, and close friends, whom it refers to as a survivors’ ‘Loved Ones’. Providing direct support and advocacy to this population not only benefits them, but also the male survivor by supporting the ‘outside office hours’ support from the family, further generating public benefit. The charity also provides information and knowledge to professionals and community members who work with or support male survivors, and therefore it sees this population as its tertiary beneficiaries. This layered approach ensures a broader impact across society, promoting understanding, resilience, and healing.
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a. Providing male survivor-centred/trauma informed
The charity’s core service area is Greater Manchester, encompassing all ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan; and the North West prison estate; but extends its offer across England and Wales.
services, based on Herman’s model of trauma and recovery that Supports stabilisation, allows beneficiaries to engage in services anonymously and enable loved ones an increased understanding of the general and specific impacts sexual harms have on individuals and the communities they live within; Facilitates processing, that enables male survivors, and their loved ones, to work through difficult and challenging experiences; and
The trustees of We Are Survivors confirm that the organisation meets its charitable objectives and carries out its activities for public benefit by:
Promotes integration by engaging in learning about the impact of trauma and abuse experiences and develop healthy coping strategies and building supportive communities of their own outside of the charity.
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b. Providing opportunities to educate the public on the
The charity’s core service area is Greater Manchester, encompassing all ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan; and the North West prison estate; but extends its offer across England and Wales.
prevention and impact of sexual harm on males; which in turn supports a greater societal understanding of sexual harms. The trustees take governance extremely seriously and recognise that this is done for the benefit and protection of all. The structure is robust and trustees review it regularly to ensure they remain compliant with legislation, and all connected with the organisation are acting ethically. The organisation is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (Z2970240) and complies with GDPR through annual NHS Toolkit submissions, ensuring that all data collected, processed and stored is done so within the framework of the relevant law.
The trustees of We Are Survivors confirm that the organisation meets its charitable objectives and carries out its activities for public benefit by:
The governance structure ensures that any complaints are handled professionally and with a focus on the client.
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The trustees can also evidence the organisations further adherence to public benefit as it: provides protected time and space for the Chief Executive Officer to engage with peers and officials in research, design, implementation and mobilisation of local and national policies, procedures and reports that benefit of male survivors and their loved ones; supports the Chief Executive Officer to elevate the voice of the Executive Team and Management and encourage them to participate and engage in research; commit to providing consultation to various media production companies in the development of TV and film storylines that include male victims/survivors; encourages engagement with journalists, interviewers, and Podcast hosts in order to share stories, facts and knowledge to educate and challenge the public perception on male victimhood;
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The trustees can also evidence the organisations further adherence to public benefit as it: enables Executive Team members, Management and practitioners to represent and facilitate male victims/survivors voices in places of influence, as well as represent the wider organisational voice in the VCFSE (Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise) sector, Government and private sector spaces works in partnership with other victim and survivor support organisations in informal collectives and formal consortia to ensure that there is a stronger, more collective national voice, available for male survivors to be heard and that duplication is kept to a minimum, so public monies are spent responsibly and effectively; and continually hold spaces for the organisation’s beneficiaries (past and present) to undertake a formal advisory and scrutiny role to ensure that the organisation remains of public benefit, via the Expert Reference Group. 15
The trustees confirm that the charity does not provide private benefits to any individual connected directly or indirectly to the organisation, ensuring that all resources are directed toward public benefit.
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
The Trustees of We Are Survivors are pleased to present this report of the activities the charity has undertaken in the year ending 31.03.26; including our performance and achievements. Over the past year, the Board has remained fully engaged in providing robust governance, challenge and support to the organisation in order for it to take a step closer to achieving its vision of ensuring no male survivor is left behind. 2025-26 was a special year as it was the period in which we celebrated our year-long recognition of being 16 years old (a birthday we had in February 2025) – this was our age of consent.
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The year began with an ending, as the organisation came to the end of a formal relationship with the Sodexo facilities team based at AstraZeneca, which had been part of the Pilotlight Impact programme – a 10 week programme that provided the Pilotlighters with the opportunity to work with our We Are Survivors team on scoping of legislation, policy and process of providing support to male survivors aged 13+. The programme had provided the Executive Team with insight and a model of best practice for the management and governance of policy and law.
