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Annual Review
Progress 2012
Chief Executive’s Report Dr Kim Brown
The Hampton Trust is a small charity with a big reputation. Our reputation has been built on the enthusiasm, dedication, and expertise of our staff and volunteers as we strive to deliver the best possible services for the people we work alongside. So, I am pleased in one way to report that this past year has seen the Trust engage with more individuals than ever before in building positive relationships and resilience through fostering effective solutions to violence, abuse, conflict and social isolation. Yet, it saddens me to know there is still so much more we could be doing if we were not restrained by ever diminishing resources.
2012 Highlights Despite the additional challenges for charities such as ours in this economic climate to become more entrepreneurial, The Hampton Trust has continued to become a National Centre of Excellence for improving the life chances of those with experience of conflict in their lives. So far, our charitable activities have expanded across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Southampton, Devon, Gloucestershire and the Channel Islands. We plan to build on this expansion to deliver services in more areas of the United Kingdom. One way we are going to do this is through a social franchise approach to one of our most successful programmes, the LINX programme for children and young people showing escalating signs of violent behaviour. This programme has been achieving amazing results. You can read more about LINX in the body of this report. 1
In the spring of 2012, we were delighted to open our own Ecotherapy Centre on the Isle of Wight complete with a flock of sheep in residence. From this centre we deliver nature programmes based on experiential learning techniques that utilise nature as a metaphor for the challenges individuals may be experiencing in their lives. The Centre is building on the resources available for young people and families in the area, with a permaculture section being developed, as well as accreditation for participants. A range of outcome based activities are delivered from the Centre which acts as a base for all our projects and programmes in that locality. This includes our Integrated Support Service for Perpetrators, victims and children with experience of domestic abuse, work with victims and survivors of sexual violence, children showing signs of escalating violence, and our evolving work on safeguarding vulnerable older adults.
Future Plans We have plans to develop Ecotherapy hubs across Hampshire with the first one being established in Portsmouth during the latter part of 2012. Further developments this year have included working with the Home Office and Hampshire Police to design and deliver a programme for police cautions on domestic abuse (Project CARA), the implementation of a programme on domestic abuse in prison, and research into the needs of older people at risk of abuse.
For the coming year, the Trust remains committed to delivering excellent evidence - based programmes and to undertaking research and pathfinder projects in relation to all our areas of work right across the age spectrum. We will provide services for victims as well as perpetrators of violence and abuse, for individuals, families, as well acting as a resource for professionals and public requiring information about violence, abuse, and conflict.
I look forward to seeing some of the hard work we are putting in place now coming to fruition in 2013 as the Trust goes from strength to strength and more people benefit from our programmes and projects.
Progress 2012
Board of Trustee Chair Sue Wade
This Annual Report provides an account of a year of expanding work based on solid evidence-based programmes delivered by exceptionally creative and committed staff. The outcomes achieved and the life chances that have improved as a result are an impressive testimony to the productive relationships between Hampton Trust staff and volunteers and the people they serve. It has been a great privilege to be associated with this charity for the past ten years in various roles.
I retire as Chair this year and would like to thank the staff and trustees of the Hampton Trust for their continuing commitment to the work that we do. I hand over to the incoming Chair, Rodney Hogg, at an exciting time.
2012 Highlights The highlights are the opening on the Isle of Wight of our first ecotherapy centre which we hope will be a model for future delivery in other areas, and the continuing success of the Linx programme which as a result of BIG Lottery funding will be
ready for expanding through franchising so that it is available to many other people who need help. That for me has been the reason to be committed to the work of the Hampton Trust. It makes a huge difference to the lives of people who use its services and involves those people in the design and future delivery of new services.
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ADAPT Domestic Abuse Integrated Support Service The domestic abuse programmes run by the Trust aim to reduce the prevalence and impact of domestic abuse on children/young people and enhance the personal safety of the victim. This is our Integrated Support Service which is called ADAPT and each programme is of 30 weeks duration. This service delivers a structured and evidence based programme to perpetrators of domestic abuse whilst providing support for their victims and aiming to increase safety of children. In 2011/12 we continued to deliver our integrated support service according to the national standards set down by Respect.
