Stella Cross - first worked in supported housing in 1984 when she was a Project Worker for West London Cyrenians. Since then, she has worked in a wide range of supported housing settings including a women's refuge and residential and floating support for those with long-term mental health problems, alcohol problems and for young people. She has worked as a social worker with older people, a community worker with women, a counsellor in a GP practice, a research officer looking at in-patient mental health services, as an adult protection officer and as a trainer for Leeds City Council Social Services Department. She recently spent several years caring for her parents, including a year looking after them on a full-time basis.  Stella Cross has an M.A. in Social Work (1987), a Post Graduate Diploma in Professional Training and Development (2003) and Certificates in Psychotherapy (1996), Personal Fitness Training (2006) and Life Coaching (2008).  She is currently working on a freelance basis as a trainer, coach and consultant.