Who’s who
The Restoration Revolution · Manchester & London · 16–19 November 2026
Meet the people sharing ideas, experience and action for a new manifesto for justice. Contributor details are being added as they are confirmed.
Keynotes
Keynote speakers and festival hosts
Fr Gregory Boyle
Founder, Homeboy Industries
Fr Gregory Boyle founded Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, creating opportunities for healing, employment and belonging.
Dr Gwen Adshead
Forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist
Gwen Adshead is a forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist whose work explores violence, trauma, moral reasoning and rehabilitation. She has worked with people in secure hospitals, prisons and the community, and delivered the BBC Reith Lectures in 2024.
Jacob Dunne
Author, speaker and restorative justice advocate
Jacob Dunne is a campaigner, educator and author committed to restorative justice and systemic change. He wrote Right from Wrong and presented the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series The Punch. His experience inspired James Graham’s play PUNCH, and he works through the Common Ground Justice Project and Right from Wrong.
Steve Chalke
Founder, Oasis
Steve Chalke founded Oasis in 1985 with a vision of inclusive communities where everyone has hope and the opportunity to thrive. A Baptist minister, author and social entrepreneur, his work brings together education, housing, health and community initiatives. He received an MBE for services to social inclusion in 2004.
Dr Amy Ludlow
Chief Executive, SHiFT
Amy Ludlow is Chief Executive of SHiFT. A researcher and educator with a background in law and criminal justice, she spent 16 years studying, teaching and researching at the University of Cambridge. Her work connects policy, practice and research, including prison reform, organisational culture and prison education.
HHJ Judy Khan KC
Judge
Judy Khan is a Senior Circuit Judge at the Central Criminal Court. Previously a criminal defence barrister at Garden Court Chambers, she became a Recorder in 2007 and took Silk in 2010. Her work has included defending young people and representing families at the Hillsborough inquests. She champions equality, diversity and outreach in the legal profession.
Jermaine Wong
Artist in residence
Jermaine Wong is a poet, playwright and artistic director of Final Call Productions. His work spans spoken word, theatre and film, including the play Our Son. Through performance and storytelling, he invites audiences to reflect on meaning, purpose and human experience.
Panels
Preventing harm · London
Lib Peck
Director, Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit · Chair
Lib Peck leads the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit, established in 2019. The Unit pioneers a public health approach to tackling violence through prevention, interventions and opportunities for young people. Formerly leader of Lambeth Council, Lib brings extensive experience across London government, prevention, violence against women and girls, and the voluntary sector.
Paula Harriott
Chief Executive, Unlock
Paula Harriott is Chief Executive of Unlock and a lived experience leader whose work centres equity, inclusion and challenging stigma. She previously led prisoner involvement at the Prison Reform Trust and held senior roles at User Voice and Revolving Doors. She founded the Prisoner Policy Network to strengthen participation in policy and advocacy.
Ben Lindsay OBE
Founder and CEO, Power The Fight
Ben Lindsay OBE is founder and CEO of Power The Fight, tackling violence affecting young people through community work and systems change. His experience spans local government, education, charities and church leadership. He is an author, speaker and doctoral researcher at Durham University, and received an OBE for services to communities in south-east London.
Jack Rowlands
Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service
Jack has 24 years’ policing experience across frontline and specialist roles. He developed the DIVERT programme, using custody as a teachable moment to support young people into employment, education and training. His work has spanned diversion, early years prevention and violence reduction.
Martin Griffiths
Consultant trauma and vascular surgeon, Barts Health
Martin Griffiths is a consultant trauma and vascular surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust. He developed a pioneering hospital-based intervention programme for people affected by interpersonal violence, connecting clinical care with prevention and support. He also teaches and mentors medical students and surgical trainees.
Homeboy Industries
Contributors to be confirmed
Homeboy Industries supports people formerly involved in gangs and people leaving prison through training, employment and rehabilitation. Based in Los Angeles, its approach combines practical opportunities with a supportive community that helps people rebuild their lives.
Kate Reed
Role and organisation to confirm
Biography to follow.
Preventing harm · Manchester
Damian Dallimore
Director, Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit · Chair
Damian Dallimore directs Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit. His work brings partners together around a public health approach to preventing violence, with a focus on children and young people and the role of education, communities and early intervention.
