Dr Stephen Burrell, Steering Group Co-Chair
Changing Relations is governed by a majority Non-Executive Board of Directors who volunteer their experience and expertise to support our Executive Directors in implementing our mission.
The Board is further supported by a Steering Group, whose role is to keep the Directors in touch with community needs and concerns. As a Community Interest Company, we want the wider community to have a say in the issues we address, and the way we approach them, and so have built community listening processes into our decision-making.
Executive Directors
Our Executive Directors manage the company on a day-to-day basis.
Non-Executive Directors
Our Non-Execs hold the Executive Directors to account and help them develop strategy in line with our vision, mission, aims and values.
Steering Group
Our Steering Group is designed to include those affected by the issues we address and to represent a diverse voice, including young people. Meetings are supported by our Co-Chairs, who will feed community views into the Board & support members to share their ideas & speak up.
Steering Group Members
Dr Kelly Stockdale
Helen Leake
Jo Cameron
Teresa Keeling
Alix Collingwood-Swinburn
Alix is currently Curator for Contemporary Art at Durham University, managing the University’s collection of modern and contemporary art. Previously Curator at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) and a firm believer that creativity should be embedded into everyday learning, Alix has significant experience developing participatory art programmes and events, building partnerships with artists, communities and organisations.
Beverly Sherratt
Beverly is a businesswoman and Organisation Development professional. Prior to setting up in business, she had a career spanning over 20 years leading HR and Corporate Service functions. Having led organisations to achieve high ranking Best Company awards, she specialises in organisation design and culture, together with Board development, and personal development, enterprise and career direction mentoring.
Billie Jenkins
Co-Chair
Billie is passionate about working with projects that help individuals to pursue their ambitions and fulfil their potential. In her role with enterprise support organisation, PNE, she helps develop and deliver programmes that empower people to overcome barriers to employment and self-employment, from building the entrepreneurial skills of college students to creating fairer opportunities for women-led businesses.
Dr Stephen Burrell
Co-Chair
Dr Stephen Burrell is an Assistant Professor working in the Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA) at Durham University, in the Department of Sociology. He has lived in Durham since 2014. Stephen’s research focuses on men and masculinities. He is particularly passionate about preventing gender-based violence and changing harmful gender norms, and is excited about the positive contribution the Steering Group can make to developing the work of Changing Relations, who he has been involved with since 2017.
Lindsay Parker
Lindsay Parker is a multi-award-winning journalist and communications strategist. She runs the Durham-based consultancy, Stride Pr, and helps organisations to raise their profiles and protect their reputations via a mixture of strategic communications support, media training, and good story telling.
Lisa Charlotte Davis
Managing Director
Inspired by her involvement with the One Billion Rising global campaign, Lisa founded Changing Relations in 2013. A passionate and skilled teacher, Lisa has worked in a range of educational settings, locally and internationally, educating young people and adults, developing and delivering training for teachers. She left teaching to pursue her commitment to gender equality, and now spearheads the company’s strategic direction.
Pollyanna Turner
Artistic Director
Polly is a socially-engaged artist and educator who champions community engagement. Drawing on her experience as Head of a Secondary Art department and, as a practicing artist, in delivering commissions for Theatre Hullabaloo, Sunderland Culture and Mind the Gap, her artistic direction has enabled the successful delivery of multiple Changing Relations projects, artistic outputs and learning content to maximise impact.