A day in the life

A day in the life of...

Sarah Buckley

Education and prevention team leader Glow domestic abuse charity (part of Honeycomb Group)

Team meeting

Our Monday morning team meeting gives us the opportunity to discuss the children’s referrals that have come in over the weekend and any local updates. I allocate referrals to each of our specialist children’s workers to go out and meet the children and young people to create a support plan and bespoke intervention for them. It’s also the chance to have a cheeky brew, chat about our weekends and catch up on everyone’s TV watching!

Relationships Without Fear school programme

Today we’re delivering a community awareness-raising workshop for 20 young girls from Stoke City Football Club. Our school-based sessions for children and young people empower them with the skills to recognise and understand healthy relationships and provide the tools to be able to find the support they need if they ever experience abusive or unhealthy relationships. It still shocks and disappoints me that we don’t put more emphasis on educating children in these areas.

Locality partnership meeting

In our joint session, we share ideas on various initiatives to engage young people in our communities, discuss projects we can collaborate on and exchange ideas. One of the most important aspects of these meetings is sharing information on the children and young people falling under the radar or not engaging with services/statutory agencies, and talking about any key trends happening in the local area and how we can collaboratively work together to ensure the right support is available.

Sourcing donations and fundraising

We have amazing support from our local business and communities who, in just the last few weeks, have donated meal vouchers, cinema tickets, toiletries, teddy bears and toys.

Project development

We spend some time this afternoon to prepare for a presentation we are giving to our executive team. The presentation will, hopefully, drive our service forward with a clear and consistent strategy and ensure we continuously raise the expectations of what we can achieve.

Promotion

Today I’m being interviewed by our local radio station to promote our RWF prevention programme. And then there’s just enough time to film a quick TikTok video for our comms team to share on our hugely popular account.

Take a bow

I’m well known as the office entertainer! On my way out of the office I give everyone a rendition of the Strictly Come Dancing theme tune while performing some spectacular dance moves!

Employee since: June 2013 Location, location, location: Stoke-on-Trent

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17:00 My perfect day

There’s nothing I like more than sitting at home, candles lit and a glass of wine watching RuPaul’s Drag Race! My job can be tough, but I’m very lucky to have an amazing, supportive circle of friends and a lovely family who understand my job. I can also often be found escaping reality at the theatre watching a musical, or giving my best Adele impressions on the karaoke followed by a

Sunday roast and a good sleep ready to start Monday morning all over again.