Trustee

Satwat (she/her) is the chief executive of One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS). OPFS is the leading charity working with single parent families in Scotland, providing expert advice, practical support, and campaigning with parents to make their voices heard to change the systems, policies, and attitudes that disadvantage single parent families.

Satwat has more than 30 years’ experience in the voluntary and public sector in Scotland and England, working in the fields of equalities, education, employability, economic development/regeneration, and early years and childcare.

Satwat has been a member of several commissions and advisory groups including the First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls and the Scottish Government’s Social Renewal Advisory Board. She is on the boards of Child Poverty Action Group (UK), Children in Scotland, and is chair of Intercultural Youth Scotland.