Charlie Radbourne Lead Peer Mentor Outcome Home Mr Charlie Radbourne has more than 2 years, peer support and advocacy experience. Sitting on many service user forums and local authority committees. Due to mental health problems, coming under CMHT and the crisis team, Charlie spent 8 months sleeping rough and in the local night shelter, then…
Dr Gunveer Plahe Public Health Registrar (ST5), Health and Wellbeing Team Public Health England Dr Gunveer Plahe is a final year public health registrar based in the West Midlands. Prior to commencing public health training, she graduated in medicine at Imperial College London and completed foundation training. She is passionate about addressing health inequalities and…
Sue McCutcheon Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Substance Use Health and Street Nurse, Homeless Primary Care Team Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Sue McCutcheon is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Street Nurse with the Homeless Primary Care Team in Birmingham, UK. She has worked within this team for over 17 years and within…
Joanna Dawes Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy St George’s, University of London In 1997 Jo Dawes qualified as a physiotherapist from Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. She has worked in various National Health Service and higher education settings. Between 2000 and 2007 she worked full time as a physiotherapist for Greater Glasgow Primary Care Trust, within a…
Alison King Health Improvement Senior NHS Health Scotland Alison wants to live in a Scotland where everyone has a safe, secure home. Alison is sad that she has to see people lying on cardboard under a bridge for ‘warmth’ Alison searches for solutions Be like Alison As a Health Improvement specialist for fifteen years Alison…
Elizabeth Bodley-Scott Research Assistant University of Southampton Elizabeth is a Research Assistant in Psychology at the University of Southampton, where she has worked on a number of projects evaluating psychologically-informed interventions within homelessness services. Her current focus is researching which psychological interventions are effective at improving psychological and behavioural outcomes for people experiencing homelessness. She…
Sarah Forshaw Head of Service Concrete Sarah is the Head of Homelessness, Housing and Complex Needs at Concrete which delivers a range of services targeting the prevention and alleviation of homelessness. Prior to joining Concrete in 2015, Sarah worked across a range of sectors and disciplines including the prison service and local authorities leading teams…
Melanie Dunn Director of Support and Wellbeing Honeycomb Group Melanie is Director of Support and Wellbeing at Honeycomb Group, a team of social-minded brands championing happy homes by providing services and support that help people across Staffordshire and its surrounding area feel secure, connected and confident. Melanie joined Honeycomb Group in 2016. Prior to this…
Christopher Torry Community Charge Nurse/Substance Misuse Nurse Brighton Christopher is an adult trained nurse. He is currently a charge nurse at a substance misuse service in Brighton. He is autistic. He has an MSc is nursing with a research component, and is a member of the physical health and aging study group at Autistica, an…
Charlie Wood Lead Peer Mentor Outcome Home Charlie Wood has two years of peer to peer mentoring experience. He has contributed to the MEAM approach work in the area and is a member of the Social Inclusion Partnership in Basingstoke working together to end homelessness. He spent nine months sleeping rough and as a result…