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We continued our decade long work in TV, this time with the BBC’s longest running ‘soap opera’, the Welsh language drama Pobol y Cwm. This was an incredibly exciting piece of work, having to not only think through and develop a story that hadn’t been told before, but do it in a language other than English whilst ensuring nothing is lost in translation. The main part of the story was transmitted to thousands of people in a special episode and We Are Survivors gained a new Ambassador, in Welsh actor, Mark Stuart Roberts (left).
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We also returned to Hollyoaks village, the place our relationship with TV drama started over a decade earlier, when we were asked to support the development of a male rape storyline on what would be a key feature of the 30th Anniversary episode on a special one off ‘Hollyoaks Later’ which also had a cross-over to the legendary Brookside. Actors Danny Mac and Harry French spent much of their time meeting and talking with us, visiting our centre, to get a real understanding of the psychology and impact of sexual violence.
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Lived experience sat at the heart of our work with Hollyoaks, as it always has, and we have also tried to ensure that we support our teams to present their lived experience in spaces when opportunities arise that they want to do that in. Well, we did that in spades this year, featuring on numerous podcasts and even took lived experience to the heart of our work in the chems, sex, HIV and consent space with our ON IT conference which we held in the heart of Manchester’s Gay Village at Eagle Bar. Taking discussions out of the office and into the community didn’t happen just with the ON IT conference, we also delivered keynotes and workshops for Lime Culture, Manchester’s Complex Safeguarding Team, at the StopSO Annual Conference, and even at the first ever Crime Con held in Manchester!
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These were opportunities to help the organisation meet its 2nd charitable objective, along with the delivery of training that members of the team undertook throughout the year to organisations such as Greater Manchester Police, Lancashire Constabulary, Barnardos, Shelter, Rape Crisis Scotland, St Marys SARC, University of Manchester, University of Salford, Manchester Metropolitan University, College of Sex and Relationships Therapy, Hourglass and others.
We were also honoured to be asked to meet with the official delegation from the Kurdish police force and their Ministry of Justice to support them in developing their national response to dealing with child sexual abuse and exploitation. Using our knowledge and influence to help shape the support for victims in another country was a huge honour, but equally as important was and will always be the opportunity we have to be part of leadership response across Greater Manchester and the UK.
We also provided individuals and organisations with other opportunities for learning in facilitating visits, taking HMPPS officials to see our work in two of our prisons and meet some of our team and prisoners accessing our services; welcoming senior leaders from NHS England, a number of local authorities, the Crown Prosecution Service, various Police forces, the Diocese of Salford and Diocese of Manchester, and leaders from other Greater Manchester and national charities.
We continue to hold a seat on the Justice and Rehabilitation Executive Board, the Gender Based Violence Board, the Victims Strategy Board, and members of our executive team regularly attend meetings with the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, the Crown Prosecution Service, Law enforcement and the local and national VCFSE sector.
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We are also proud that our Chief Executive Officer and Executive Team members are also involved in advisory roles on a number of sector steering groups, with Act on IICSA, and as a founding member of the Victims Commissioner’s Advisory Board. Our Chief Executive Officer also sits, as an independent member, of the Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel, which is responsible for holding the Deputy Mayor for Safer and Stronger Communities to account on policing and fire and rescue issues. Whilst we shared much of our knowledge and experience with others, we are also lucky to have others share their knowledge with us and our invitation to the NHS Confed Expo, the Greater Manchester Strategy Launch and the GM Victims Strategy launch helped us think through what we needed to do as an organisation in developing our own strategy.
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Further discussions with many of our peers, when we helped The Survivors Trust organise a CEO ‘Sector in Crisis’ summit, which was hosted in the Leathersellers Hall, which we were gifted the use of as one of their grantees.
If we are saying no male survivor left behind then you better mean it.
