Eczema Outreach Support has a Board of Trustees, a Youth Panel and a small staff team.
Everyone is dedicated and passionate about supporting families and improving eczema services.
Our Trustees
Steven joined EOS in May 2016 and took on the position of Chair in March 2017. He is a retired qualified accountant.
Sarah-Jane Mitchell has a daughter who suffers from severe atopic eczema. She is a small business owner, who is also trained in counselling and digital marketing.
Julija is a chartered accountant with over 10 years experience in the not-for-profit sector. Julija had eczema since she was a toddler.
Heather is a Senior HR professional with over 15 years experience. Heather and her daughter suffer with eczema and she also brings this personal experience to the Board. She joined in January 2025.
Rebecca is a university lecturer in law and joined the Board in Spring 2020.
Cattie joined the board in the autumn 2023. She also chairs our Youth Panel.
Dr Dubash is a dermatology registrar working in the NHS. He is passionate on patient empowerment, amongst other clinical and academic interests.
Karim joined the Board in 2025. He is a qualified chartered accountant with over 15 years of experience across audit and financial services. Karim also brings his personal experience of eczema to the trustee role.
Emily joined the board in 2023. She has worked in charities her whole career and currently works in fundraising at a Manchester-based organisation.
Our Staff
Suzi became CEO in September 2023 and has 20 years’ experience working in the third sector, particularly in the areas of health and youth. She is passionate about the transformative power of working together with children and young people with lived experience to overcome the challenges they are facing.
Dorte joined our busy office in 2016. She has many years of experience in charity finance, administration and all things operational and ensures all the stuff in the background happens.
Moira joined the team in November 2022. Her background was in Primary Education before working for a charity that supports people with Down’s Syndrome and their families. She is passionate about supporting the team to develop services which support families who are in need.
Clair joined EOS in September 2021 as a family worker. She previously worked in admin and events and suffers from Crohn’s so has lived experience of a long term medical condition.
Lynne joined our busy team in 2018 as a Family Worker and comes from a children and family support professional background. Lynne also has first-hand experience of caring for a child with eczema.
With a counselling background Jean was on the initial Board at the creation of EOS before taking on the role of Family Worker in September 2014 and stepping into Senior Family Worker in 2022. She also looks after all our work with schools.
Felicity joined EOS in August 2022, bringing over a decade’s experience in charitable fundraising. She manages donations made to the charity and grant-funding applications.
Jo joined the team in March 2023 as Fundraising Officer covering Fliss on maternity leave, and took on the role of Communications Officer in August 2023. She has had eczema all her life so understands what it’s like living with the condition and was part of the youth panel from it’s creation.
Ashley joined the team in May 2024. She brings administrative and organisational experience from her time in charity, corporate and hospitality settings.
Our School Workers
Our Youth Panel
Our Ambassadors and Partners
Sandra Lawton OBE, Queen’s Nurse, MSc, RN,OND, RN Diploma (Child), ENB 393. Dermatology Nurse Consultant.
Grant Chair of Dermatology
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science
Honorary Consultant Dermatologist
Section Head: Genetic and Experimental Medicine
Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science
Honorary Consultant Dermatologist
Section Head: Genetic and Experimental Medicine
