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Cynthia Kesington

Most homeless women are never counted. The people who meet them first can change that.

That's who I train. I speak and consult on hidden homelessness in women. I'm Lived Experience Lead at aneemo, founder of She Believes She Can CIC, and a TEDx speaker. I work with NHS trusts, local authorities, housing associations and universities.

I'm also a qualified Pilates teacher who has taught for Deliciously Ella and adidas, so movement and breathwork are part of how I work.

65%

of women in the 2025 Women's Rough Sleeping Census had slept or stayed in places that official rough sleeping counts leave out.

Women's Rough sleeping Census 2025, Single Homeless Project and Solace

Ways to work together

Training
Hidden in Plain Sight
Half-day training for up to 20 staff on recognising and responding to hidden homelessness in women.

 

Speaking
Keynotes and panels on hidden homelessness, lived experience leadership, and why women fall out of the data.

 

Shaping your service
Co-production, lived experience involvement and service reviews, so your services are shaped by women who've lived it.

Talk + movement
Steady Ground- what hidden homelessness does to women's bodies, and to the staff who support them. A talk, followed by simple movement and breathwork your team can use straight away. No mats, no kit. 60–90 minutes.

What your team will leave with

Spot what they've been missing

Recognise the signs of hidden homelessness in women who come to them for something else.

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Understand why she stays quiet

Why women disclose later than men, and what that delay costs her and your service.

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Ask the question that opens the door

A practical way to surface housing insecurity without shame or shutdown.

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Record it so it counts

So hidden homelessness reaches your data, your strategy and your funding case.

Where I've spoken and taught

TEDx -The One Question That Could Change Homelessness

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Better Society Capital

Invited to speak to the whole team at their housing and homelessness strategy launch.

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Pathway Masterclass

Co-led Understanding and addressing PTSD and Complex Trauma in Homelessness with Dr Emma Williamson, for athway and the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health. 

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Wired for Hope podcast

Guest on Dr Jessica Barton's podcast.
 

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Homeless Link Conference

Co-presented with Dr Emma Williamson speaking from my lived experience of homelessness and trauma.

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 Queen Mary University of London

Keynote speaker at the Psychology Careers Conference. Shared my story of overcoming homelessness whilst at university, and spoke to new psychology graduates about taking their next steps with courage.

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The Lady

Powerhouse

Guest speaker at The Dream Big Brunch, in a fireside chat with women starting their own businesses on overcoming adversity, building resilience and finding motivation to keep going when life gets hard. 

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Oasis Community Housing Gala

Keynote speaker at the Black & Gold Ball, Oasis Community Housing's flagship fundraising gala.

She Believes She Can CIC

The organisation I founded.

200+

Women Supported

80%

Leave more confident and less alone

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SBSC participant feedback 2025

“Essential for women who fall through the cracks.”
Kowiyat Mayo Ajimobi
CEO,The Lady Powerhouse

“So many colleagues told me how powerfully you'd spoken and how brilliant it was to hear your story’’
Drew Ritchie, Investment Director
Better Society Capital

“A model others should be learning from.’’
Dr Emma Williamson
CEO, aneemo

Tell me what you need

What are you interested in?
When are you hoping for this to happen?
Is there a budget set aside for this?

Let's Talk

Want me to speak to your team or train your staff? Book a call and we'll work out what fits.

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