Christina Rowley Expand Christina took over as Chair of the Board of Trustees in November 2017. She has been a Self Injury Support trustee since early 2014, and was Secretary to the Board between 2015 and 2017. Her background is in feminist political and cultural research and she currently works for the Economic and Social Research Council, where she is Head of International Strategy. Prior to this role, she was the ESRC lead for engagement with charities and other civil society organisations.
Sarah Howard Expand Sarah is Self Injury Support’s longest-standing trustee and, until November 2017, had served as the Board of Trustees' Co-chair for several years. She originally joined the organisation when it was still a collective and worked on the helpline when she first joined the organisation. She works for Bristol City Council, where she is a waste officer, having experience in waste management, contract management, and dealing with the more complex complaints and enquiries from the public relating to waste services. She has a BA in Business and Combined studies and a HNC in Wastes Management.
Rosie Buckland Expand Rosie became involved with Self Injury Support as a trustee in 2017 and is the lead for Safeguarding. She worked as Volunteer Coordinator at the London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard and as a drug and alcohol worker in the criminal justice system before training as a Social Worker almost 10 years ago. Her social work background is in mental health and she now works as a Social Worker and Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) for the Emergency Duty Team. She's also undertaking a PhD exploring experiences of assessment under the Mental Health Act. She has one child and one cat!
Isabelle Bi Expand Isabelle is a new trustee and will be taking up the role of treasurer. She is a Year 1 PhD student at the University of Bristol studying gender differences in debt behaviour among young people in the UK using large data sets.
Caitlin Black Expand Caitlin became involved with Self Injury Support as a trustee in 2017 when she moved to Bristol to study a Master of Science in Applied Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol. For the previous three years she worked as a volunteer group facilitator at a women’s organisation in Sheffield called the Together Women Project. The project aims to move women out of crime and into positive futures by working with them in safe, women-only spaces to help them develop skills that enable them to move away from damaging lifestyles. At the same time, she completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University. Caitlin is a keen mental health advocate and while President of the SHU Psychology Society was active in developing and organising a University-wide mental health awareness month called “Let’s talk about mental health” which included debates, research presentations and fundraisers. The campaign was awarded a community impact award for public outreach work.
Rebecca Gane Expand Rebecca became a trustee in 2018, after looking for a volunteering opportunity which would allow her the chance to use her skills from the business world to benefit a local organisation.