Meet the Team

Director and Head of Operations

Sara is a doula based in Northern Ireland and part of the collective Doulas of NI. She is passionate about birth, rights in childbirth and women’s choices, and has over 15 years experience in developing and delivering adult, learner-centred education.

Director and Head of Community Engagement

Mum to three home-born boys, Charlie is a doula living and working in Bristol, where she also works in events. Charlie officially began her doula training in 2020, but was already making art connected to the maternal form, in her teens. Charlie volunteers with Doula UK as a Director, and has a particular interest in speaking with members to help improve the Doula UK community experience. As well as being a busy doula, she is a School Governor, volunteers with Project Mama to support refugee and asylum seeker mummas, and with Mothers for Mothers, a perinatal mental health charity in Bristol. Charlie relaxes with yoga, twice-weekly saunas and the odd game of cricket.  

Director and Head of Communications and Media

Before becoming a doula, Victoria worked in TV production for 13 years but after her daughter was born, she realised that her life path was moving in a different direction.

Victoria began her journey supporting parents in 2011 when she was asked to train as a Breastfeeding Counsellor with the BFN, helping staff in busy South-West London NHS baby clinics for 3 years.  In 2013, she joined Doula UK and started working as a postnatal doula.  Since then, she has supported thousands of parents with feeding their babies and hundreds of parents as a postnatal doula.  Her passion supporting choices and informed decision making for women, parents and families has been her primary focus as well as parent and baby wellbeing.

Victoria’s passion grew so much that she decided to become a postnatal educator in 2015 establishing a doula course provider, Younique Postnatal with two other experienced doulas.  Since then, she has trained hundreds of postnatal doulas and provides courses and workshops on the postnatal period.

Victoria decided to become a Director to elevate the role of postnatal doulas, doula support of infant feeding, support doulas with baby bereavement, support Diversity and Inclusion and bring her professional, personal and media experiences and skillsets to support members of Doula UK.

Victoria is separated and has one living daughter, Eloise and one stillborn baby daughter, Skye who was diagnosed antenatally with Down’s Syndrome.  Skye died at 35 weeks of pregnancy due to unpredicted placental problems.  

She lives in the middle of the beautiful South Downs in Midhurst, West Sussex and loves walking, open water swimming, crafting, playing board games and singing.

Finance Director

Katrina joined the volunteer Leadership Team as Head of Finance in May 2017. Katrina works in retail finance at the Furness Building Society and holds a DFSM diploma in financial services management. She has been a member of Doula UK since 2007.

Director and Head of Commercial Partnerships and EDI

Ann Marie is a passionate perinatal educator and doula who believes every mother deserves an informed voice and a positive, empowered birth experience. Her work is driven by a mission to look critically at doula practices and the wider maternity sector, ensuring they are truly fit for purpose in the 21st century.

In her role with Doula UK, Ann Marie bridges her doula heart with a sharp commercial mind. She draws on her extensive corporate background as a Digital Marketing Strategist Director to forge meaningful partnerships and champion diverse and inclusive practices. Her goal is to build sustainable, strategic alliances that elevate the profession, increase access to doula support, and ensure the organisation's growth benefits every member and the families they serve.

When she's not advocating for the future of doula care or supporting clients through their antenatal journey, Ann Marie enjoys singing professionally or cooking at weddings, birthday’s or corporate events.

Joint Access Fund Coordinator

Yevan is the founder of Sacred Birth and Flow, a birth and postnatal doula, Yoga Nidra facilitator, and professional holder of snacks, blankets, and calm energy.

Before stepping into the world of birth work, she spent almost 30 years in the corporate world working in Payroll and HR, in the fashion and hospitality industries. These days, she has swapped spreadsheets for birth plans and boardrooms for holding spaces where women feel seen, informed, and supported.

Yevan is a mum of three with a deep love for sisterhood, nervous system care, and reminding women that they already carry so much wisdom within them. Yevan brings a calm, grounded approach to her work with humour, heart, and the belief that support should feel safe, inclusive, and judgement-free.

