Staff and Trustees

Broken Rainbow UK is a charity and company limited by guarantee. It has a small staff team and the work is overseen by a Board of Trustees.

Staff

Consultant CEO : Rita Hirani
Rita has over 15 years direct experience of working in the domestic violence sector, mainly with LGBT and Minority sectors. Once a co-chair of Stonewall # Housing she also worked in partnership with the Naz project.

Interim CEO : Jackie Fernandez
Fundraising. Numerous years experience of securing funding in the charity sector as well as CEO posts in the LGBT Housing sector.

Office Co-ordinator : Gemma G.

Helpline Coordinator Worker : Sarah S.

Helpline Coordinator : Tor D.

Admin Volunteer : Ilona S.

Trustees

Chair : Jo Barringer
Jo is a steering group member of Brighton & Hove's LGBT workers forum, she devised and implemented the LGBT staff mentoring scheme, and sits on the steering group for the GBT IDVA post in Brighton. She is also a member of the LGBT DV & Abuse working group Brighton and coconvenor of the South East Regions UNISON LGBT committee.

Trustee : Ian Cole
Ian currently works for the NHS as a gay men’s worker providing outreach services, face to face contact, group facilitation and training on equality and diversity, LGBT issues and same sex domestic abuse. He is currently studying a masters degree in Public Health and Health promotion.

Trustee : Anu Prashar
Works for UNISON.

Treasurer : Shaun Delaney