Sarah is responsible for Crisis’ evidence and best practice agenda across England, Wales and Scotland. This includes evaluation of Crisis’ own services and ensures solutions to homelessness are underpinned by robust evidence and disseminated to affect change in systems and policy. Sarah sits on the Programme Board which is leading Crisis’ ambition to become a provider of housing through acquisition of property across England. Sarah has managed large scale projects such as the implementation of a Housing First programme in Manchester, large Grant Programmes distributing over £6.3m to more than 500 charities and a national training offer for large financial institutions. Sarah is also a Trustee at RMC, a large charity working with refugees in the West Midlands and am the lead trustee for Safeguarding on the Board.
Current Role Responsibilities:
- Delivering a comprehensive programme of evidence to meet an influencing agenda with governments across GB
- Developing place-based work including long term local authority and third sector partnerships, evidence- based solutions and influencing strategies
- Ensuring best practice solutions are delivered for organisations and key audiences and that the solutions are co-produced with people who have experience of homelessness
- Developing and maintaining a network of strategic relationships and partnerships in support of evidence and impact objectives with key individuals in academia, housing and homelessness sectors and local and central governments
Before joining Crisis, Sarah worked at Shelter as a legal adviser specialising in housing, homelessness, and community care law, where she also managed a range of programmes and projects including for those with complex needs. Sarah was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to study strategies for ending women’s homelessness in North America—insights from which are now shaping the development of housing solutions for women members at Crisis