Steven Baker OBE
Founder and CEO, Everton Multi-Academy Trust
Steven has led four schools to outstanding Ofsted judgements and is a former Ofsted Inspector and Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching. His schools are recognised for compassionate, trauma-informed approaches. He co-authored A School Without Sanctions and chairs the Schools Wellbeing Partnership. He received an OBE in 2020 for services to education and combating hatred.
Erinma Bell
Co-founder and Chair, CARISMA
Erinma Bell co-founded CARISMA in 2003 to create positive alternatives to street and gun crime for young people in Manchester. Her work connects grassroots communities and public agencies through restorative justice, conflict resolution and peacebuilding. She received an MBE for voluntary services to her community and became a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester in 2011.
Jane Case
Assistant Director for Strategic Commissioning, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
Jane leads programmes supporting children and young people with neurodevelopmental needs, mental health challenges and complex care requirements. Her work spans autism and ADHD pathways, reducing inequalities and integrated approaches across health, education and social care.
Homeboy Industries
Contributors to be confirmed
Homeboy Industries supports people formerly involved in gangs and people leaving prison through training, employment and rehabilitation. Based in Los Angeles, its approach combines practical opportunities with a supportive community that helps people rebuild their lives.
Leo Moran
Role and organisation to confirm
Biography to follow.
Police, prosecution and courts · London
Nicky Padfield
Emeritus Professor of Criminal and Penal Justice, University of Cambridge · Chair
Nicky Padfield is Emeritus Professor of Criminal and Penal Justice at the University of Cambridge. A former Director of the Cambridge Centre for Criminal Justice and Master of Fitzwilliam College, her work addresses sentencing, imprisonment and release. She was appointed to the Government’s independent sentencing review panel in 2024.
Dr Shona Minson
Research Associate, Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford
Shona Minson is a criminologist at the University of Oxford whose work explores the effects of punishment on children and families. A former barrister, she researches parental imprisonment and children’s rights, and works with judges and practitioners to improve sentencing practice. She is the author of Maternal Sentencing and the Rights of the Child.
Catherine Roper
Chief Constable · National policing lead for Children and Young Persons
Catherine has more than 26 years’ policing experience across the Metropolitan Police and Wiltshire Police. Her career spans operational and leadership roles, specialist crime and community engagement. She holds the national Children and Young Persons portfolio and champions young people’s voices, tackling serious youth violence and strengthening trust.
Steph Roberts-Bibby
Chief Executive, Youth Justice Board
Steph Roberts-Bibby is Chief Executive of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales. Her previous roles include the Board’s Chief Operating Officer and prison governor posts at Winchester, Hewell and Brinsford. Her experience spans custodial leadership, resettlement and the development of prison operating models.
Dominic Goble
Presiding magistrate and Deputy Chair, The Crysalys Foundation
Dominic has over 32 years’ experience as a magistrate, including Youth Panel Chair, Bench Chair and Judicial College Board roles. He champions youth justice reform and trauma-informed support through Youth Court Solutions, with education at the heart of children’s future possibilities.
Andrea Simon
Victims’ Commissioner for London
Andrea Simon is London’s Victims’ Commissioner, appointed in 2026 to champion victims and survivors across the capital. Previously Director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, she brings experience of campaigning on violence against women and girls and improving responses across the criminal justice system.
Laura Cooper
Director, Youth Justice Legal Centre
Laura Cooper is a specialist youth justice lawyer at the Youth Justice Legal Centre. A solicitor advocate since 2011, she has represented children in police stations, youth courts and the Crown Court. She oversees the Centre’s national advice line and contributes to training, policy work and best practice legal guidance.
Police, prosecution and courts · Manchester
Keir Monteith KC
Barrister, Garden Court Chambers · Chair
Keir Monteith KC is a criminal defence barrister at Garden Court Chambers, an Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Manchester and a SHiFT trustee. His work includes challenging racial bias in criminal justice, and he co-authored Racial Bias and the Bench.
Lacey Foster
Greater Manchester Manager, Remedi
Lacey has worked in youth justice for 11 years, developing expertise in restorative approaches, victim services and partnership working. She has led consultations supporting HMIP inspections and is passionate about improving outcomes for children, victims and communities.
