Archives: Speakers

Dr Michael Blaber

Mike is a Palliative Care Physician working at Sandwell and West Birmingham across the hospital sites and in the community. He is also part of the wellbeing faculty in the Trust with a particular focus on junior doctors. He has spoken nationally on the importance of caring for staff in healthcare and helped design and […]

Courteney Smith

It is a proven fact that nature benefits our mental health as it can generate positive emotions like calmness, joy, creativity and increase concentration. This wellness walk will take you out of your stressful environments and outside where you can focus on something different. Throughout an hourly session there will be a wellness walk through […]

Dr Ananta Dave

Dr Ananta Dave is Chief Medical Officer of the Black Country Integrated Care Board, part of the Black Country Integrated Care System. Prior to that she was Executive Medical Director and Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT). She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) and […]

Harriet Brady-Jackson

On a mission to get the world wiggling and giggling! Bringing joy into life. I started doing Yoga at age four, I have been teaching since 2016. I teach weekly classes with Red Rose Satsang, Nuffield, PingServices and in Chaulden Junior primary school as part of the curriculum. I teach: Childrens Yoga, Hatha Yoga, chair […]

Aaron Batesta

A Laughtercise session is fun, different, vibrant and like no other wellbeing session you will have ever experienced. It will leave you feeling rejuvenated, revived and ready to smile your way through the chaos of the world. Join Aaron, Laughtercise Team Building Facilitator, and do some tough ‘brain buzz’ games and some light movement exercises […]

Dr Alex George

Dr. Alex George is a TV doctor, best-selling author, and Youth Mental Health Ambassador to the government. Alex has become a well known and respected figure amongst healthcare professionals in the UK, from his years as an A&E doctor, bringing the nation accessible and reassuring advice directly from the frontline throughout the pandemic. His first […]

Rachel Smith

Rachel Smith has been at Wolves Foundation for nearly 8 years and has experience in both programme delivery and leadership across a variety of projects which serve the Wolverhampton community. Now, as Health and Wellbeing Manager at the Foundation, Rachel’s role involves coordinating on a number of programmes across all areas of health, such as […]

Nicola Farnell

The power point presentation will be approx. 30mins long and will talk about prostate health. We will cover benign prostate problems and then go on to talk about prostate cancer, discussing signs and symptoms and how to get tested. Its an informative talk with a questions and answers at the end.

Tim Keogh, A Kind Life

Kinder healthcare is safer healthcare. As co-founder at A Kind Life Tim’s mission is to spread kindness in healthcare. Over the past 10 years Tim has worked with more than 50 healthcare organisations and 75,000 healthcare staff, nurturing kinder cultures, leaders and teams. Tim’s work weaves together the latest thinking in neuroscience, organizational psychology and […]

Ebony Rebecca

I founded RoseTinted Financial Services due to my own personal struggle with poor mental health and debt. Debt charities I accessed had amazing resources, but no-one ever asked how I felt and resources arrived in the post, whilst I was still struggling to cope. The session will be about focusing on the good things that […]