We listened to many others in our sector talk about the cliff edge that many of our peer organisations precariously rest on. We read the research that many of the academics we work with were publishing and we engaged in conversations with them on our work their were and continue to review , including Making Meaningful Change – our work looking at survivors in prison and how OUT Spoken facilitates opportunities for change; and the work on our Creating Change service, that supports survivors who themselves have committed sexual offences, a population that whilst small, is so often lost and ignored
Taking a note from our Expert Reference Group that “if we are saying no male survivor left behind then you better mean it” has been ringing in all our ears in 202526, and been extremely present in our scoping and research for our own strategy. In wanting to ensure that we didn’t ‘mark our own homework’ the trustees enlisted a number of external voices to provide our Chief Executive Officer with counsel, advice and expertise in certain areas.
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The trustees are incredibly grateful to external consultant Adrian Ashton for his work, effort and expert guidance on a whole scale review and benchmarking of our staff salary and benefits structure. Thanks to Adrian we have a solid evidence base to move forward with in making the right decisions about our people, the people that matter to us as much as the people that use our services. Because we take so much pride in our people, we were delighted that our ON IT team were nominated for a Male Health and Wellbeing Award, a well-deserved nomination! Speaking of pride, we cannot talk about our year, our year of consent without talking about our amazing teams entry into this year’s Manchester Pride parade, holding placards and wearing 1980s inspired Frankie Says Relax ‘YES MEANS YES’ message, and our accompanying lipsync video to Salt n Peppers ‘Lets Talk About Sex’.
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IN NUMBERS
2025-26 IN DATA
Referrals into We Are Survivors services
Clients supported
1747
2819
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2025-26 IN DATA AGE
ETHNICITY 7.2%
14% 35.3%
18-24
3.7%
Afro/Caribbean
25-29
4.5%
Mixed Race
2.7%
Other Ethnic Group
3.1%
South Asian
3.3%
Unknown
30-39
24.3%
40-49
12.9%
50-59
79%
White British
60+
3.7%
White Other
6.3%
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2025-26 IN DATA GENDER
SEXUALITY
3.7%
Female (inc. trans woman)
0.4%
Asexual
94.3%
Male (inc. trans male)
4.1%
Bisexual
9.2% 0.7%
Gay/Lesbian
Non-binary
78.2% 0.2%
Other (not listed)
1.1%
Unknown
0.6% 7.5%
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Heterosexual Pansexual Unknown
2025-26 IN DATA
Hours of ALL 1:1 Therapy delivered
Hours of ALL ISVA activities delivered
Hours of ALL Group Work delivered
TOTAL NUMBER OF ALL ACTIVITIES
6603
2422
998
40,862
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OUR DIGITAL PRESENCE IN DATA 2025-26 Website Users
www.wearesurvivors.org.uk
www.onit.org.uk
www.weareallies.org.uk
20,586
5615
1923
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OUR DIGITAL PRESENCE IN DATA 2025-26 Website Page Views
www.wearesurvivors.org.uk
www.onit.org.uk
www.weareallies.org.uk
57,014
8175
2192
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OUR DIGITAL PRESENCE IN DATA 2025-26 Social Media
Total number of Social Media followers across all platforms
Social Media Page and Profile Impressions
Social Media Post Impressions
Average Post Engagement
18,788
855,374
769,259
4.8%
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OUR DIGITAL PRESENCE IN DATA 2025-26 Social Media
Total Social Media Posts across all platforms
Total quantity of fundraising posts
Total quantity of posts about services
Total quantity of posts about male survivors
Total posts about third parties
390
69
194
106
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THE FUTURE
As we start our 17th year of operation, we will be launching our new strategy that will take us to 2030. The strategy is key to stability, in a world that often feels unstable, and it is paramount that male survivors feel on firm footing, enough to support them to build solid foundations in healing and recovery. Our new strategy, Ambition 2030, will see us be ambitious enough to commit to making change that will not only carry us to 2030 but establish a strong, stable and secure organisation that is fit for the next decade and beyond.
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Progress understanding – because if we want to be understood we need to provide understanding
Whilst We Are Survivors has always been front and centre of working with Government, leaders, policy makers, journalists, sharing our knowledge to aid the greater understanding of the needs of male victims/survivors and their loved ones with the wider pubic for benefit; we will invest in this area of the charity to strengthen our ability to adapt to changing times and political landscapes. As a data and knowledge rich organisation, not only is it part of our charitable objects to educate and raise awareness, but it’s our ethical duty to share knowledge to help shape policy that directly impact male victims/survivors.