Jonathan Shilvock
Chief Inspector, Greater Manchester Police
Biography to follow.
Laura Cooper
Director, Youth Justice Legal Centre
Laura Cooper is a specialist youth justice lawyer at the Youth Justice Legal Centre. A solicitor advocate since 2011, she has represented children in police stations, youth courts and the Crown Court. She oversees the Centre’s national advice line and contributes to training, policy work and best practice legal guidance.
Nick Jeffreys
Head of Change – Youth Justice, Youth Endowment Fund
Nick qualified as a social worker in 2015 and has led Coventry’s Youth Justice Service and an Exploitation Team. His experience includes serious youth violence responses, mentoring projects and strategic needs assessments. His commitment grew from seeing the impact of violence on children while growing up in Birmingham.
Phil Bowen
Interim Chair, Youth Justice Board
Phil Bowen is Interim Chair of the Youth Justice Board. He previously led the Centre for Justice Innovation and worked in the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit. His career spans public policy, practical innovation and criminal justice reform.
Deborah Jump
Co-Director, Centre for Crime and Youth Justice Research, Manchester Metropolitan University
Deborah Jump is the Co-Director for the Centre for Crime and Youth Justice Research (CCYJR) at Manchester Metropolitan University. Over her career, Deborah has implemented various youth justice programmes in the areas of sport and desistance from crime, and also led on various Home Office and Ministry of Justice pilot interventions concerning young people. She has over 20 years’ experience of working in both youth work and youth justice. Deborah’s current research focuses on VAWG, trauma and mental health, with a particular interest in the impact of serious youth violence and forensic psychotherapeutic methods.
Workshop hosts
Preventing harm · Both cities
Alice Dawney
Common Ground Justice Project · Winning the argument
Alice Dawnay co-founded the Common Ground Justice Project after founding and leading prison resettlement charity Switchback. She brings more than 20 years’ experience in criminal justice and work with young adults, and also works as an Associate Prisons Inspector and consultant with a focus on equalities and fair treatment.
Sam Boyd
Common Ground Justice Project · Winning the argument
Sam Boyd is a co-founder of the Common Ground Justice Project. His experience spans youth homelessness, Parliament and social enterprise. Previously Director of Impact at Switchback, he helped the charity develop its influencing work, bringing frontline experience and the voices of young prison leavers into policy and public debate.
Jacob Dunne
Common Ground Justice Project · Winning the argument
Jacob Dunne is a campaigner, educator and author committed to restorative justice and systemic change. He wrote Right from Wrong and presented the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series The Punch. His experience inspired James Graham’s play PUNCH, and he works through the Common Ground Justice Project and Right from Wrong.
Micheál Griffiths
SHiFT · Love and Power parent panel chair
Micheál Griffiths is SHiFT’s Practice Development Lead specialising in education, training and employment. Their experience spans statutory and voluntary services, with a focus on inclusion, special educational needs and access to opportunities for young people.
Ifran Hanif
SHiFT Guide · Love and Power parent panel
Biography to follow.
Jane Stanley
SHiFT Guide · Love and Power parent panel
Biography to follow.
Aisosa Egharevba
SHiFT Guide · Love and Power parent panel
Biography to follow.
Kristine Langhoff
Trusted relationships as the engine of harm prevention
Kristine Langhoff is Professor of Social Work at the University of Sussex. Her work includes trauma-informed practice and participatory approaches with young people affected by violence and exploitation. She is a co-author of Beyond Risk in Adolescent Safeguarding.
Becky Warnock
Trusted relationships as the engine of harm prevention
Becky Warnock is a London-based artist and educator whose practice explores representation, identity and social justice. Her collaborative work uses the arts to open dialogue, question whose stories are told and create opportunities for participation.
Hilary Dixon
Director of Practice and Learning, SHiFT
Hilary previously worked in Youth Custody Services, focusing on preserving meaningful family connections for children in YOIs. Before her training as a systemic psychotherapist, Hilary served as a social worker in child protection teams in the London Boroughs of Ealing and Newham. She worked in a specialised domestic abuse team and an adolescent exploitation team, driven by her strong commitment to assisting children and young people facing challenges beyond their families.
