Together, She Rises 

CEO of Anawim – Birmingham's Centre for Women.

An award-winning charity which has been based in Balsall Heath in Birmingham for nearly 40 years. Anawim offers gender-informed and trauma-responsive wraparound support to enable women to reach their potential. We work with more than 1,700 women in Birmingham every year through advocacy, counselling, crisis intervention, holistic and intensive long-term specialist support and other practical resources, in the community and in prison.

Founder - Cohort 4

A women’s peer led support and peer mentoring organisation based in Atherstone and North Warwickshire villages. Cohort 4 has been running successfully for 11 years, offering longer term, gentle support to women with a history of trauma and abuse, and those experiencing multiple and complex disadvantages including mental ill health and/or physical disabilities. Cohort 4 was awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2020.

Additionally, Beverley is Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Gender Based Violence, domestic and sexual violence at the University of Worcester. She works as an international expert in Europe and is an independent member of Women Against Violence in Europe (WAVE) and Work with Perpetrators European Network (WWP-EN). She delivers her OCN Level 3 'Reintegrative Mentoring' peer mentoring training programme to organisations in the UK, in Europe and hopefully this year in the US. This raises funding for Cohort 4 as all funds are donated here to help reach more women in the North Warwickshire community.

Interventions Manager GreenSquareAccord

GreenSquareAccord provide affordable homes and support services in communities that need them the most, they create a foundation from which people in our communities can thrive, these support services include domestic abuse refuges and homelessness services.

Sarah has worked with vulnerable women for over 20 years, initially though providing supported housing to women who needed a safe place to live in Leamington Spa, Nuneaton and Coventry to now managing a needs led intervention specifically designed and delivered for women under the supervision of the National Probation Service across Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull. This female only service provides women with the trauma informed support they need to address their complex needs and move away from a life of crime.

Refuge Safe Accommodation (Dispersed) - Service Manager

Kaylee Linton has worked in the domestic abuse sector for 10 years, with a focus on supporting survivors in refuge accommodation for the last 5 years. Kaylee currently manages the dispersed refuge accommodation provision in Warwickshire, which includes emergency accommodation for survivors who may face barriers to accessing typical refuge accommodation. Kaylee will be reflecting on a women’s journey from fleeing her home to being supported in specialist refuge accommodation in Warwickshire.