We will review our structure to ensure that it is fit for purpose, efficient and we have the right people doing the right jobs. We will invest in our systems that’s collect data and aid our teams to design and deliver interventions and services that are evidence based.
And we will look forward to building on the achievements of 2025-26 as we move into our 18th Year and We Are Survivors becomes an adult, continuing to deliver high-quality, accessible services, and amplifying the voices of male survivors across England and Wales.
Ambition 2030 will lead the organisation into: Strengthening the offer – delivering services that meet the needs of male survivors and their loved ones Amplify male survivor voices – ensuring that there is no conversation ABOUT US WITHOUT US!
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The Memorandum & Articles of Association state that We Are Survivors must have a minimum of 3 Directors but not subject to any maximum and hold 1 annual general meeting each year with not more than 15 months elapsing between successive AGMs. Through to year end 31.03.26, We Are Survivors has 9 trustees, including 3 officers which are a Chair, Deputy Chair and Treasurer.Trustees meet quarterly for a general board meeting and annually for an Annual General Meeting.
GOVERNANCE
Specific trustees, with the Chief Executive Officer and key personnel from the Executive Team meet quarterly for the Finance Sub-Group and Risk Governance SubGroup; and bi-annually for the People/HR Sub-Group. Specific trustees and the Chief Executive Officer meet quarterly for the Business Governance Sub-Group. All meetings are strategically placed throughout the year to ensure a regular and strategic spread of contact between trustees (Governance) and Chief Executive Officer (Strategic) and staff (Operational). 39
Risk is managed in a number of ways throughout the organisation using a number of processes, with the primary key (non-client) process via the Organisational Risk Register. Two named Trustees are assigned with the task of organisational Risk Governance and, along with two other trustees, meet with the Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Team every quarter for a Risk Governance sub-committee.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Of the two named Trustees assigned to lead on risk, one focuses on wider organisational risk, whereas the other focuses on client risk, which the trustees believe is essential due to the nature of the population the organisation serves; the complexity of vulnerability; and the varying spaces that the team works in, from community to prison settings. The Organisational Risk Governance trustee receives a full copy of the Organisational Risk Register every month, for review and undertakes a quarterly audit before each board meeting.
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RISK MANAGEMENT The Clinical Risk Governance trustee has 24/7 access to the client risk register, providing the ‘board’ with the ability to dip-sample and unannounced audits, which ensures that the management of client risk at operational level is effective and in the best interests of the client. Both Risk Governance Trustees report back to Board as a standing agenda item and the Chief Executive Officer presents an overview of any changes within the Risk Register. In addition to this, a full annual review of risk is carried out by officers of the Board. The Treasurer, Chief Executive Officer, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Finance Manager also meet every quarter, as part of Finance Sub-Committee, looking at financial risk management and governance, including reviewing accounts, cross checking cash flow, and identify any issues on the horizon. This sub group reports back to the board at each board meeting as part of a standing agenda item. 41
In the year ending 31.03.26, We Are Survivors gratefully received the generous support of a number of funders and individual donors, supporting both our central function and the delivery of client services. Our funders were:
PRINCIPAL FUNDING SOURCES
