Ellie is Chief Executive of YMCA Together which is a medium sized charity delivering psychologically informed support in accommodation settings to people who are experiencing homelessness, domestic abuse, poor mental health or problematic drug or alcohol use across Merseyside.
Ellie has 20 years experience working with excluded groups, 17 of which have been spent within voluntary organisations. She has been with the YMCA for 9 years and in that time has worked improve the impact the organisation has through additional services, engaging health partners strategically and operationally, leading a Consortia of other housing providers through a large tender exercise and implementing a psychologically informed framework that all YMCA Together services work within. Ellie has recently finished a secondment as Segment Lead for Complex Lives as part of the ICB in Liverpool.
Ellie has an in-depth knowledge of both the strategic and operational challenges affecting the delivery of services in today’s current climate. She is committed to working towards systems change that leads to integrated working and ultimately provides benefit to the people in need of service. Ellie recognises the role of the voluntary sector as an equal partner within this.