Cathy is the Volunteer Coordinator for the Invisible Walls family support project at HMP Winchester, managing a team of up to 80 volunteers who help to run the Visitors Centre and Play Area at the prison. The project aims to support the Dads inside maintain strong family bonds through parenting courses, one to one support and provision of play activities and a Visitors Centre.
Her background in administration, family work across a range of settings coupled with a lifetime of volunteering roles have led to working with the Debtors Relief Charity. Her previous roles have been in infant schools, fostering agencies, HomeStart and NCMA with brief spells working for two membership organisations, the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and the Legal Education and Training Group, running their membership service, events and website.