Deborah J Crozier is the founder and a director of A Positive Start CIC since 2017.
While she holds a governance role as a director, along with all of our directors, she is not remunerated for those duties.
Since February 2025, Deborah has worked full-time with the organisation on a self-employed, contracted basis, delivering trauma-informed therapeutic support, managing project delivery and leading the development of our services.
Prior to this, Deborah balanced her work with APS on a voluntary basis, alongside employed roles, initially Project Manager for a local charity, latterly as a school counsellor. She made the decision to transition fully into self-employment to ensure consistency, sustainability and high-quality deliver of our mission. Her contracted pay is below her previous employed income and is in line with fair and reasonable remuneration for services delivered. All work is invoiced and recorded transparently, and any payments are made in full compliance with our Articles of Association and CIC regulations.