The STARS Dorset Team
We are so blessed with our amazing team which includes trustees, volunteers, sessional and employed staff.
Our Team is our greatest asset. Every individual is caring and compassionate, working together to ensure our clients receive the highest levels of care and support.
We are so proud of their passion, dedication and commitment and we value everyone’s contribution to the ongoing success of STARS Dorset in providing trauma-informed care and making a real difference to those we support.
We believe working collaboratively encourages creativity and innovation to find new approaches to how we work to meet the often challenging situations we face. We hold each other accountable for our behaviours ensuring these are aligned to our core values, always keeping our clients at the focus and forefront of our service delivery.
Together, we are on a mission to achieve the best outcomes for our clients and realise our ambitious vision of a “society free from abuse”
Our largest team is our fantastic team of volunteers and with them we simply couldn’t support the increasing number of clients referred to us. We are delighted to have been recognised with the Investing in volunteers Accreditation for a second time in November 2023. If you are interested in being a volunteer please click here.
Our board of trustees come from all walks of life and backgrounds, bringing skills and experiences to ensure we have robust governance and meet all our charitable and legal obligations. To find out more about our dedicated and professional Board, please click here to find out more.
Our trustees
Alex Hancox – Chair of Trustees
Professor Peter Hills – Vice Chair
Peter joined the Board of Trustees in 2021. He has been Head of Department of Psychology at Bournemouth University for 4 years and brings this leadership experience to the Board.
As a professor of psychology, Peter leads an interdisciplinary team of researchers (including experimental cognitive and social psychologists, forensic investigators, journalists, lawyers, VR specialists, sexual trauma counsellors) at Bournemouth University exploring attitudes toward sexual violence and evaluating campaigns aimed at reducing sexual violence, in order to develop effective evidence-based campaigns or educational packages that would reduce sexual violence. In addition, he researches the impact of the criminal justice service’s procedures on the reporting, investigating, trying, and sentencing of sexual assault.
Jane Cordner
Having spent over thirty years working in HR and training Jane currently works in a law firm delivering HR internally and providing consultancy services to external clients which include charities and churches.
Prior to that she worked as Head of HR at Salisbury Cathedral and was responsible for safeguarding policy and training for both staff and volunteers.
Most of Jane’s HR work has been undertaken in growing and developing organisations and she really enjoys formulating strategy and plans for growth and seeing the results of their implementation. Jane is deeply committed to the value of education having worked as a lecturer in HR at two local universities for over 20 years and having enjoyed helping teach children at her local church. She hopes this interest and experience will enable her to understand and appreciate the challenges faced by STARS and that she can use this to support planned future growth.
In her spare time Jane enjoys swimming, walking and spending time with her family.
