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By survivors. For survivors.

Lived experience is at the heart of everything we do. From program design and delivery to community care and ongoing support, we believe the voices of survivors must lead the conversations, services and systems that affect them.

Our team

  • Dr Donna Lyon

    FOUNDER & CEO

  • Maryanne Dib

    HEAD OF OPERATIONS

  • Ace

    COMMUNITY & ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR

  • Facilitators + coaches

Join the team

Looking for a new opportunity? At Left Write Hook you can use your skills and lived experience to make a real impact in the lives of survivors.

Current opportunities

Job opportunities
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Data and CRM Champion
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Support the ongoing management, cleansing and enrichment of data across Left Write Hook systems.

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End of year community event lead*
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Lead the planning and delivery of our end of year community event (November 2026, planning to commence in August 2026).

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Event support crew*
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Provide on-the-ground support at events as needed.

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Stocktake assistant*
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Assist with twice-yearly inventory stocktakes.

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Team member: Print marketing materials distribution*
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Support local promotion of programs through flyer and poster distribution.

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Project lead: Bi-monthly past participant email*
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Produce and send the bi-monthly email to past participants.

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Board of directors

  • Sarah Sacks

    DIRECTOR & CHAIR

  • Rita Cincotta

    DIRECTOR

  • Lauren Matthews

    DIRECTOR

  • Will Pitt-Thacker

    DIRECTOR

  • Nicole Wilson

    DIRECTOR

  • Taylor Tran

    ADVISOR

Charity ambassadors

  • Jo Stanley

  • Pixie

    Pixie is a survivor of childhood, adolescent and adult sexual abuse and incest. Left Write Hook gave them the community and framework they needed to engage with their trauma and find a new path to healing, and Pixie continues to use the skills learned in Left Write Hook in their daily life as someone living with complex PTSD.

    Pixie uses their voice in their graphic memoirs, publishing comics about gendered violence, mental illness and religious trauma under the name Khale McHurst.