Hayley Williamson
(She / Her)
Lived Experience and Workplace Partnerships Manager
Culture, Operations and Engagement
Hayley Williamson is the Lived Experience and Workplace Partnerships Manager at Safe and Equal, where she leads two interconnected teams that work to strengthen organisational responses to family violence. In this role, Hayley oversees workplace partnerships that bridge the expertise of the family violence sector with external industries, supporting organisations to improve their policies, processes, training and ways of working to ensure employees and customers experiencing family violence are respected and supported.
She also leads Safe and Equal’s lived experience team who are engaged to translate their lived experience of family violence into expertise that informs practice across Safe and Equal, the wider specialist sector and external organisations. Her leadership ensures the perspectives of survivor advocates meaningfully shape systems, capability-building initiatives and cross-sector collaboration.
With over 15 years’ experience in people leadership, communications, project delivery and purpose-driven partnership work, Hayley brings a values‑led, collaborative approach to creating social change. Her career shift into the family violence sector reflects a deep personal commitment to gender equity, social justice and driving impact through authentic relationships and strategic engagement.
Safety and empowerment are fundamental rights. I’m committed to strengthening the connection between the family violence sector and workplaces, supporting organisations to create cultures of respect and informed response.
Creating meaningful change – even for one person – is the impact that drives my work every day.