03/12/2025
I’m incredibly proud to serve as a trustee at Grampian Women’s Aid, alongside a fantastic team of trustees.
Today we spent time with the staff—getting to know them better, building stronger bridges between trustees and the team.
The work they do is brave. It’s also intense. They have to maintain confidentiality, meaning they can’t share what they witness—not even with their partners. They navigate crisis, trauma, and risk daily. And yet, when we asked them how they feel about their work, they said they love it.
That tells you something about the people who choose this path. And it tells you something about what becomes possible when you add dignity, care, and justice to your work.
I wish I could share a photo of the incredible team at Grampian Women’s Aid. For safety reasons, some of them cannot have their faces made public. And that’s part of the reality of this work—the risks are real, and the women in the room today were ready to take them.
So what you see here are the trustees—not because we are important, but because some of the women who do this work, and many of the women who survive , cannot be in this picture. Link to GWA in the comments
