Experience

EAPA UK

• United Kingdom
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Secretary and Board Member

  • Mar 2021 - Present



Professional Help

• United Kingdom
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & Managing Director

  • Aug 2012 - Present

  Professional Help provides white-label counselling services and specialises in delivering bereavement care services and supporting people through significant change and conflict (particularly during reorganisation and redundancy processes).We offer Employee Support Programmes delivering confidential and impartial advice, support and counselling to help reduce stress in the workplace, improve employee performance and build resilience in both individuals and teams.We help to manage and support mental health issues in the workplace and provide training and consultancy in topics including managing workplace stress, supporting staff and colleagues through change or other difficult events, reducing sickness absence caused by stress and managing complex issues in the workplace including mental health problems, substance misuse and bereavement. Professional Help launched GriefChat, the first live online chat bereavement counselling service in the world in 2017. www.professionalhelp.org.uk



GriefChat

• United Kingdom
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & Managing Director

  • Nov 2017 - Present



Lancaster University Management School

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Leader in Residence & Honorary Teaching Fellow

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  Honorary Teaching Fellow and Leader in Residence at Lancaster University Management School. Honorary Teaching Fellow and Leader in Residence at Lancaster University Management School.



MuchLoved Charitable Trust

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bereavement Consultant

  • May 2013 - Present

  As a MuchLoved Consultant I work with charities, hospices and funeral businesses to establish and develop online tributes which offer bereaved families a beautiful space to remember their loved one.MuchLoved tributes offer unrivalled functionality for funeral businesses - combining the online memorial, funeral notice and donations functions with great design and ease of use.For charities, hospices and hospitals, our system combines the best in online tribute fund technology and design with sensitive and appropriate client experience for bereaved families.www.muchloved.com



St Mary's Hospice

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trustee

  • Jul 2014 - Sep 2017

  As a Trustee Board Member, I help with Hospice governance, setting and monitoring strategy and performance and supporting the senior management team. I also Chair the St Mary's Fundraising Sub Committee, which sets the strategic direction for organisational fundraising and supports the FR team to deliver consistently high returns. As a Trustee Board Member, I help with Hospice governance, setting and monitoring strategy and performance and supporting the senior management team. I also Chair the St Mary's Fundraising Sub Committee, which sets the strategic direction for organisational fundraising and supports the FR team to deliver consistently high returns.



Centre for the Grief Journey

• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Bereavement Care and Education

  • Nov 2012 - Feb 2015

  As Director of Bereavement Care and Education I worked closely with funeral businesses and community organisations to develop and deliver Grief Journey Group Facilitator training programmes to ensure that communities throughout the country are able to access appropriate grief education and community bereavement support.www.griefjourney.com As Director of Bereavement Care and Education I worked closely with funeral businesses and community organisations to develop and deliver Grief Journey Group Facilitator training programmes to ensure that communities throughout the country are able to access appropriate grief education and community bereavement support.www.griefjourney.com



Cruse Bereavement Support

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director of Services

  • Mar 2002 - Jul 2012

  As Director of Services I was responsible for the planning and delivery of Cruse services both locally and nationally, delivering high quality bereavement care services and ensuring that these were underpinned by a robust framework of research, policy and education. Cruse is the largest bereavement care organisation in the world, with over 6000 trained bereavement counselling volunteers.www.cruse.org.uk As Director of Services I was responsible for the planning and delivery of Cruse services both locally and nationally, delivering high quality bereavement care services and ensuring that these were underpinned by a robust framework of research, policy and education. Cruse is the largest bereavement care organisation in the world, with over 6000 trained bereavement counselling volunteers.www.cruse.org.uk



Bully Free Zone

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-ordinator

  • 1997 - 2002

  Bully Free Zone (Bolton Peer Mediation Project) was a children and young people's anti-bullying and peer mediation charity. We worked extensively in schools and with youth groups across Bolton and Greater Manchester to engage with young people who were affected by bullying and conflict and equip them with mediation and counselling skills. As well as managing the charity I worked both individually and in groups with children and young people to build self esteem, resilience and confidence and to help them problem solve and develop conflict resolution skills.