Speakers

Caroline started her career working in Child Protection for Wakefield Council. Caroline then moved on to become a School Business…

Julie is someone who has used her own mental health journey to encourage others to express themselves through POSITIVE,SAFE,SELF EXPRESSION…

Rob is the Founder and CEO of Survivors West Yorkshire and its male survivor service Bens Place which pioneered sexual…

Dr. Sandra L. Bloom is a Board-Certified psychiatrist, graduate of Temple University School of Medicine and currently Associate Professor, Health…

Lisa Cherry is the Director of Trauma Informed Consultancy Services Ltd and is an author, researcher, leading international trainer and…

Alistair Christie and Darren Blake have led the development of the BLOSM service within Accident & Emergency at Calderdale &…

Senior Clinical Psychologist working on the Calderdale Trauma Informed Personality Disorder (TIPD) Pathway.      

Sally’s role is funded by the Leeds Integrated Care Board and is hosted by Forum Central, the collective voice of…

A Registered Nurse and Mental Health Promotion Specialist by background with over 30 years Public Mental Health experience educating the…

Kathryn Hodgson is a trainer & consultant in all things trauma informed, with a special interest in how organisations can…

Jess has been at Social Finance for 4+ years and has worked on a range of projects in the areas…

Emmerline started her career in Housing and local government in 1997 and qualified as a professional Youth and Community worker…

Cath is a Clinical Doctoral Researcher, Online Harms Consultant, Public Speaker, Author (of 4 books to date), Educator and TEDx…

Prior to founding Warren Larkin Associates in 2017, Warren spent 24 years in the NHS, working predominantly with individuals and…

Kelly graduated Leeds Metropolitan University with a Ba Hons in Sociology in 2004 and the following year began work with…

Alison Lowe is the West Yorkshire Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (DMPC). The DMPC works with the Mayor to…

I have been the Director of the West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) since November 2020. I am incredibly passionate…

Laura is an experienced researcher and evaluation practitioner, with particular experience in the intersections between systems. Laura has extensive experience…

Dr Penny Netherwood is a consultant clinical psychologist at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust and the health co-lead for the…

Amy joined Social Finance in 2021. Since then, she has worked on a range of projects in the Data and…

Jess is the suicide prevention project manager for WY HCP, working across whole of West Yorkshire to bring the suicide…

Sharon Prince is a Consultant Clinical & Forensic Psychologist and is currently the Deputy Director for Psychological Professions at Leeds…

Samana currently works as a Senior Educational and Child Psychologist for Kirklees Educational Psychology Service. Samana has, over a number…

Hi – my name is Tracey and I’m a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, currently working as the Clinical Lead for the…

Anna is Head of Partnerships, Networks and Training at the Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) coalition. She started off working…

Frank is an NHS anaesthetic Consultant and also the Climate Change Lead for health and social care at the West…

Dr Anna Turner, senior educational psychologist, Leeds City Council , and interim education co-lead for the development of a new…

Rob is Chief Executive for the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, an integrated care system that he has led…

Currently I’m an operational clinical lead for the Trauma Informed Personality Disorder Pathway across Kirklees. I have a passion and…