Abigail started her third sector career providing housing related support to people living with HIV. Since then, Abigail has worked at a senior level across the sector developing and leading vital services for adults and their children with support needs – including award winning projects. 

Abigail is currently Director of Service Delivery for Refuge, the country's largest provider of specialist support for women and their children experiencing domestic abuse. She leads a team of nearly 300 specialists to deliver all client facing services, including safe accommodation, community based services, National Domestic Abuse Helpline and the sector leading tech-facilitated abuse service.

Across a career spanning the voluntary sector and local government Abigail has led coproduction and volunteer programmes, created a safeguarding quality assurance framework and delivered empowering support for people across a range of client groups.