Meet the Justice First Patrons
Lady Polly Feversham
Justice First Patron
Lady Polly has an interest in the arts, literature, and architectural curation.
She ran Duncombe Park with her late husband and became involved with Justice first through a mutual friend. Since then, she has been an enthusiastic supporter of Justice First and has worked with us on many occasions to help our clients.
Curtis Fleming
Justice First Patron
Passionate about raising awareness of the fight against racism it seemed like a natural progression for Curtis to join us as one of our Patrons and help raise the awareness of the plight faced by those seeking sanctuary in Teesside, by raising the profile of Justice First.
An honorary member of Show Racism the Red Card, Curtis became aware of our work through mutual associates. Curtis’s work within football has taken him far afield from India to Bristol, but his commitment to Justice First has not diminished.
For obvious reasons, he particularly enjoys our annual football tournament. Just don’t tempt him to lace up the boots again!
Dr Paul Williams OBE
Justice First Patron
Paul is a GP (family medicine specialist) and public health doctor.
He was the Labour MP for Stockton South from 2017 – 2019, and was also the Chief Executive Officer of Hartlepool and Stockton Health (H&SH).
The Justice First Board of Trustees
Barbara Hungin, Chair
One of the founding members of Justice First. From 2001 she was a member of a group that ran a Stockton based Saturday morning “Drop-In” for newly dispersed asylum seekers. She has spent her career in social work and counselling and is also Chair of the Middlesbrough Catholic Diocese Justice and Peace Commission.
Frederick (Fred) Hutchinson, Vice Chair
Principal Lecturer in Accounting at Teesside University where he worked for almost 25 years. He has a background in public sector and Third sector accounting and was Director of Teesside’s Centre for fraud and financial crime. He has been involved with several local charities and supports local churches with accounting matters.
William (Bill) Suthers, Treasurer
Recently retired after over 25 years lecturing in Economics at Teesside University. Before that Bill lectured at Macclesfield and Manchester in Accounting and Finance and continues to teach on a part time basis at various institutions. Bill has also run several businesses locally.
John Fletcher, Secretary
Served as a Councillor on Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council for 24 years, was mayor and is now an honorary Alderman. He combines his involvement with Justice First (since 2008) with other voluntary work including serving as a Parish Councillor since 1983. Before retirement he worked in the Civil Service. He also volunteers his time as an adviser to clients of the charity Tax Help for Older People.
Satinder (Satti) Collins
Joined the board in 2018. She is a retired teacher who was passionate about promoting ideas of justice and equality through her teaching. Her final study for her first degree focused on “Raising Controversial Issues with Children.” She later went on to complete a MEd in Global Education.
Catherine Ramos
Is a professional interpreter/translator. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. She joined the Justice First Board in 2006. Her three ‘Unsafe Return’ reports about the post removal experience of people removed from the UK to the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been cited by academics and successfully submitted in cases in the UK, USA and Canada.
Tresor Bukasa
Is a former airline pilot and worked extensively overseas. He is currently service coordinator for the British Red Cross. He holds an ATPL/master’s degree in international Relations and an MA in Human Rights from Teesside University.
Laura Kirkpatrick
Is an Employment and Business Immigration Solicitor with the Endeavour Partnership LLP based on Teesside. She joined Justice First as a trustee in early 2020 and aims to share some of her commercial expertise in promoting our charity. Most importantly Laura was delighted to take this position to learn from us and be involved in promoting social justice and equality for those most vulnerable and seeking sanctuary.
Samsoudini (Shams) Abdou Moussa
Is a community champion, campaigner, and advocate. He has extensive experience as an IT expert. With lived experience of the asylum system, Shams is well placed to support a wide range of organisations with a focus on people seeking sanctuary. He volunteers with both local and nationwide institutions in both an Advisory and Trustee capacity. He has completed Foundation Courses on Computer Sciences including Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, and Cybersecurity at Teesside University. He is currently studying International Relations and Politics (BA Hons) at Northumbria University. He is co-chair of Tees Valley of Sanctuary and is a member of the Advisory Group to the Board of Medicines Sans Frontières. He is also a Member of the National Health Advisor of Doctors of The World.
Hamida White
In 2007, Hamida joined the Justice First team as a caseworker, helping asylum seekers and refugees helping with their legal cases. She then moved on to work with the British Red Cross as a service co-ordinator, working with the local asylum seeker and refugee community and has continued to be a positive force and reputable source of advice and support within the sector, since this time.
