My role

I lead work focused on changing the way systems respond to women’s homelessness in Leeds – removing barriers to housing, amplifying lived experience, and influencing policy across the city and region. With over 10 years’ experience in homelessness and housing, I’ve worked extensively with marginalised communities across Leeds and Kirklees, always centring trauma-informed and gender-responsive approaches.

My work aims to make hidden homelessness visible – particularly the experiences of women in unsafe, precarious, or transactional housing situations – and ensure this insight drives real change in services and strategy. As a queer person, I also recognise the importance of representation and the need for inclusive spaces that reflect the realities of non-binary and trans people facing homelessness, particularly where those identities intersect with womanhood and marginalisation.

Key areas of focus:
Leeds Women’s Homelessness and Housing Frontline Network (via St Martin’s): Brings together practitioners across sectors to share insights, access training, and influence systems from the frontline.

Lloyds Bank Foundation partnership: Supporting the Ending Women’s Hidden Homelessness initiative to embed learning across local organisations, strengthen housing pathways, and create co-produced opportunities for women with lived experience to lead and shape system change – keeping their hearts and minds at the centre of the work.

My background