CEO of Recovery Connections, a lived-experience recovery organization located in the northeast of England. Awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2017, Dot visited collegiate recovery programs in the USA, a concept not yet recognized in the UK at that time. Inspired by the film "The Anonymous People," which she watched in 2013, Dot became deeply involved in the visible recovery movement. After her fellowship, she successfully launched a collegiate recovery program at Teesside University and has been instrumental in fostering the development of similar initiatives across the nation.