Adhering to these standards ensures the very real risks of significant harm to both victims and children are minimised. We deliver ADAPT across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and provide consultancy to Jersey. In November 2011 we secured a contract with Guernsey to set up and deliver ADAPT on the Channel Islands. 3
Referrals To Date Adapt Referrals 60 192
Year 130
07/08 08/09 09/10
172
149
10/11 11/12
During the course of the year we received 192 referrals to the programmes in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight compared to 172 referrals the previous year. The year before that we received 149 referrals, compared to 130 referrals in 08/09, and 60 referrals in 07/08. We also made contact with 223 partners or ex partners of individuals on the perpetrator programme involving 512 children in comparison to 188 contacts with women and 403 children the previous year. The highest referral rate for families into the service comes from Children’s Services (104) followed by self-referral (31). These figures demonstrate a year on year increase in referrals to our family centred integrated domestic abuse service as the Trust continues to receive recognition of our high quality provision.
This year we were invited to speak at the annual CAFCASS conference representing Integrated Support Services across the country. One additional factor in the programme that is proving to be working well is where men who have completed the perpetrator programme offer voluntary support and mentorship to other men starting out on ADAPT.
“In November 2011 we secured a contract to set up and deliver ADAPT on the Channel Islands.”
ADAPT is one of the sites for Project Mirabel which is a national research project being carried out by London Metropolitan and Durham Universities. The research is examining how domestic abuse Integrated Support Services can provide safety for women and children. Only Integrated Support Services meeting the Respect standards of safety, with a clear model of work, and robust woman’s safety can take part in Mirabel. The ADAPT service is funded through contributions from local authorities as well as by CAFCASS who spot purchase placements on the programme.
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Domestic Abuse Support Services Prison Based Domestic Abuse
Domestic Abuse Training and Education
Conditional Cautioning and Domestic Abuse
Conditional Cautioning and Domestic Abuse
This year saw us delivering a pilot project on domestic abuse awareness in Winchester Prison.
Educating other professionals about Domestic Abuse is paramount to the Trust. Under a contract with Hampshire County Council we provide training courses for HCC staff.
The Trust also took part in the initial consultations to develop a pilot model of Conditional Cautioning where domestic abuse has been identified through police call out.
The pilot will be carefully monitored and evaluated by the University of Cambridge through a randomised controlled trial.
To date 283 professionals have completed our course on domestic abuse awareness.
This has involved a partnership with Hampshire Constabulary, with the pilot sanctioned by the Crown Prosecution Service and the Home Office.
Eight men successfully completed the first course and provided us with feedback on their experiences of participating in the programme. Their contribution to the evaluation has helped us evolve the programme and start delivery with the second course. This project is funded by proceeds from Winchester Prison Tea Bar with additional funding from the Trusts grants fund.
‘Domestic Abuse Awareness in Winchester Prison’
In March 2012 we secured a contract with Guernsey Home Office to deliver a domestic abuse education programme in schools on the island. This programme is based on expertise gained through delivering domestic abuse awareness to children and young people on the LINX programme.
This was in response to the high number of simple cautions being issued for domestic incidents.
The projected throughput is 192 males and 48 females in 20 cohorts over the next twelve months. If the domestic abuse awareness Conditional Cautioning proves to be successful in reducing risk, there will be potential for the programme we have designed to be rolled out nationally and impact on National Policy. The pilot is being funded by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary.
The pilot is being seen as an opportunity for early intervention in domestic abuse.
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Domestic Abuse
Support Services continued.. Turnaround – Children and Domestic Abuse The Trust runs a programme for children aged 8 years and upwards who have been exposed to domestic abuse (Turnaround). The programme is aimed at enhancing the safety of the child and improving their emotional literacy. In 2011/12 worked with 71 children with direct experience of domestic abuse across Hampshire and 24 on the Isle of Wight making a total of 95 children. In 2010/11 we ran 15 programmes for 82 children whilst in 2009/10 we ran 10 programmes. In keeping with our other domestic abuse programmes we continue to see a year on year increase in referrals and expansion of our service delivery.
