Her mother, Patricia Mulligan, is a psychotherapist and her father, Francis Neate, is a lawyer and former president of the International Bar Association.
[5] After her diploma she was a freelancer whose work was published in The Guardian and the New Statesman before becoming the editor of Community Care magazine.
[3][5] Neate moved into charity work in 2005 when she became Executive Director of External Relations at Action for Children until 2013.
[5] Neate became chief executive for the Women's Aid in 2013 where she helped secure legislation to criminalise coercive and controlling behaviour.
[8] In her charity roles, she writes opinion pieces on housing, women's rights, leadership, and wider social justice issues.