OUR
team
Natalie Collins
CEO
Natalie wrote the Own My Life course. She is the author of Out Of Control; couples, conflict and the capacity for change and the Creator and Director of the DAY Programme, an innovative youth domestic abuse and exploitation education programme. She speaks and writes on understanding and ending gender injustice nationally and internationally.
DR LIZA THOMPSON
Chairwoman
Liza is a feminist who is passionate about social justice. She has many years of direct experience of supporting victims of domestic abuse, has grown a thriving specialist women’s charity, and currently works in a freelance capacity, authoring Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) and Safegurding Adults Reviews (SARs), lecturing at universities, and Chairing Rochester Diocese Safeguarding Advisory Panel.
SARAH LEARMONTH
Trustee
Sarah is proud to work alongside women she respects to further the understanding and liberation of women subjected to male violence. Her experience in the corporate and sales arena, along with her subsequent role as Communications and Policy Lead at a Rape Crisis Centre and currently, as a PhD researcher tackling male violence against women are a good fit for The Women's Liberation Collective’s ambitions and goals. She finds it a joy to work with like-minded feminists who are both stimulating and supportive.
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IRENE HAYES
Trustee
A passionate advocate for fairness and equality, Irene loves being a part of the Sisterhood! She applies her twenty years of experience in team leadership, events facilitation and organising skills to everything that she does. Her mission is to help everyone to understand what they want to achieve and support them as they work towards achieving it. Irene values freedom, choosing to give her time to volunteer and mentor within a range of charities and social enterprises. She is proud to be one of the founding trustees of The Women’s Liberation Collective.