Heather Abbey
Heather Abbey
Interim Criminal Justice Programme Manager
Heather is our Interim Criminal Justice Programme Manager, bringing a wealth of experience from a seven-year UK government career. During this time, she led strategic planning and social research at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and was seconded to the Barrow Cadbury Trust to lead work on implementing its evidence base in the probation service. Heather is the Director and Founder of Ase Creative Solutions, a purpose-led policy and management consultancy, and is a guest teacher at the London School of Economics, as well as on the Advisory Panel for Probation Learning.
Heather says “I’m passionate about driving meaningful change for marginalised and vulnerable communities, and the Trust has a long and impressive history of doing this. I’m really glad I can use my research, strategy and delivery skills to support its mission.”