Team

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Meet the team behind SYEDA – a dedicated group of people bringing a range of skills and experience. Click on a team member for their bio.
SYEDA team members
SYEDA team members
Meet the team behind SYEDA – a dedicated group of people bringing a range of skills and experience. Click on a team member for their bio.

Our staff

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Alana Wilde

Chief Executive Officer

Michelle Hinde

Clinical Lead

Joanne Bacon

Assistant Clinical Manager

Hannah Smith

Children and Young Person’s Clinical Lead

Lauren Staniforth

Business Manager

Claire Taranaski

Senior Administrator

Lorna Cook

Senior Administrator

Sophie O'Horan Williams

Campaign & Engagement Coordinator

Kirsty Robertson

Training & Education Coordinator

Jo Collis

Young Person’s therapist and Senior Eating Disorders Practitioner (Counsellor)

Betty Smith

Young Persons Therapist and Eating Disorders Practitioner

Rebecca Walker

Young Person’s therapist and Eating Disorders Practitioner

Izabela Gasiorowska-Wojtulewicz

Eating Disorders Practitioner

Faye Barsby

Counsellor

Jessica Beard

CBT-T Practitioner

Ellie Daly

CBT-T Practitioner

Isabelle (Izzi) Bird

CBT-T Practitioner

Katie Mannion

Carer’s Lead & Counsellor

Mary Wood

Diabetes and Eating Disorder Adult Clinical Dietetic Lead

Sophie Jackson-Brooks

Training Assistant

Anna C

Support worker

Esmé

Eating Disorder Support Worker

Laura Patchett

Fundraising Co-ordinator

Our trustees

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Chrissie Taylor

Patron

Matthew Peers

Trustee

Paul Mount

Treasurer

Maggie Young

Trustee

Jenny Allen

Trustee

Alexis Foster

Trustee

Rukhsana Ismail

Trustee

Elizabeth Lydon

Trustee

Carl Chandler

Trustee

Agatha Payne

Trustee
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Join our team

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There are lots of ways to be part of SYEDA – explore current vacancies or find out how you can volunteer.

This service was life changing, the counselling I received was excellent – I have tried a few different types of therapy before, but this was by far the most effective, something just clicked. Thank you to Izabela and the whole team at SYEDA for helping me to understand my disordered eating and to find a path forward.