Katie joined the team in June 2017 as Regional Campaigns Manager for the North East. She previously worked as a Campaigner for Save the Children on UK child poverty and served on the Amnesty UK’s Board of Directors. She has led groups campaigning against immigration detention and has visited families in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Detention Centre. She has an MSc in Community Education and a BA in Politics for which her dissertation was on the role of gender in asylum claims. Katie loves to cycle, walk, sing and eat! At weekends she can be found at the beach or down at her allotment.
You can get in touch with Katie at katie@asylummatters.org