Founder/Director

Nominated Individual

Registered Manager

With over 20 years' experience in the social care sector, Gul has managed a range of services focusing on young people leaving care. Gul has always focused on adding value to the care offered, including setting up an in-house counselling service for the young people, helping them to develop resilience and make sense of some of the trauma they have faced.

Gul consistently promotes educational opportunities to the young people she has worked with, and when there are none available, she has initiated them herself, including setting up a training café. This helped the young people gain valuable life skills as well as giving them the opportunity to develop real, transferable, employable skills. Gul is creative in her approach and looks for solutions that align with the young person’s personality and prospects, without trying to steer them down a conventional route, as this may not be suitable for all.

Recently, Gul was Head of HR for a Supported Housing Service. During this time, she had full responsibility for the HR function as well as supporting the business operations. Not only does Gul have a passion for supporting young people in unlocking their true potential, but she also believes that the same should be done for staff.

Other achievements include implementing a community café at The Galleries of Justice, a Nottingham landmark, which offers learning and employment skills for people with learning difficulties.

In addition to her valuable work experience, Gul has a solid range of qualifications, including PRINCE2 Project Management, ILM Leadership & Management, Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling & Psychotherapy, and Person-Centred Art Therapy.

Gul also has extensive experience in running a business and has successfully run her own company alongside her work for the last eight years.