Meet our Community Champions | Healthwatch Middlesbrough

Our Community Champions:

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Amjid Khazir - Media Cultured

Providing education, inclusion, equality, and safeguarding programmes.

Andrew Richardson - PhD student / Former President of Activities (Teesside University Students Union)

Experience of working with students, elite athletes, drug and alcohol clients and the general public.

Annalice Argyle - The Recovery Advocates and Consultants

Working with those who have become marginalised through substance misuse and/or their mental health

Annemarie Head - Tees Valley Buddies

Helping neurodiverse individuals and their families

Caroline Nakachwa - Together Middlesbrough and Cleveland

Working on an inclusion project for ethnic minority groups in Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland.

Carole Marshall - Redcar and Cleveland Voluntary Development Agency (RCVDA)

Matching potential volunteers to volunteering opportunities in Redcar and Cleveland.

Coral Danby - Public Health South Tees

Working with community groups and individuals to help them make positive lifestyle changes

Ellie Lowther - Essential Learning Curve Ltd

Raising awareness of trans rights, increasing diversity in community organisations, and promoting the global trans movement online.

Emma Abbott - Youth Focus North East

Working with young people to ensure their voices are heard (in order to make positive change in the area)

Fiona Helyer - Middlesbrough Council

Public Health Officer - Alcohol and Licensing

3 February 2022

George Dura - Middlesbrough Council

Working with victims of crime and anti-social behaviour

Jane Cousins - Support Practitioner, Redcar Coastal Primary Care Network

Delivering social prescribing for the residents of Redcar costal (Via GP referral)

2 September 2021

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Jane Harvey - Service Implementation & Peer Support Manager

Tees Local Pharmaceutical Committee

3 February 2022

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Janet Thompson – Councillor

Working within the Brambles Farm and Thorntree Ward or Middlesbrough

3 February 2022

Jamie Grant - Social Prescriber (East Cleveland Primary Care Network)

Delivering social prescribing services to those living in East Cleveland (Via GP referral)

23 September 2021

Jan Donnelly - Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)

Helping those who are blind/visually impaired

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Jean McDonald - Trinity Holistic Centre, James Cook Hospital

Working within a volunteer role, helping patients and families.

3 February 2022

Karen Winspear - Community Fitness Instructor, Senses Wellbeing Centre

Delivering fitness classes for every age and ability across East Cleveland.

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Katie Cramphorn - Redcar and Cleveland Council

Working as a Service Improvement & Participation Officer

3 February 2022

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Lucy Cushley - Middlesbrough and Stockton Mind

Team Lead, Older People’s Wellbeing Service

3 February 2022

Naomi Bulman - Loganslearning

Working with neurodiverse families in the area

Nichola Harrison - Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner

Working with young people to provide mental health support

9 November 2021

Rachel Gault - Community Ventures

Working from Thorntree in Middlesbrough to support the community and offer various support services.

Ross Newton - Independent Age

Working with those aged 65+ to alleviate loneliness and isolation.

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Sam Masamba - Founder of Mencave

Local church pastor and founder of non-profit organisation, MenCave

3 February 2022

Sarah James - Social Prescriber (Greater Middlesbrough Primary Care Network)

Working with patients who wish to access support in a number of areas, including mental health & wellbeing, social isolation etc.

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Terry Bytheway - Chairman, Teesside Prostate Cancer Support Group

Helping those diagnosed with Prostate Cancer within South Tees.

Terry Doyle - Self Employed Wellbeing & Resilience Coach

Helping people in South Tees with their health of mind, body and spirit

Thomas Henley - Autism Advocate

Empowering young people and raising awareness of autism

Wendy Peacock - Everyday Language Solutions

Engaging and communicating with communities who would otherwise be unheard.