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Charity Insider<br />
Interview with the CEO of<br />
SATEDA Liza Thompson<br />
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Thompson is CEO of SATEDA<br />
-Swale Action To End Domestic Abuse-<br />
(www.sateda.org) which provides support and<br />
advocacy as part of the Kent Domestic Abuse<br />
Consortium.<br />
Liza very kindly agreed to be interviewed.<br />
Hi Liza, thank you so much for agreeing to this interview. I thought we'd start<br />
off gently, are you a shower or a bath person?<br />
Bath – with a book<br />
Early bird or a night owl?<br />
Both – I am pretty hyperactive!<br />
You are the CEO of Sateda which is based in Kent. For the benefit<br />
of those who don’t know, could you tell us a little more about<br />
Sateda and what you do?<br />
SATEDA is a charity with the aim of ending domestic abuse. We offer a<br />
journey of support for victim/survivors of domestic abuse. From crisis<br />
intervention, through to longer term emotional and practical support,<br />
assisting our clients with picking up the pieces which are inevitable left<br />
following an abusive relationship.<br />
We also provide counselling, freedom programme and a following group<br />
programme called Power2Change. This offers those involved in the groups an<br />
opportunity to explore their worth. The participants soon begin to realise they<br />
are all worthy of respect and have a value in the world. We also offer a<br />
volunteer programme which builds upon their developing self-esteem and we<br />
have trained volunteers working within all of our programmes, in essence, this<br />
means that our new clients are supported by their peers, who are all experts<br />
through their own experience.<br />
Liza Thompson, CEO SATEDA
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