About This Webinar
Together for Children works on behalf of Sunderland City Council to deliver children’s services. As part of ongoing efforts to use the experiences of children, young people and families to shape and improve services, it has commissioned several pieces of research by the University of Sunderland to look at what works - even when services are offered to small numbers or are so sensitive in nature that few families are willing to share their stories openly.

Walking On Eggshells - an evaluation of domestic abuse services in Sunderland - is the latest piece of research to come out of this collaboration.
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    MA Healthcare Team
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    Daniel McAllister
    Director of fundraising and communications, Marine Society and Sea Cadet
    Daniel McAllister – an experienced fundraiser following 16-year career in the charity sector. Having grown up in Kenya, Togo and what was Zaire, Daniel knew he would always work in the third sector – to date this has included overseas aid and development, health, homelessness, mental health and now youth development as Director of Fundraising & Communications for Marine Society & Sea Cadets.
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    Anna Louise Spencer
    Post-grad researcher, Goldsmiths
    Anna Louise Spencer is a social researcher and project manager specialising in innovation and impact in youth work, community work and social change. Currently, Anna is a communications and policy officer for the North of Tyne Combined Authority. She is also a post-graduate researcher with the department of Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies at Goldsmiths University of London. From 2019 to 2020 Anna worked as the lead researcher on the My LegaSea research project funded by Sea Cadets exploring the long-term impact of youth work.
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    Tony Jeffs
    Honorary lecturer, Durham University
    Tony Jeffs is a Fellow and Honorary Lecturer at Durham University, UK, and Visiting Tutor at Ruskin College, Oxford, and Bedfordshire University, UK. Amongst his many publications are Young People and the Youth Service (1979); Youth Work (1988 with Mark Smith); Henry Morris (1999) Informal Education (1999 with Mark Smith) and Essays in the History of Youth Work (2001) and Architects of Change. Studies in the history of community and youth work (2004) (both edited with Ruth Gilchrist and Jean Spence).
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    Veronika Neyer
    Former director of policy and young people support, Marine Society and Sea Cadets
    Veronika is a values based senior leader with over 20 years’ experience of working in the voluntary and community sector.

    Veronika developed, managed and led services at The Children’s Society supporting a wide range of different groups including young people sexually and criminally exploited and young people and families navigating their way through the asylum system. She then moved to Barnardo’s where she worked as an Assistant Director leading on all service mobilisations and transformation for the Southeast and Anglia region.

    Veronika is MSSC’s former Director of Policy and Young People Support where she was responsible for Policy & Insight, Health & Safety, Data Protection, Risk management and Business planning.

    Veronika now works as an independent consultant (Zimba Services Limiteed), non-executive Director and trustee aiming to bring about systemic change and improved outcomes for children, families and communities in need of support.
    Veronika holds degrees in Occupational Therapy and Sociology & Cultural studies and a post-graduate diploma in Voluntary Sector Management.
    Veronika loves yoga, being in nature and travelling.
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