Our Team - Forum Central

Rachel Cooper

Rachel is the Chief Executive Officer of Leeds Older People's Forum

Rachel joined LOPF in 2009, becoming Chief Executive in 2015. She has been involved in the Forum’s key achievements, which include; advocating important member issues such as hospital discharge and housing; establishing a 130+ member strong alliance of Dementia Friendly organisations, and attracting 6m in funding to the city to tackle social isolation and loneliness.

Rachel is most proud of LOPF being an organization that truly puts older people at the heart of all of its work.

Rachel’s scariest moment was leading a 60 strong flash (dance) mob of older people doing a hand jive to ‘We Love to Boogie’ by T-Rex in Leeds’ Victoria Quarter to raise awareness of Age Friendly issues.

Email Rachel Cooper
Tel: 0113 244 1697

Lucy Graham

Lucy is the PSI-Volition Director

Lucy brings a variety of experience to the role of Director, having worked and volunteered in numerous third sector organisations big and small, both locally and in her native Northern Ireland.

Most recently, she lead a team in a start-up social enterprise, focusing on providing sustainable employment for people with mental health difficulties.

With a degree in Law and MSc in Psychology, Lucy feels strongly about human rights, equality and inclusion, and is passionate about better mental health for all.

Outside of work, Lucy enjoys exploring Leeds’ diverse culinary offerings – as with many adopted Yorkshire folk, she has a particular soft spot for a good pie!

Email Lucy Graham
Tel: 0113 242 1321

Pip Goff

Pip is the Third Sector and Community Local Care Partnerships (LCP) Development Manager

Pip Goff joined Forum Central in May 2019 as Third Sector and Community Local Care Partnerships (LCP) Development Manager to ensure that the third sector is fully engaged and represented in LCPs in order to reshape future health and care provision in Leeds.

She is based in the new citywide LCP Development Team, alongside a team of colleagues providing a support and resources to help LCPs develop as well and as quickly as possible.

Pip brings to the role extensive experience of partnership working and third sector innovation; a strong understanding of funding and how the sector can capture and articulate health outcomes and demonstrate social value; and a passion for addressing health inequalities.

A frequent cyclist, Pip would love to see improvements to Leeds’ transport so more people can live healthier lives and enjoys any excuse to be outside.

Email Pip Goff
Tel: 0113 242 1321

Sean Tunnicliffe

Sean is the communications Officer at Leeds Older People’s Forum (LOPF)

His role includes communications, admin and office management for LOPF and Forum Central

He enjoys the wide variety of his role which covers things like designing reports and documents, organising meetings, putting together ebulletins, writing blogs, updating the Forum Central and LOPF websites and social media and making sure that the office never runs out of milk.

He has worked in the third sector since 2001 first with Volition and then LOPF and is the longest serving member of the Forum Central team.

Previous to this Sean had mainly worked in horticulture and also had a spell managing a newsagent shop.