Team Members

Sally Drinkwater

By |2022-10-04T13:25:46+01:007th September 2022|

Community & Young People's Engagement & Development Lead for the Trauma Informed Programme, Volition Sally's role works in collaboration with Leeds third sector and public sector teams as part of the Trauma Informed Programme and she represents [...]

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Rob Cook

By |2022-07-28T10:32:22+01:0028th July 2022|

Communications Officer Rob joined LOPF in November 2018, to work on the Time to Shine programme. He now manages the LOPF website and Twitter account, with a strong focus on the Enhance programme. Rob is motivated by [...]

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Lisa Fearn

By |2022-07-28T10:32:58+01:0028th July 2022|

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Lisa joined Leeds Older People's Forum in 2015 as Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for Time to Shine. This large-scale programme was heavily focused on research and on applying a 'test and learn' approach. [...]

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Jessica Duffy

By |2022-07-28T10:24:28+01:0028th July 2022|

Good Practice Mentor Jessica joined the Time to Shine team at LOPF in 2018, initially doing data entry and admin but soon became Learning Facilitator, giving her the opportunity to do what she does best - getting [...]

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Hillary Wadsworth

By |2022-07-28T10:19:47+01:0028th July 2022|

Enhance Programme Manager / Good Practice Mentor Manager Hillary works part-time as an Enhance Programme Manager. Her role includes working to develop the partnership and working to embed learning from Time to Shine. Hillary joined LOPF in [...]

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Mary Halsey

By |2022-07-28T09:56:57+01:0028th July 2022|

Communities of Interest Network Development Worker Mary joined the team in July 2022. She has worked in the third sector for over 10 years, running networks linked with inequality and poverty, including the Leeds Food Aid Network, [...]

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Maeve Carroll

By |2022-05-24T14:03:08+01:0024th May 2022|

Community Champions Coordinator Maeve had a long career in the travel industry before the Covid-19 pandemic stopped it in its tracks. She started to volunteer on community projects, including on the Covid-19 vaccine programme, eventually training as [...]

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Megan Swan

By |2022-05-20T15:32:28+01:0020th May 2022|

Membership and Admin Support Team Lead Megan joined the team in January 2022 as the Member Support Worker, assisting new members that join Forum Central and ensuring existing members have access to all that Forum Central offers, [...]

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Gabriella Obeng Nyarko

By |2022-07-28T09:36:20+01:0020th May 2022|

Mental Health Development Worker Gabriella's role is to strengthen the partnerships between members organisations and statutory services across the city. She collects intelligence on the strengths, assets and challenges faced by the third sector to ensure they [...]

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Robert Stephens

By |2022-07-28T09:34:10+01:0017th May 2022|

Assistant Coordinator for the Learning Disability Employment Task Group, Volition Robert assists the other Employment Coordinator with the work plan and other tasks like setting up meetings, writing emails and contacting people from other third sector organisations. [...]

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