Custodial system
Sam Fern
Head of Practices, SHiFT
A qualified social worker since 2007, Sam completed a post-graduate diploma in Applied Systemic Theory in 2013. With 15 years of experience working with children and families in statutory, hospital, and court settings, including the Family Drug and Alcohol Court, she has served as a frontline social worker, practice supervisor, and manager. She was a principal social worker in a London authority, leading strategy for services supporting missing and vulnerable children at risk of exploitation. Samantha later moved into a contextual safeguarding lead role before becoming Head of Practice at Collective Space, where she oversaw social and clinical work with children and families.
Hilary Dixon
Director of Practice and Learning, SHiFT
Hilary previously worked in Youth Custody Services, focusing on preserving meaningful family connections for children in YOIs. Before her training as a systemic psychotherapist, Hilary served as a social worker in child protection teams in the London Boroughs of Ealing and Newham. She worked in a specialised domestic abuse team and an adolescent exploitation team, driven by her strong commitment to assisting children and young people facing challenges beyond their families.
Phil Wragg
Changemaking in the adult secure estate
Biography to follow.
Professor Laura Abbott
Professor of Maternal Health in Criminal Justice, University of Hertfordshire
Laura is a registered midwife and leads the Lost Mothers Project. She co-founded Pregnancy in Prison International and the Prison Midwives Action Group. Her research received a Criminal Justice Alliance research excellence award in 2025.
Dave Maguire
Changemaking in the adult secure estate
Dave Maguire is Chief Executive of Back on Track. He previously led the Prison Reform Trust’s Building Futures programme for people serving long sentences. His work brings together research, charity leadership and lived experience to improve opportunities for people facing exclusion.
Switchback
Resettlement immersive · London
Switchback supports young Londoners leaving prison through consistent mentoring relationships on both sides of the prison gate. Alongside practical support and real work training, it helps people build stability and make lasting changes in their lives.
User Voice
Lived experience as a catalyst for change · London
User Voice works with people who have lived experience of the justice system to change how services are designed and delivered. Its work creates opportunities for people to influence decisions, repair harm and contribute to their communities.
Reintegration and conversations
Homeboy Industries
A conversation with Homeboy Industries
Homeboy Industries supports people formerly involved in gangs and people leaving prison through training, employment and rehabilitation. Based in Los Angeles, its approach combines practical opportunities with a supportive community that helps people rebuild their lives.
Bamboo Bicycle Club
Build to belong: who holds the tools?
Bamboo Bicycle Club brings people together to design, build and ride bamboo bicycles. Its workshops, education and community programmes combine practical skills, sustainable materials and collaborative making, including programmes in prisons.
Revolving Doors × Rehab Fitness
Lived experience-led community groups
Named contributors and biographies to follow.
Paula Harriott
Unlock · First Checks
Paula Harriott is Chief Executive of Unlock and a lived experience leader whose work centres equity, inclusion and challenging stigma. She previously led prisoner involvement at the Prison Reform Trust and held senior roles at User Voice and Revolving Doors. She founded the Prisoner Policy Network to strengthen participation in policy and advocacy.
Penelope Gibbs
First Checks
Penelope Gibbs founded Transform Justice in 2012. Previously a BBC radio producer and a magistrate, she led the Prison Reform Trust’s Out of Trouble campaign to reduce the imprisonment of children and young people. Her work focuses on improving justice policy and practice.
Sandra Barefoot
The Forgiveness Project · In conversation with Jacob Dunne, London
Sandra Barefoot is Executive Director of The Forgiveness Project. She brings more than 30 years’ experience in creative consultancy, programme management, facilitation, research and mentoring. An artist with a background in multidisciplinary practice, she embeds creative approaches in the organisation’s work.
Tony Simpson
Sodexo · In conversation with Jacob Dunne, Manchester
Biography to follow.
Dr Lorna Brookes
In conversation with Dr Gwen Adshead · Manchester
Lorna Brookes is a researcher at Liverpool John Moores University whose work focuses on children affected by parental imprisonment. She develops evidence-based support with children and families, including therapeutic and creative approaches that recognise children’s expertise in their own lives.
Reintegration and rehabilitation · What do we need to come home? · Tuesday 17 November, Manchester & Thursday 19 November, London · 13:30–14:30
Bilal Harry Khan
EDI workshop facilitator and youth worker
Biography to follow.
