Clea joined Sands in July 2016 and is passionate about the importance of peer support and in enabling parents to make the decisions that are right for them. 

Clea’s background in Higher Education and medicine has shaped her belief in the importance of using research to create positive change. With growing public awareness of the issues surrounding stillbirth and neonatal death, and a national commitment to reduce the number of babies dying, Clea is dedicated to fulfilling Sands’ potential to make a real difference for parents.

Dan leads the Fundraising and Communications teams who have a focus on delivering strong, sustainable income and delivering impactful communications to help raise awareness and engage people to take action. One of his key priorities is to work collaboratively across the organisation to develop an engagement model for Sands that seeks to take an insight led, audience centric approach to fundraising and communications, ensuring that all audiences and stakeholders are involved and supported by the charity in the way they want and when they need it.

Dan loves working on a daily basis with passionate, tenacious and talented people and knowing that he’s supporting bereaved parents. He’s also an advanced scuba diver and has been a serial guest on BBC Countryfile.

Jen joined Sands in September 2017 with 25 years’ experience in the health and voluntary sector. She heads up our Bereavement Support Services and Community and Volunteering  teams and holds a wealth of experience in frontline service provision having successfully setup services in hospitals, children’s hospices and the community.

Jen firmly believes that co-creation of services is vital in ensuring those services are effective, supportive and relevant to users. She’s passionate about working with families to support them through the hardest time of their lives, to give them meaningful choices whenever possible and to ensure consistent, high quality services are available..

Jen lives in Suffolk, cycles a lot and has a not so secret passion for Scotland and mountain biking.

Kate joined Sands in September 2017. She leads three teams to ensure that research translates into practice and the prevention of baby death, that healthcare professionals are supported to offer high quality bereavement care after the death of a baby, and that policy changes are effected nationally to achieve Sands’ vision.

 

Previously Kate was Director of Policy and Campaigns at Action for Children, led the Local Government Association’s Domestic Violence Project and was Policy Manager at Victim Support. She is also Vice Chair of 4All – Building Community in West Dulwich.

Sarah has 29 years of experience in financial leadership, she has guided and supported many companies through strategic decision-making and sustainable growth across all sectors. Her expertise in Finance, People & IT ensures compliance, stability and growth is embedded in the heart of every organisation.

She believes that a successful business is one that is invested in its people, and working for Sands very much aligns with her own moral integrity. 

Sarah is visionary, driven and her focus is to ensure lasting financial stability by driving innovation. She is thrilled to be with Sands a very hard working charity that has yet to realise its full potential.

Sarah lives in Norfolk, plays netball and is a volunteer swim coach who dedicates many hours to helping children progress in a sport they love.