Independent Sexual Violence Advocate The Home Office continued to fund the Hampton Trust during the year for the position of a part time Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA) on the Isle of Wight. Since setting up the service the ISVA has now established robust provision on the island for victims of sexual crime. The standard is to make contact with a victim within 48 hours of referral. The first year of delivery saw 28 referrals and engagement with 15 victims, whilst this last year has resulted in 35 individuals engaged with the service, and support for five individuals through the court process.
The Isle of Wight Community Safety Group contributed towards the cost of establishing an e-support service to enhance support capacity for the part time ISVA. Based on the findings emanating from this service we are exploring the potential for the development of work on child sexual exploitation through consultation with key stakeholders.
The ISVA provides support for interventions such as injunctions, prohibitive steps order, housing, safety, rape reduction and MARAC (multi agency risk assessment committee) Court support alone can result in extensive involvement for one individual.
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Due to increasing levels of reputed abuse among older people, the Trust carried out a consultation process with key stakeholders and with potential service users to determine ways to meet this increasing perceived need. The consultation highlighted a need for the Trust to consider delivering services specific to the older age groups. More specifically the consultation showed the service should be designed around the needs of older adults diagnosed with a life limiting condition, such as dementia. Evidence suggests this is the group most likely to be the recipients of unintentional abuse.
ISVA Referrals (IOW) An interim evaluation of the programme showed children reported up to a 43% increase in their emotional literacy at the conclusion of the programme. The programme is funded by Lloyds with an additional grant to increase capacity from Hampshire Children’s Services.
Elder Abuse
10/11 11/12
Further research has highlighted a model of practice the Trust is ready to implement. Funding sources are being explored.
Progress 2012
LINX Project
Young People and Violence As the LINX programme, funded by the Big Lottery, continues to go from strength to strength The Hampton Trust is becoming a National Centre of Excellence in helping to rebuild empathy amongs young people showing signs of violence, conflict and abuse. This is an interactive programme for young people convicted, or at risk of being convicted, of a violent offence. LINX Coordinators work directly with Youth Offending teams, secure units and schools across Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Gloucestershire and Devon.
During the year we saw Courts utilising LINX as part of a court ordered programme, often as part of an alternative to a custodial sentence. A total of 56 young people completed LINX under a court order. Independent data from Youth Offending Teams shows that of those who completed LINX, 95% did not re-offend for up to one year after completion. Of the remaining 5% who did re-offend, LINX facilitators were able to provide valuable risk management statement.
In 2009/10 (see chart) we received 170 referrals to the programme which increased the following year to 350. By the end of 2011/12 we had worked with 1,035 young people with a ratio of slightly more males than females. To date over 280 practitioners from partner agencies have been given ‘Train the Trainer’ LINX training compared to 180 the previous year.
Referrals
The knowledge we are gaining from delivering to a growing number of young people and professionals means we are accruing a strong evidence base for LINX. The LINX Manager and County Coordinators have been training other key professionals such as teachers, youth workers, social workers, nurses and other voluntary sector providers on how to deliver the LINX programme.
LINX Statistics
170 Year 350
09/10 10/11
1035
11/12
A research study by the University of Southampton investigated the impact of LINX on mental health. This concluded that LINX had a statistically significant impact in improving self concept, with a 95% confidence that improvements were due to participating in the LINX programme (Arnold 2011). A further study into LINX by the University of Southampton about violent young women concluded that there was ‘overwhelmingly positive feedback from the girls attending LINX that suggests the programme should be delivered to other groups of young women who have witnessed domestic violence and who are exhibiting violent behaviour’ (Andow 2009).
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LINX Project Cont.. Young People and Violence A third study by the University of Southampton investigated the impact of LINX on violent behaviour. This concluded that LINX has a statistically significant impact in reducing violent behaviour, with a 95% confidence that improvements were due to participating in LINX (Arnold 2011).
Early analysis of Impact Statements from schools demonstrates that LINX has a positive impact on school attendance, increases educational attainment, and reduces ‘parking’ (internal exclusions) temporary, and permanent exclusions. During the year we commenced the initial development of a social franchise for the LINX programme. Contact was made with a company that is supporting our work. Three franchises will be underway by December 2012.
In March we received acknowledgement that our success with this programme was to be rewarded with a further year’s extension of funding from the Big Lottery.