Charlie Rigby
Founder & CEO, The Violence Intervention Project (VIP)
Biography to follow.
Big Pitches
Manchester · Monday 16 November
Kate Westwood
Manchester Metropolitan University · A critical youth penality
Biography to follow.
Jimmy Bates
Virtual Decisions
Biography to follow.
Graham Helm
StreetGames
Graham Helm works with StreetGames on partnerships linking community sport, youth work and violence prevention. On secondment to Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit, he leads community sports activity within programmes shaped by young people and local communities.
Ian Thomas
Trainer, speaker and published researcher
Ian Thomas is a trainer, speaker and published researcher whose work centres on how people affected by care, trauma, addiction and the criminal justice system can be better understood and supported. Having experienced the care system, prison and addiction before building a sustained life in recovery, Ian brings lived experience together with more than 20 years' professional practice across foster care, criminal justice and international childcare reform. He holds a BA (Hons) in Social Work and an MA in Criminology with distinction, and is a doctoral researcher at Birmingham City University exploring how adults experience healing from childhood trauma. A TEDx speaker, Ian's work moves beyond understanding trauma towards creating the relational, organisational and social conditions in which healing becomes possible.
Manchester · Tuesday 17 November
Ben Harper
Quakers in Britain · Conflict resolution by young people, for young people
Ben has 25 years’ experience in education as a primary teacher, specialist leader in behaviour and attendance, and coach. He promotes relational and restorative practice across mainstream, alternative and informal education and volunteers as a Youth Justice Service panel member.
Lindsay Dalton
Ivison Trust · Parents’ experiences of child exploitation
Lindsay Dalton is Chief Executive of Ivison Trust, formerly Parents Against Child Exploitation. She leads work supporting families affected by child exploitation and campaigns for systems that protect children, recognise their victimisation and strengthen relationships with parents and carers.
Pippa Rous
Nordoff and Robbins · Listening beyond labels
Pippa Rous is a music therapist with Nordoff and Robbins. Her work includes client-led approaches with young people, using songwriting and music-making to support expression, development and individual interests.
Bev Raynor
Nordoff and Robbins · Listening beyond labels
Biography to follow.
Sarah Denman
Nordoff and Robbins · Listening beyond labels
Sarah Denman is a pianist and music therapist who has worked with Nordoff and Robbins for more than a decade. Her experience includes service development, national project management and music therapy with young people with additional needs in Manchester. She is also a trustee of OmniMusic.
Ruth Cox
Director of Services, Justlife Foundation · Life after custody
Ruth works to improve experiences of temporary accommodation through collaboration with people with lived experience. Her work includes supporting prison leavers’ transitions and convening Greater Manchester CAS3 One Team and Bolton Leaving Prison Well groups.
Agustus Stewart
Writing justice
Biography to follow.
Abi Billinghurst
Abianda · Participation is protection
Abi Billinghurst is founder and CEO of Abianda. With a background in youth work, she develops participatory, strengths-based approaches with young people affected by exploitation and violence. Her work centres young people’s right to influence the decisions and services that affect their lives.
Colin Michel
Co-Director, Resonant Collaboration · PhD researcher, University of Sussex
Colin Michel is Co-Director of Resonant Collaboration, a social enterprise working on youth safeguarding, relational practice and multi-agency systems change, and an ESRC-funded PhD researcher at the University of Sussex studying how youth and community workers take part in safeguarding arrangements. His career runs from direct practice in youth and community work to strategic leadership in the public sector.
London · Wednesday 18 November
Mike Worthington
People Architects · Architecture framing positive relationships
Biography to follow.
Vicky Fobel
Programme Director, Better Justice Coalition, User Voice
Vicky Fobel has led successful programmes and campaigns achieving government policy change. She has a background as a lawyer in magic circle firms and has led third-sector policy and communications teams in the health, poverty and VAWG sectors. She now leads policy influencing at User Voice.
Vicky is inspired by bringing people and organisations together to make change happen and brought together nine major third-sector organisations to form the Better Justice Coalition, hosted by User Voice. The coalition has examined the factors influencing government justice decision making, to learn how we can shift the political dial. She is now building and mobilising a movement for change to advocate for early intervention, diversion and effective community sentences.
