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 played a key role in the design and delivery of the work undertaken by The Athena Programme with the Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust. This involved working collaboratively with the Trust to produce a three tiered training programme to meet the safeguarding needs of staff at all levels. Susannah has delivered safeguarding children training courses for the 5 Boroughs Partnership, Manchester CAF Programme, Key Stage Teacher Supply, G S Social Care Solutions Ltd, St Vincent de Paul and Investigating Vulnerable Adult Abuse training courses for Blackpool Local Authority.

Lisa Pilkington is a creative facilitator who in her previously undertook the role of a police officer. 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. She has been responsible for supervising as well as actively investigating child abuse and the abuse of vulnerable adults.

In 2002 Lisa was part of a multi-agency team that visited Michigan USA to investigate a unique way of dealing with child protection risks whilst allowing the child to remain within the household. This model was successfully brought back to Blackburn where the model was adapted to fit local requirements and ‘The Blackburn Family Regeneration Project’ still runs today. Alongside this she has acquired skills in the interviewing of vulnerable and intimidated victims/witnesses known as 'achieving best evidence' (ABE).

Lisa wrote the first Lancashire Constabulary Investigation of Vulnerable Adult Abuse Policy which was identified as good practice nationally by the Association of Chief Police Officers. She has represented the Constabulary on both Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards and Safeguarding Adult Protection Boards and various sub-groups across the north west. When Lisa retired she received a Police Commendation for outstanding work in Safeguarding.