Meet a Changemaker: Bill Hopkinson
Bill has worked closely with the council as co-chair of the Ageing Well Strategy Delivery Board. He runs the LGBTQ+ Seniors group, which meets for coffee and a chat to…
Meet a Changemaker: Sandra Amoah, Chair of ASK, User Led Mental Health Group and The Resident United Forum
Having experienced mental health discrimination herself, Sandra is the Chair of the ASK group, which advocates for and supports residents whose mental health affects their daily lives. Sandra is an…
Meet a Changemaker: Dr Imrana Siddiqui, GP and Mental Health Clinical Lead for North East London ICB
Imrana is passionate about reducing inequalities. As a GP, seeing patients struggle to access the care they need made her want to make health systems more accessible and relevant for…
Meet a Changemaker: Ben Levinson OBE, Director of School and Trust Development, The Tapscott Learning Trust, and Executive Headteacher, Kensington Primary School
Ben’s focus is around the potential for education and health to work more collaboratively and strategically to improve outcomes for children: as Headteacher of Kensington Primary School, he has worked…
Meet a Changemaker: Mavis Wenham, Independent Consultant Health, Care, Community and Wellbeing
Mavis works and volunteers for a range of community sector, informal and statutory organisations and agencies to develop innovative and community-based projects, programmes and user-/ patient-led initiatives. She sees it…
Meet a Changemaker: Sue Sinton Smith, Carer Representative, Autism Strategy Delivery Board
Sue is passionate about making links within the community. Alongside other volunteering roles, Sue spends her time representing the views of carers of autistic people in Newham. She creates links…
Meet a Changemaker: Sabrina Bafli, Co-Chair, Autism Resident Advisory Group
Sabrina has lived in Newham for 10 years. She worked in mental health in the NHS until she was diagnosed as autistic and left her career due to significant burnout.…
Meet a Changemaker: Belinda Ngugi, Perinatal Programme Manager
After arriving in Newham in 2011 and becoming a parent, Belinda undertook diverse leadership roles with National Childbirth Trust. She found that the voices and experiences of women seeking sanctuary…
Meet some Changemakers: Claire Clinton, Dr Jo Sell and Marie Hardie, The Newham PSHE Partnership
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) should enable children and young people to learn about themselves and the world they live in, giving them the skills, understanding and information…