Rackeem Reid
Co-founder and CEO, Bouncing Statistics · Navigational safeguarding
Rackeem is an entrepreneur, educational leader and doctoral researcher. Through education, mentoring, alternative provision and professional development, he works to challenge inequalities and improve outcomes. His approach brings together lived experience, research and leadership.
Alecky Blythe
Playwright
Alecky pioneers verbatim theatre using recorded conversations with real people. Her work includes London Road at the National Theatre, an award-winning musical nominated for an Olivier Award.
Daisy Hill-Norton
Co-founder, Surf Cerrito · From participants to leaders
Daisy co-founded Surf Cerrito, a Peruvian nonprofit using sport for positive change. Her work centres local leadership, gender equity and environmental action with young people, alongside facilitation, partnerships, fundraising and events.
Karen Lamb
Pupil Welfare and Safeguarding Officer, The Bemrose School · Resentment or restoration?
Karen is the School Mental Health Lead at an all-through school in Derby. A former dance and drama teacher and foster carer for 18 years, she holds a postgraduate qualification in therapeutic arts and champions non-shaming approaches.
Jimmy Bates
Virtual Decisions
Biography to follow.
Graham Helm
StreetGames
Graham Helm works with StreetGames on partnerships linking community sport, youth work and violence prevention. On secondment to Greater Manchester’s Violence Reduction Unit, he leads community sports activity within programmes shaped by young people and local communities.
Abi Billinghurst
Abianda · Participation is protection
Abi Billinghurst is founder and CEO of Abianda. With a background in youth work, she develops participatory, strengths-based approaches with young people affected by exploitation and violence. Her work centres young people’s right to influence the decisions and services that affect their lives.
London · Thursday 19 November
Rev Douglas Creighton
Facilitating Chaplain, HMP Edinburgh; Prisons Project Lead, AtaLoss · Bereavement and crime
Douglas supports bereavement work in prisons and introduced The Bereavement Journey programme at HMP Edinburgh in 2023.
Switchback
Relationship-based resettlement support
Switchback supports young Londoners leaving prison through consistent mentoring relationships on both sides of the prison gate. Alongside practical support and real work training, it helps people build stability and make lasting changes in their lives.
Joanne O’Connor
Founder and Director, Junction 42 · What do you see?
Joanne brings 25 years’ experience in the sector. Junction 42 works creatively through faith, employability and support for transitions from prison, with work across the North East and Edinburgh.
Dr Ron Dodzro
Clinical psychologist; Co-founder and Director, Psychologists The Streets Deserve · The life of Top Boy
Ron specialises in trauma, PTSD and the impact of community violence. His work includes medico-legal expertise, UK Trauma Council involvement and research exploring experiences that may be misread as defiance.
Professor Laura Abbott
University of Hertfordshire · Lost Mothers Project
Laura is Professor of Maternal Health in Criminal Justice and a registered midwife. She leads the Lost Mothers Project and co-founded Pregnancy in Prison International and the Prison Midwives Action Group.
Joni Emery
Director, Clinks
Joni champions lived experience, inclusive employment and leadership in the voluntary sector. She is a Third Sector Rising Star award winner and a trustee of Clean Break.
Lara Monro
Writer, creative strategist and funding consultant, Working With · Reading forgiveness
Lara has 11 years’ experience in the arts, supporting more than 500 creatives and helping secure £900,000 in funding. Her work connects access, creative writing and restorative justice.
Louise Smith
Criminal justice reform contributor · Life after prison
Biography to follow.
Mark Alexander
Criminal justice reform contributor · Life after prison
Biography to follow.
Naomi McGrath
Catch22 · Turning recall into reset
Biography to follow.
Ian Thomas
Trainer, speaker and published researcher
Ian Thomas is a trainer, speaker and published researcher whose work centres on how people affected by care, trauma, addiction and the criminal justice system can be better understood and supported. Having experienced the care system, prison and addiction before building a sustained life in recovery, Ian brings lived experience together with more than 20 years' professional practice across foster care, criminal justice and international childcare reform. He holds a BA (Hons) in Social Work and an MA in Criminology with distinction, and is a doctoral researcher at Birmingham City University exploring how adults experience healing from childhood trauma. A TEDx speaker, Ian's work moves beyond understanding trauma towards creating the relational, organisational and social conditions in which healing becomes possible.