Sarah Goodall MA in Arts-Health (Distinction), BA Hons (Social Work 2:1 Classification) Dip.SW, HND. As managing director I am a specialist trainer and strategic consultant in the area of safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and have worked in the private, statutory and voluntary sector. I am an individual whose energy, enthusiasm, passion and commitment for inter-agency work to safeguard children and vulnerable adults is proven by the successful management of a new training and consultancy company going into its third year of trade. The success of my many projects and my current company has been achieved through maintaining a strategic vision and taking an open ended business development approach and an excellent reputation. This is enhanced by being a talented artist whose creativity and dynamic approach for writing, delivering and facilitating inter-agency and single agency training programmes, seminars and workshops is proven.

Susannah Gilchrist BA (Hons) is an energetic and inspirational trainer with an established portfolio of courses including safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, personal development and working with young people. She has worked with clients from both the private, public and voluntary sector, and has designed training for a wide range of differing learning styles and attitudes towards training. Susannah’s expertise lies in the use of creative and action methods in training.
Susannah has played a key role in the design and delivery of the work currently being undertaken by The Athena Programme with the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust. This has involved working collaboratively with the Trust to produce a three tiered training programme to meet the safeguarding needs of all its staff. Susannah is also currently delivering safeguarding children training courses for the 5 Boroughs Partnership, Manchester CAF Programme, and safeguarding vulnerable adults training courses for Blackpool Local Authority.

Lisa Pilkington is a creative facilitator who has retired from Lancashire Constabulary. She served as a uniformed officer before promotion as Sergeant supervising the Family Protection Unit. In 1986 Lisa developed an early interest in training and became a qualified Police trainer. Lisa was responsible for the training and development of new Police recruits as well as becoming a trained firearms officer. Further development followed with a move into the Criminal Justice department in Blackburn where she was responsible for the management and quality assurance of Police prosecution files. It was in this department Lisa first developed an interest in 'Safeguarding Children' by ensuring the prosecution of child abuse was seen as priority in the Force.