Our Staff
Sarah Morris and Lucy Jaffé
The Why me? office in London is staffed by Director, Sarah Morris – communications and media relations – and by Deputy Director, Lucy Jaffé – strategy and operations.
Both Sarah and Lucy work to promote the aims of Why me? to a wide audience including policy makers in government, the Police, and many others involved in the criminal justice system.
We ensure that Why me? is well informed and well placed to speak on behalf of victims of crime on all related issues. We do this by seeking the views of those involved or interested in Restorative Justice.
If you want to know more, or have something to say, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Trustees
Chair, Will Riley, is a London-based businessman who founded Why me? in 2008 following his own personal experience of Restorative Justice.
Some years ago Will was the victim of an attempted burglary at his home; he confronted the intruder, a fight ensued, and Will handed the man over to the police. The burglar was Peter Woolf, a known career criminal, who was convicted and sent to prison for the crime. They met again in a Restorative Justice meeting, to which both men agreed. It took place in Pentonville Prison, and that event changed both their lives. Peter and Will subsequently made a film of their encounter called, The Woolf Within [link to video].
Vice-chair, Sir Charles Pollard QPM, was a police officer from the age of nineteen.
His distinguished career led him to his final position as Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police. During his eleven years in this role he pioneered the routine use of RJ for tackling youth offending. A unique champion of Restorative Justice, he has, since leaving the police, been Chair of the Youth Justice Board, and a trustee of the Restorative Justice Consortium. Between 2002-2005 he also chaired the Justice Research Consortium with Professor Lawrence Sherman, now Wolfson Professor of Criminology at Cambridge University, which undertook trials of RJ in 3 areas of the country under the Home Office Crime Prevention Programme. In 2007 he co-founded Restorative Solutions, a Community Interest Company “RS cic”, which trains and delivers RJ in a variety of settings, including criminal justice and education.
Secretary, Anne McHardy, is a journalist, specialising in terrorism, politics and social affairs.
She was the Guardian’s Northern Ireland correspondent in the late 1970′s and continues to write about Irish affairs. She also writes on education and social issues for a number of national newspapers. She experienced RJ first-hand when she and her husband were invited by the Metropolitan Police to attend a facilitated meeting with a man who had, a few weeks before, mugged her in a north London street close to her home. A video of that conference continues to be used as a teaching tool for RJ facilitators.
Janet Fleming has extensive experience in third sector management and governance.
She joined the Board in November 2011.
Sara Nathan has had a career as a broadcast journalist and is on the Judicial Appointments Commission.
She joined the Board in November 2011.
Majorie Ellis Thompson has a campaigning background and has also worked in the corporate sector.
She is a director of C-3i, which does political research and social marketing and has previously run campaigns for CND and Commission for Racial Equality. She joined the Board in November 2011.