Changing Lives
Building Futures
Restoring Hope
Our Mission
Progress to Change creates a safe, supportive, and enabling environment that both empowers and challenges individuals to rebuild their lives, reduce re-offending and positively contribute to their communities.
Through dedicated staff, positive engagement, and strong partnerships, we work together to foster a culture of safety, growth, and lasting change.
Our Values
Support
Providing encouragement and guidance to help people make positive changes.
Integrity
Upholding transparency, honesty, and professionalism in all that we do.
Respect
Treating every individual with dignity and fairness.
Empowerment & Accountability
Giving individuals the tools and confidence to take control of their future, while encouraging responsibility and ownership of actions.
Hope
Inspiring belief in a brighter future, where change and new opportunities are possible.
I’ve enjoyed working at Progress to Change since 2011. As a CIMA qualified accountant, my role as Finance Manager includes ensuring that our funding and budgeting across both premises is managed effectively, to ensure we provide best use of all the resources available to us. I enjoy a varied role, working as part of the team in the office as well as interacting with numerous contractors, Trustees and colleagues. 
I joined Progress to Change in January 2016, initially serving as the Operational Manager at Cardigan House. In April 2022, I transitioned to Ripon House as the Operational Lead, before stepping into my current role as CEO in April 2024.
I joined Progress to Change as operations manager at Cardigan House in March 2022. Prior to joining Progress to Change I qualified as a Probation Officer in 2004, completing a BA degree in Probation Studies to do so. I worked for the Probation Service for 18 years in a variety of frontline settings and I had also previously worked at Cardigan House on a relief basis so I already had a good knowledge of the building and many of the processes.
Alastair joined the charity as a trustee in September 2017 and in September 2022 was elected as its chair.
Prior to joining Progress to Change, I worked across the voluntary sector, NHS and