The programme, fully funded until October 2013, can continue evaluating the effectiveness of the programme through a randomised controlled trial overseen by Professor Meek and a Doctoral student from the University of Southampton.
LINX has received recognition of the very positive outcomes it is obtaining for children and young people through the following national and local awards and media coverage: • • • • • • • • 7
Runner up in the Howard League for Penal Reform award (2011). Highly Commended programme in the Young People Now Youth Justice Award (2011) LINX Intern shortlisted for the Young People Now Young Achiever of the Year (2011). BC news - national coverage on LINX as an intervention for ‘Girl Gangs’ (Sue Littlemore) BBC documentary – Shaun’s Story (BBC Learning Films) – the story of our LINX intern Documentary – Don’t Hit My Mum (Alesha Dixon ) Local radio coverage in Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire and IOW Winner of the Rural Community Council award for children and young people
Progress 2012
Children
Support Services Mentoring Children Young People, Mental Health Throughout 2011/12, we continued to offer support to young people experiencing mental distress on the Isle of Wight through a volunteer mentor. This programme was supported by funding from MIND in relation to delivery of a volunteer specialist adolescent mental health mentoring service for children and young people experiencing mental distress.
During the year we developed a model for extending our mentoring services to establish an e-mentor secure package. The intention is to utilise media that young people are familiar with to develop delivery of on-line services that are easily accessible and user friendly. We will build on this model throughout the next year.
Ecotherapy MIND funded the lease on a farm property on the IOW in order to provide the base for our developing Ecotherapy programme.
Although we delivered a nature based programme from a farm, we continued to promote delivery of the programme in schools. In 2011/12 we developed nature educational work in the community, and participated in ecological developments in the wider area.
Volunteers on this project subsequently joined the volunteer base working on the Ecotherapy programme based on the IOW. The funding for this project ended in March and resulted in 15 volunteers being trained as specialist adolescent mental health mentors. These specialist volunteers worked with over 30 children and young people on a one to one basis providing them with additional support. All targets within our funding agreement were successfully met.
Built into this package is a contract secured with a local authority to assist with their existing o- line resource where young people can discuss their issues in real time with health professionals. Young people have been instrumental in the design of the health on line resource as well as general practitioners. We will continue to work with them throughout the coming year.
The Ecotherapy project involves young people in a three month programme of nature activities aimed at connecting them with nature and their local communities. Since commencing delivery of this award in January 2012 we have been involved with ten schools.
Young people on the programme have actively been reaching out to their wider communities. In 2011/12 we had a footfall of 5,626 contacts, mainly through educational presence at festivals and public gatherings. They gain a John Muir award on completion of the programme.
Our aim is to grow this Ecotherapy project into a social enterprise that will ensure the programme is sustainable long after funding from Natural England and MIND has ceased. During the year we have been evolving the resources that will be required to do this, including raised growing beds, poly tunnels, a franchisable nature programme for young people, hock of sheep and the design of a mobile bug zoo.
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Families and Children Support Services Parenting This year we were funded by Hampshire County Council to deliver the Webster Stratton model of parenting (Incredible Years) alongside a Turnaround group for the parents and children affected by domestic violence. The 12 week course takes parents of children between 2 and 10 years of age. We supported 12 parents and 8 children in this project. Incredible Years (IY) focuses on dealing with conflict and de-escalating arguments.
We were also funded by Women’s’ Aid in Basingstoke to deliver IY where 14 parents benefitted from attendance of the parents on this group, in turn helping a total of 36 children.
We were commissioned by the Isle of Wight Local Authority to design a parenting programme for parents with experience of domestic abuse. The package we developed is for the non abusing parent. We are keen to see how we can roll this programme out and expand it by developing a similar parenting package for perpetrators on our HT domestic abuse programmes.
Family Group Conferencing
Buddying
During 2011/12 our contract to deliver child welfare family group conferences (FGC) in Southampton concluded.
This year has seen an addition in our Mentoring programmes to include a programme for children with additional needs.
We delivered against all our targets of 40 FGCs per annum over the three year period of the contractual arrangements. However, we continue to deliver child welfare FGC’s on the Isle of Wight on a ‘spot purchase’ basis having completed 10 FGC’s under a contractual arrangement. We undertook the initial research and design of a model of practice based on FGC’s within the context of elder abuse. The ensuing model is based on extensive consultation with potential service users, carers, and other family members.