She is particularly passionate about supporting women who may feel unheard, overlooked, or who simply need someone in their corner. As a Yoga Nidra facilitator, if you are lucky, there may also be deep rest, soothing breathwork, and a gentle reminder to unclench your jaw somewhere along the way.

When she is not supporting families, you will usually find Yevan creating community spaces, travelling across the world, practicing her downward dog, or trying to convince people that rest is productive too.

Infant Feeding Chair

Trudi Dawson has been a member of Doula UK since 2007. Over the years she has volunteered as Committee Secretary, Magazine Editor, Mentor, Course Assessor and Director of Engagement. Trudi is a Birth and Postnatal doula, Antenatal Teacher, Infant Feeding Specialist, Holistic Sleep Coach and RYT 325hrs Yoga Instructor. She lives in East Sussex with her three children, three cats and should learn to say ‘no’ more. 

Support Coordinator

Katie Fryer-Olliffe is an experienced Birth and Postnatal Doula, Developing Doulas Course Facilitator and Companion, and DUK Mentor, offering compassionate, evidence-based support to families and doulas. Alongside her work as a Breastfeeding Peer Supporter and infant sleep specialist, she integrates Nonviolent Communication (NVC/Compassionate Communication) to foster calm, respectful, and connected relationships.

With a strong background supporting both typical families and vulnerable families, including those with past trauma (birth and other), neurodivergence, addiction, mental health challenges, domestic abuse and social care involvement, Katie brings a deeply trauma-informed approach to her practice. She is a trained Domestic Abuse Community Champion, with DASH risk assessment training, and has extensive experience working with and understanding adoption and foster care contexts.

Katie is passionate about nurturing strong, trusting relationships and creating inclusive, anti-racist,  connected communities where families and doulas feel seen, heard, respected and valued.

Business, Operations and Support Assistant and Safeguarding Lead (Staff)

Michele is a Birth and Postnatal Doula working across Derbyshire, committed to ensuring that families feel heard, informed, and cared for as they welcome new life. Her work is driven by a belief in the importance of compassion, choice, and support during the perinatal period. Beyond her doula work, Michele is an active volunteer with Derbyshire Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership, Connected Perinatal Support CIC, and Doulas Without Borders. She also supports the wider doula community as the Designated Safeguarding Lead for Doula UK.

Training Coordinator and Company Secretary

Alison Ogier has been a doula since 2012 and has been on the Leadership Team since in various roles. She co-coordinates Training, the Doula Support Network and is the Rep for Essex. She is passionate about choice, doulas, Doula UK and empowering the people we support. She moved from Guernsey to the UK in 1998 and has six children. She is a Chair of Governors; Barnardos Infant feeding volunteer, loves fundraising and her chihuahua.

Joint Access Fund Coorindator

Bryony is a birth and postpartum doula based in Halifax, West Yorkshire. She began her doula career in 2024 after working in IT for 10 years. She completed her training with The Doula Training Foundation. 

Bryony has one daughter who is currently 3 and loves to walk her dog in the countryside and it’s a bonus if we find a place to swim!

Communications, Engagement and Fundraising Manager (Staff)

Sarah is a birth doula and mentor based in North Yorkshire. Sarah began her doula career in 2011 and started working for Doula UK in 2019. As part of her role she enjoys producing the conference, newsletters, managing the website, promoting doulas in the press and on social media, organising events, fundraising and supporting volunteers. She is driven by her desire to improve the experience of all families during and after the birth of a baby.

Course Liaison

Sophia has been a birth and postnatal doula since 2001.  She is a passionate advocate for holistic health and loves to hold space for women as they transition from maiden to mother and beyond.  She is a Homeopath, Clinical Aromatherapist, founder of Hestia's Flame Natural Candles, Reiki Master & Teacher and an M Technique Practitioner and Instructor.  She lives in East Sussex and is mother of four.

Mentoring Coordinator

Tara is a doula working in Belfast as part of the collective Doulas of NI and the owner of The Little Yoga House Belfast, a women's only studio helping women of all life stages feel, strong, confident and safe in their bodies through the nurturing power of yoga,  reflexology and holistic birth support.

She is a mum of 3 children, who are the inspiration for all that she does and loves good food, good cocktails and good craic.