29th May 1961 Charitable Trust. Supporting central costs Centre for Expertise on CSA. Practice Leads Programme Charles Hayward Foundation Diocese of Salford. To support the delivery of the Healing Through Community project with Greater Manchester Rape Crisis Greater Manchester Combined Authority. -To deliver our ISVA service, develop Nightingale Suites across Greater Manchester, deliver our We Are Listening Project , deliver our Nightingale Project with Pankhurst Trust, and support victims with care packages via the Victims & Capability Fund
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PRINCIPAL FUNDING SOURCES
GMMHT. To fund the HMP Buckley Hall talking therapy service The Leathersellers Foundation Mankind. To collaborate on the national counselling service Movember Research Project The Ministry of Justice. To support the delivery of therapeutic services, premises and community spaces NHS England. To fund trauma informed therapy services in North West Prisons NHS GM ICS. To fund trauma therapy service hours for Greater Manchester
One Manchester Pennine Care NHS Trust. Funding the Pathfinder service Salford CVS Men's Mental Health and Answer Cancer Projects Salix Community Programme The Booth Charities The National Lottery Community Fund Voluntary Sector North West Zochonis Charity Foundation. To fund our running costs Zurich Community Trust. To support the website and digital Safe Room
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The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows: CHAIR Prof Craig Harris TREASURER Frances Healey
KEY ORGANISATION INFO
COMPANY SECRETARY Duncan Craig OBE TRUSTEES Prof Craig Harris Evan Chiswell Frances Healey Andrew Lord (Appointed 22.09.25) Dr Andrew Tomkins Dr Benjamin Amponsah (Appointed 01.01.26) Christos Tsaprounis Dr Joanna Jamel (Appointed 10.11.25) Kevin Vanterpool
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KEY ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
COMPANY NUMBER 06811096
CEO
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1144941 REGISTERED OFFICE Unit 9, Brewery Yard Deva City Office Park Trinity Way, Salford, M3 7BB
Duncan Craig OBE Chief Executive Officer
BANKERS Co-Operative Bank, PO Box 250, Delph House, Skelmersdale WN8 6WT Unity Trust Bank, Four Brindley Place, Birmingham, B1 2JB Charity Bank, Fosse House, 182 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 3BB
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Chris Speed Deputy Chief Executive Officer
AUDITORS Williamson & Croft Audit Ltd York House 20 York Street Manchester M2 3BB
Jamie Legge Operations Director
Caleb Cunniffe
Jonathan King
Community Services Director
Criminal Justice Services Director
SOLICITORS Addleshaw Goddard LLP One St Peter’s Square Manchester M2 3DE
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MANAGEMENT TEAM
Daniel Griffin CDT Services Manager
Nic Sobolewski
Aisling Coogan OUT Spoken Service Manager
Nisaa Ali
Therapy Service Manager (Appointed 1.07.25)
Therapy Service Manager (Resigned 31.08.25)
Gareth Parker
Gayna Williams
OUT Spoken Service Manager (Resigned 9.12.25)
ISVA Manager
SENIOR PRACTITIONERS
Sam Jennings
Tag Nuttall
Information and Data Manager
Operations Manager & PA to CEO (Resigned 17.12.25)
Social Worker (Appointed 02.03.26)
Njal Long
Matt Metcalf
Filippos Kalatzis
Rebecca Didi
Rory Brooke
We Are Listening Service Manager
Service Manager: OUT Spoken (Promoted 1.11.25)
Senior Trauma Informed Therapist
Senior Information & Policy Officer (Promoted 01.01.26)
Senior Information & Data Analyst
Sam Ball
Joshua Rothwell
Mark Hamlin
Rachael Baker Head of Fundraising & Communications (Appointed 17.02.26)
Therapy Service Manager (Appointed 17.11.25)
Rob Hutson Service Manager: OUT Side OUT Spoken (Promoted: 01.04.25)
Dan Jones
Senior: Trauma Informed Therapist (Promoted 01.12.25)
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Grahame Robertson
Rebecca Arnold
Senior Design & Communications Co-Ordinator
Senior Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 16.03.26)
Pathfinder
Nick Callow
Senior Trauma Informed Therapist (Resigned 10.09.25)
PRACTITIONERS
Abbi Kirkpatrick Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 30.03.26)
Ben Amponsah Trauma Informed Therapist (Resigned 31.12.25)
Jane Walapu Trauma Informed Therapist
Abbie Winstanley OUT Spoken Navigator (Appointed 29.09.25)
Bek Stockdale Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 05.01.26)
Jardel Rodrigues OUT Side OUT Spoken Navigator (Appointed 08.09.25)
