Trustee Directors

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We have a team of Directors who enable us to achieve our values

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Julia Margaret Acott

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Founder and Director of Alternatives Trust East London, working for the last 25 years holistically supporting vulnerable, destitute women and their children.  Counsellor (MA Counselling and Psychotherapy, BSc Integrative Counselling, PG Dip Supervision).  Newham resident for 36 years with a passion to make a difference to the most vulnerable in our community.

 

Eva Catherine Mary Price

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With long experience in church pastoral work, Eva has training in benefits & debt advice and advocacy, basic and cross cultural counselling. She has an understanding of immigration issues relating to no recourse clients and a number of practical skills.  She worked as Support Manager for Just Homes Women’s Project for 11 years until 2017.  She was a founder member of the Alternatives Trust East London volunteer team, working with a similar client group to Just Homes women’s project as a trained adviser, and continues as one of their trustees.  She has overseas experience, having worked in Bangladesh for 7 years, speaks Bengali and has an understanding of Asian culture. She continues to work part time as pastoral worker and Elder with her church in East London.

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Pia Ellis

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Pia has a background in Communications and Business Management, with experience advising senior leaders at some of the world’s best-known financial organisations. She currently works for HSBC  as a Director and Chief of Staff, responsible for articulating and executing key strategic and operational initiatives and embedding the vision and strategy into Global Payments Solutions. Pia is Co-Chair of HSBC’s Flexible Working Network and was previously School Governor and Finance Chair of two Harris Primary Academies.