In these cases we rely on our volunteers to work we rely on alongside young people identified as requiring additional one to one support.
This can be for a variety of reasons, for example a diagnosis of autism. The aim of the project is to help young people start the move towards independent living. The volunteer buddy works alongside the young person and their family to initiate this process. To date we have worked with 12 parents, 11 young people have been buddied and we have trained and supported 12 volunteers. The pilot project is being delivered with support of a grant from Barnados.
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Volunteer and Youth Involvement
Volunteer Involvement The Trust is grateful for the involvement of its many volunteers who are instrumental in Trust activities. Much of our work is dependent on our recruiting, training and retaining high quality volunteers in the community. This includes volunteers on the Integrated Support Service and the Ecotherapy project as well as LINX volunteers, adolescent mental health mentors, and volunteer buddies working alongside children with additional needs. All volunteers on the young peoples’ programmes have the opportunity to undergo training that provides them with an Open College Network accredited certificate in Mentoring and Befriending. In 2009/10 we had 48 volunteers on our books.
All volunteers were willing to give their time and often considerable expertise to the Trust and the children and young people we worked with.
During 2011/12 we employed two individuals via this route, including one young person as an intern.
Volunteer Awards
Of those volunteers we trained 14 as Specialist Volunteer Mentors in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
We have an active policy of encouraging previous service users to become highly effective volunteers on our programmes.
2009/10 saw the inception of the Hampton Trust Youth Forum. We were delighted that 12 young people who were previous recipients of all of our programmes volunteered to take part. The primary focus was to help steer the Hampton Trust in its delivering young person centred services.
In 2010/11, we had 46 volunteers and trained a further 12 as specialist mentors with 3 mentors trained to assist with the Domestic Abuse Integrated Support Service. This past year has seen us increase our volunteer base whilst retaining volunteers from previous years.
Youth Forum
In August 2012 one of our volunteer’s - Andrea Fitzpatrick (based in Havant) was recognised for her commitment to volunteering by the Havant Volunteer Centre. Thank you Andrea for your hard work and dedication!
The forum was a great source of support in helping develop and assisting with business plans, leaflets, and are assisting with the development of our new website. 2011/12 saw this group of young people move on with their lives, some to college, some to university and all to greater independence. Based on our experience of the forum, we have introduced youth participation in all of our youth projects.
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The Hampton Trust Other Involvements
Overseas Communities In 2010/11 the Chief Executive, Dr Kim Brown took a short sabbatical to research domestic abuse in Afro-Caribbean communities by forging links with specialists in the field in the West Indies.
Social Work Students Throughout the year we continued to have strong links with Southampton and Solent Universities. During the past twelve months we have had three very successful Social Work placement students.
Feedback from the students suggests they feel they have gained a breadth of experience that will greatly assist their future work.
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We have continued to retain our quality standard achievement of ISO9001.
Facilitation Our Resources Manager continued to provide administration for the Isle of Wight Youth Inclusion Forum.
2011/2012 also saw the Trust’s Deputy Chief Executive They have worked closely with working alongside street the staff across all our frontline children in Kenya (see photo). services as well as This involved the administration of the Forum’s attending domestic abuse, The knowledge gained from grant funding for community ADAPT and LINX training the experience of working projects and the organisation within the agency. directly with clients and of the annual High Sheriff’s specialists from other Young Peoples Awards. communities has helped expand the skills and expertise of two key leaders 2011/2012 saw the Trust’s Deputy Chief of the Trust. It has ensured Executive working alongside street the Trust has a place in future children in Kenya. overseas developments, whilst being able to apply the knowledge gained in those communities nearer home. Links have also been made with Ecotherapy projects in Brazil and France. We also continue to maintain previous partnerships connections on domestic abuse programmes with Austria and Sweden.
Quality Standards
Considerable work has been undertaken towards evidencing all the 106 safety standards required by Respect for accreditation with their national Integrated Support Service for perpetrators and victims of domestic abuse. We will be assessed for this award in 2012/13
Progress 2012
Research and Grants Funders and Supporters Research
Grants Fund
The Trust is increasingly becoming recognised as a centre for rigorous research derived from the projects and programmes we deliver.
