Rachel Reign

Rachael Reign is an award-winning specialist in spiritual and cultic abuse and Founder and CEO of Surviving Universal UK, the UK’s Black-led specialist organisation supporting survivors of spiritual and cultic abuse. Drawing on lived experience, she has built national leadership across survivor support, safeguarding, public education and policy advocacy, with particular focus on communities underserved by mainstream systems. Her expertise informs government, parliamentary and national safeguarding work, helping strengthen recognition and responses to spiritual and cultic abuse. Her advocacy has featured across major media, including BBC Panorama, The Guardian and Good Morning Britain. Through Surviving Universal UK and her wider public work, Rachael challenges coercion, exploitation and institutional silence, strengthens accountability and creates practical pathways towards safety, justice and recovery. Her work centres survivor voice while pushing institutions to recognise harms too often overlooked.