Alex Jenkins Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 08.12.25)
Allison Lobley
Alexander Christie
Trauma Informed Therapist (Resigned 31.03.26)
Trauma Informed Therapist (Resigned 01.06.25)
Student Placement: Social Worker (Appointed 19.01.26)
Duncan Lyons
Eleanor McParland
George Hopkinson
Independent Sexual Violence Advisor
Trauma Informed Therapist (Resigned 03.09.25)
Debbie Magid
Dorothy King
Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 23.02.26)
Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 11.06.25)
Independent Sexual Violence Advisor
Jo Parnham
John Whitmore
Karen Boyd-Pomfrett
Trauma Informed Therapist
Trauma Informed Therapist
Trainee Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 28.04.25; Promoted 01.10.25)
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Ashley Barting
Kaelin Fletcher-Taylor Independent Sexual Violence Advisor
Christopher Egan
Clare Mayo
Becky Brighouse
Community Development
Student Placement: Therapist (Appointed 06.08.25)
Trauma Informed Therapist
Lee Horne Nightingale Navigator (Appointed 01.12.25)
George Procter
Harry Williams
Community Development Co-Ordinator
Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 16.03.26)
Lily Mahon
Lindsey Gage
Community Development Co-Ordinator (Appointed 01.12.25)
Student Placement: Therapist (Appointed 14.07.25)
PRACTITIONERS
Lorraine Moore
Luke Walsh
Trainee Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 06.08.25)
Trauma Informed Therapist
Reuben Furlong
Rizwan Rashid
Trauma Informed Therapist
SJ Paynter Trauma Informed Therapist
Trauma Informed Therapist
Tea Van Well Community Development Coordinator (Promoted 02.04.25; End of Contact 10.11.25)
Mary Hardiman Trauma Informed Therapist
Michael Jordan
Monica Jacklin-Taylor
Trainee Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 28.04.25; Promoted 01.10.25)
Trauma Informed Therapist
Robbie Thompson
Ruth Duggan
Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 28.08.25)
Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 04.06.25)
Tayla Doyle Student Placement: Social Worker (End of Contact 15.05.25)
Sally Wheatley Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 18.08.25)
Ting-An Chen
Tom McCrory
Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 10.04.25)
Community Development Coordinator (Appointed 14.04.25; Promoted 01.11.25)
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Naomi Thomas
Neil Ely
Rae Coldham
Trauma Informed Therapist (Resigned 15.01.26)
Trauma Informed Therapist (Resigned 30.09.25)
Community Development Coordinator (Resigned 30.09.25)
Community Development Coordinator
Sandeep Rai
Simon Hedges
Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 07.04.25)
Trauma Informed Therapist
Monika Gwizdek
Trung Nguyen Community Development Co-ordinator & Trauma Informed Therapist
Steve Wong
Stuart Avery
Trauma Informed Therapist (Appointed 18.07.25; Resigned 14.11.25)
Trauma Informed Therapist (Resigned 11.12.25)
ADMINISTRATION
Theo Aarons Digital Communications Co-Ordinator
Lewis Ross-Robson Administration Co-Ordinator (Appointed 05.01.26)
Trish Shumba Administration Co-Ordinator (Appointed 14.04.25)
Liam McCabe Business Support Co-Ordinator (Appointed 05.01.26)
CONSULTANTS Sarah Hughes, Finance Manager Alex Mayer, Fundraising Consultant WorkNest, HR Consultant Yellowgrid, IT Consultant Safety 2 Business, Health & Safety
EXPERT REFERENCE GROUP Clive, Colin, David, Edwin, John, Justin, Justin, Kevin, Mark, Matthew, Oliver, Peter, Peter, Plamen, Richard, Richard, Steffan, Stephen, Tremaine, Tuheen, Zeph.
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AMBASSADORS
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Charly Lester
James Sutton
Mark Stuart Roberts
Richard Gadd
Sam Thompson
Dr. Michael Atkins aka CHEDDAR GORGEOUS
“It took me some time before I could pluck up courage to contact We Are Survivors but I was immediately put at ease once I’d taken that first step. My Counsellor, Allison, was a brilliant listener and gave me the space I needed to reflect and respond. Most of all, she taught me to be honest with myself and identify the concerns that bothered me most. The road to healing is long but I’ve made huge progress on it. Thank you.”
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