The Trust has been responsible for making grants to individuals who are clients of the Probation and Youth Offending services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Awards such as those we received for LINX during the year would not have been possible without the evidence base showing what LINX is achieving. We now have academic connections with the Universities of Southampton, Bournemouth, Brighton, Solent, as well as with the Universities of Auckland and Graz. Further research included work on child sexual exploitation.
During 2009/10 a total of 245 grants were awarded averaging ÂŁ35 per grant. In 2010/11, 211 grants were made at an average of ÂŁ31.00 per grant. In 2011/12 the Trustees made the decision to change the format of the grants allocation to be more equitable and outcome focused by utilising the available funding to provide for an educational resource. Funding was allocated to supporting the development of the prison based domestic abuse awareness programme. Discussions resulted in further funding being ring fenced for the purchase of an educational establishment. We intend to source this centre in 2012/13 where we will run educational programmes for children and adults.
With special thanks to our Funders & Supporters Access to Nature Barnardos BIG CAFCASS Devon Local Authority ECO MINDS Gloucestershire Local Authorty Guernsey State Department Hampshire Constabulary Hampshire County Council Havant Borough Council Home Office HSBC Isle of Wight Council Isle of Wight PTCG Isle of Wight Youth Inclusion Forum Jersey DV Forum Lloyds TSB MIND OFV Monument Trust Portsmouth City Council Southampton City Council Swanwick Lodge Wessex Youth Offending Team Winchester Prison Tea Bar
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Testimonials From all services
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“A relationship is not just about me.”
“The programme is excellent”
“I’ve learnt new techniques to manage my behaviour”
“ I wasn’t judged.”
ADAPT
ADAPT
ADAPT
ADAPT
“Thank you for opening my eyes.”
“I respect my wife now and my son feels safer.”
“Thank you for opening my eyes on my abusive behaviour. I now accept responsibility for my own actions and believe I have the tools to combat negative situations in relationships appropriately. Jan was extremely easy to talk to and brought enjoyment to my sessions”
ADAPT
ADAPT
ADAPT
“The LINX Programme has helped us improve our behavioural problems massively by them explaining how our past experiences and our behaviours are linked. I loved the exercises as they were fun but we also learnt from them.”
“Sometimes we behave bad because of what has happened to us in our pasts.”
“The LINX programme is about showing us that there is a link between our experiences, our feelings and our behaviour”
LINX
LINX
LINX
“It is so important the children have a support network for them, that’s able to be there and where they have safety’.”
“I thought it was going to be just people talking to you, but it was fun and cool’
“I liked it there, they were nice. I am sad to finish Turnaround and would come again if I could”
“I find I can now do a lot more things like feeling more confident.”
TURNAROUND (parent)
TURNAROUND
TURNAROUND
TURNAROUND
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Trustees and Staff 2011/2012
Board of Trustees
Contact Us
Sue Wade (Chair)
The Hampton Trust Fairways House Mount Pleasant Road Southampton SO14 0QB
Rodney Hogg (Vice Chair) Nigel Appleby (Treasurer) Andrew Brooker Maureen O’Flynn Sheila Wade
T: 02380 213520 F: 02380 213530 www.hamptontrust.org.uk www.facebook.com/thehamptontrust Charity Number: 1055209
Management Team Dr Kim Brown, Chief Executive Email : kim.brown@hamptontrust.org.uk Chantal Hughes, Deputy Chief Executive Email : chantal.hughes@hamptontrust.org.uk Karen Jordan, Families and Young People’s Manager Email : karen.jordan@hamptontrust.org.uk Debbie Willis, LINX Programme Manager Email : debbie.willis@hamptontrust.org.uk Sara Kirkpatrick, Domestic Abuse Practice and Development Manager Email: sara.kirkpatrick@hamptontrust.org.uk Jan Howell, ADAPT Manager Email: jan.howell@hamptontrust.org.uk Tara Doel, Company Secretary and Resources Manager Email : tara.doel@hamptontrust.org.uk Rachel Bathard, Marketing Manager Email : rachel.bathard@hamptontrust.org.uk 14
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