Spokesperson Network

Anne-Marie Douglas

Founder and CEO of Peer Power, an empathy led charity developed with young people which aims to heal childhood trauma and adversity through caring relationships, system change involvement, employment and peer support.

http://www.peerpower.org.uk/

Anne-Marie’s belief in the transformational power of empathy and personal experience led her to found the award winning charity Peer Power Youth. She is a champion for lived and learned experience, and the role of participation, love and empathy in the transformation of support services for those most excluded. Anne-Marie has worked in youth voice and engagement locally and nationally across statutory and voluntary youth sectors for twenty-five years and is a Churchill Fellow, researching empathy internationally.

In the Media

  • Anne-Marie Douglas gave a talk titled ‘The Empathy Equation’ for BBC Radio Four’s Four Thought.

  • Simeon Moore, Anne-Marie Douglas, Travon Steadman, and Bryony Albery spoke at Byline Festival 2019

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