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Our Trustees
RSACC has a Board of Trustees that provides a range of specialist knowledge to ensure our charity is run effectively and efficiently. We regularly seek new trustees, and run recruitment campaigns to help attract people who can bring a diverse range of experiences and knowledge that will benefit our work and the management of RSACC. Recruitment campaigns are advertised on our website and across our social media sites.
“Being a feminist, I am extremely passionate about the work that RSACC does, providing a person centred approach to supporting survivors and we are blessed to have such dedicated, specialist and compassionate staff and volunteers. Giving back my time to such an important and worthwhile cause, whilst also being able to spend time with like minded women is something I deeply value and for which I am very grateful.”
Katie Bradshaw, Chair of RSACC Board of Trustees
Meet our trustees
Katie Bradshaw
Katie is the Chair of the Board of Trustees. Katie is Senior Network Manager North - The Girls Network.
Grace Bananga
With a background in higher education development and charity sector fundraising, Grace has been a major gifts fundraiser for 10+ years, securing donations for scholarships, research, capital builds and outreach activities. Currently, she works at Durham University and supports their Faculty of Sciences.
Geetanjali Gangoli
Professor Geetanjali Gangoli, Centre for Research in Violence and Abuse and Department of Sociology, Durham University. Geetanjali works on violence and abuse, and her specialism is addressing the intersecting roles of class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and disability in the perpetuation, experience, and prevention of violence and abuse.
Deborah Lewis Bynoe
Deborah began her career in health and social care before spending 10 years working in the NHS where she qualified as an accountant. Since then Deborah has worked in senior roles in the third sector and public sector leading multidisciplinary teams. Deborah currently works for a health and social care charity that supports adults with learning disabilities to lead fulfilling lives through active support.
Nicole West marland
Nicole works as a Professor of Criminology at Durham University and she is Director of the Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA). She is the author of many books and articles on violence and abuse. She was a trustee of Tyneside Rape Crisis for 10 years, was Chair of Rape Crisis (England and Wales) for 3 years.
Pip Kyle
Pip is a Researcher and Policy Academy Fellow at Newcastle University Business School. Her current research (PhD) examines professional dancers' lived experiences and how professional dancers negotiate their working lives. Pip’s role within the board of trustees is to support the governance of the charity and lead on championing equity, diversity and inclusion at board level.
Rachel Snaith
Rachel works at the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office where she leads the Commissioning and Policy Team and has the strategic lead for tackling Violence against Women and Girls as well as a range of other thematic areas such as safer streets, victim-survivor services and scrutiny.
We are a feminist, women led charity working to end rape and sexual violence by supporting and empowering survivors across Darlington and County Durham
We offer free, safe support to anyone who has experienced any form of sexual violence at any time in their lives.
Vision
We are a feminist, women led charity working to end rape and sexual violence by supporting and empowering survivors across Darlington and County Durham.
Values
- Feminist
We are a feminist, women led organisation that work from an intersectional feminist perspective, recognising sexual violence as a crime of violence, abuse of power and a cause and consequence of gender inequality. - Empowering
We believe the best way to support survivors is to empower them. This means we work to create an environment where individuals are able to use their own agency and achieve their full potential - Person Centred
We work from a person centred approach and believed that individuals have within themselves the capacity to effect change. - Specialist
We are specialists in sexual violence. We have built this specialism, knowledge and expertise with survivors, based on their experience and understanding. We will continue to do this.