Training

Prior to joining SEA in September 2021, Hannah worked for a multi-national bank holding specialist roles in secured underwriting and customer bereavement. In her role as Banking Specialist, Hannah draws on this experience to help to drive change within financial services. Hannah is committed to ensuring that all victim-survivors of economic and domestic abuse are able to access support without fear of discrimination.

Jasbinder is a trainer valued for her ability to work well with a wide range of audiences including workforce professional development and community outreach to vulnerable adults. Drawing on over 25 years in the charity sector she brings a lively and highly engaging approach to her workshops and training, tacking complex and sensitive issues with passion and sensitivity.

With over 12 years’ experience in the community sector, Eleni draws upon her experience of working across many fields of complex needs such as domestic abuse, substance misuse and working with care experienced young people. Eleni is SEA’s training lead for the Labyrinth Project, providing training and resources on economic abuse, coerced debt and financial capabilities across Women’s Centres in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Eleni is passionate about supporting women and their children to find physical, emotional and economic safety in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ian is a Coerced Debt Specialist in the Specialist Team at SEA. Ian contributes to the successful delivery of the Economic Abuse Evidence Form (EAEF) Pilot Project, whilst also providing expertise on economic abuse and debt/benefits to professionals, industry bodies and policy makers. Ian read History at Birmingham University and achieved a commendation in his subsequent Postgraduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course. Ian trained as a solicitor, qualifying in 2009. He has extensive experience of working for various charities in the third sector. He is also a fully accredited member of the Institute of Money Advisers (IMA).

Jeanie has more than 30 years experience of designing and delivering training across a range of settings. She has worked nationally with both statutory and voluntary children and young people’s organisations, and for the last six years has managed a women’s centre project in Devon. In 2018, she undertook a year-long project identifying ‘what works’ in relation to supporting women at risk of economic abuse, and became involved with SEA since learning about the number of women entering the justice system as a result of partner-related debt.

Carla’s background is as a vulnerability specialist in the financial services sector, as well as a collections specialist. Carla’s role at SEA involves providing training for financial services professionals to support them to recognise and respond to economic abuse. She is committed to developing responses to economic abuse within the financial sector, ensuring all victim survivors are empowered.

Aarti has more than 15 years’ experience of working with survivors of domestic and sexual abuse and delivering community-based treatment programmes to perpetrators of intimate partner violence. She has extensive experience of tackling FGM, founding Leicester’s first FGM awareness-raising campaign and developing innovative in-house risk assessment processes to identify FGM. Aarti adopts an empowering, supportive, and inclusive approach to her training delivery. Aarti is currently a Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at Coventry University.