Rebecca is a passionate advocate for youth empowerment and community transformation and has been in the youth sector for 12 years. She leads innovative projects that combine safeguarding, employability, and creativity to help young people thrive. Rebecca has pioneered dynamic safeguarding toolkits for staff and designated safeguarding leads (DSLs), tackling critical issues like exploitation and online safety in Wolverhampton and the West Midlands. As well as this, Rebecca sits on on a number of working groups looking to tackle exploitation and serious youth violence in the area. Known for her collaborative spirit, Rebecca partners with organisations to build safe, inclusive spaces where young people can dream big and achieve more. She is particularly passionate about how the youth sector acts as a safe third space for young people, and supports schools to provide extra-curricular activity, pastoral care and investment, the burden of which falls heavily on schools.