Our team

Kirstie has been the CEO of King’s Arms Project since January 2021, having previously served as trustee for the charity from March 2009 until June 2020. She brings a passion and a desire to see the lonely and excluded brought into community, bring hope and restoration to broken lives and speak out on behalf of the defenceless. Motivated by her Christian faith, Kirstie brings considerable experience and skills to this role following 15 years working in criminal justice and 3 years serving on the leadership team of Kings Arms Church. She is particularly interested in exploring creative new ways to prevent the cycle of homelessness by tackling its root causes.

When she is not working, Kirstie enjoys time with her family, walking her crazy spaniel, running the occasional marathon and cheering on West Ham United.

Sarah is a qualified Social Worker and has spent many years working in Youth Offending teams. She has worked for King’s Arms Project at different times in its history as a Support Worker and Outreach Worker as well as developing mentoring and prison leavers outreach. Sarah is passionate about bringing hope to individuals and seeing lives changed.

Sarah loves the outdoors, walking and kayaking are a few of her favourites. She grew up on a farm and hopes to start beekeeping later on this year. Sarah loves baking and keeping fit along with travelling. Fun fact: Sarah has slept in a jungle, and eaten piranha!

Matt is responsible for oversight of the Operations functions across King’s Arms Project. After working in the Public, Private and Charity sector for over 20 years, Matt joined the staff team here in order to be a part of something that is changing lives in Bedford.

Joe oversees King’s Arms Project’s Supported Accommodation and Pathways teams. Having been part of the charity for several years, his knowledge of homelessness support comes from his experience in various roles, including outreach work, hostel support for clients with complex needs, and piloting our No Recourse Accommodation service.

Joe focuses on service growth and enhancement, ensuring we provide the best support to our clients in carefully cultivated community environments where people can thrive. He is passionate about developing ways to help those most marginalised, is a keen learner, and enjoys spending time with his young family.

Laura oversees our services for refugees and migrants (including our ESOL and Support Teams). Laura is passionate about advocating for the rights of migrants and refugees. She strongly believes that everyone should be treated with dignity. She and a team of caseworkers assist those with complex immigration situations to access legal advice as well as providing holistic support.

Laura has a degree in Arabic and Middle East Studies from the University of St Andrews. Prior to working with the King’s Arms Project, Laura was based in Iraq working for an NGO. Laura is OISC L1 registered in Immigration and OISC L2 registered in Asylum and Protection.

Amged leads our Refugee and Migrant Services team. With long experience of travel around the world and supporting displaced people in areas of conflict, Amged is passionate about supporting people with complex immigration situation and refugees in the UK. He and the team of caseworkers supports vulnerable migrants and refugees.

Amged is a chartered linguist. He is OISC L1 registered in Immigration and OISC L2 registered in Asylum and Protection.

Stuart has been involved with charity fundraising for the last 9 years and has joined with the goal of bringing stakeholders closer to the amazing work taking place here at King’s Arms Project. In his career so far, he has worked in different elements of fundraising at different charities, including working in F2F (facetoface), Major Donor management, corporate fundraising, and Legacy and Gift in Wills.

In his free time, he enjoys sports and fitness, long romantic walks to the fridge and studying Theology.