Ann is an equality and
diversity expert who started her career in London
within local government in the 1980s she worked initially
as an equality practitioner and in training roles
for the Inner London Education Authority and the London
Fire Brigade. She was subsequently employed to develop
the diversity strategy in two universities.
Ann has worked independently as a consultant and trainer
since 1998 and supports client organisations on a
broad range of equality and diversity issues, her
experience spans service delivery, employment and
strategic issues.
Ann is motivated by seeing the benefits of a positive
organisational approach to equality and diversity,
but also pragmatically recognises that tensions are
likely to arise as a result of 'difference'. Her aim
is to understand the situations and requirements of
clients, service users, customers and staff and works
in partnership with them to achieve positive outcomes
and culture change for those involved.
My commitment to addressing HIV and associated issues
has been strengthened by my experiences in both my
personal and professional life.
Andy
is a qualified Personal Performance Coach with an
Advanced Diploma in Personal Performance Coaching
from The Coaching Academy. The Coaching Academy is
Europe's largest coach training body and its courses
are accredited by the Open College Network. Andy operates
a business and life coaching company based in Cumbria.
He has a background in industry and has held positions
in Sales, Technical and Quality Management. He holds
a B.Sc. in Physics from Durham University and is a
Chartered Electrical Engineer. Andy has also worked
in Adult Education and with the Swindon Foyer Project
which is a project committed to housing and education
for disenfranchised youths.
He is currently a trustee of the National Long Term
Survivors Group (a charity set up to help people living
with HIV/AIDS for 5 years or more) and has worked
as a volunteer and committee member with the Swindon
Project for AIDS Counselling and Education (SPACE).
Andy has a particular commitment to the provision
of coaching for people affected by and living with
HIV infection.
Clare Walker is an NLP
Master Practitioner, and author of, "Be the Life and
Soul of the Party," (pub Crown House). She has been
a full-time life coach and trainer since 1998, before
which she read law at Cambridge, qualified as a barrister
and worked in the City.
Her approach to coaching is holistic but practical,
and she aims to give you the results you need in the
shortest possible time that's comfortable for you.
Clare's experience includes the following:
Coaching private individuals from all walks of life
on a range of issues, including: confidence, communication,
personal impact, leadership skills, stress relief,
job and promotion acquisition, interview skills, exam
success and life direction. This takes place face-to-face,
by phone, and/or occasionally by email.
Provision of disability leadership coaching to DRC
& RADAR forum candidates nationwide.
Preferred supplier of leadership, confidence and communication
skills coaching to Capgemini UK plc.
Motivational speaker for Jobcentre Plus events in
Devon and Cornwall.
Over
the last two decades Dennis has worked with clients
from the statutory and voluntary sectors, providing
a range of high quality training and consultancy services
to organisations committed managing change in the
following areas of service development; Diversity,
Racial Equality, Sexuality, HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health
issues.
Dennis is a qualified Assertiveness Trainer and offers
Team Building as part of his portfolio of work.
Dennis has coordinated a dynamic training programme
for PACE, London's leading LGBT mental health charity
for the last 7 years and counts the Department of
Trade & Industry, Social Care Institute for Excellence,
The NAZ Project and East Thames Housing Association,
amongst many others, as satisfied clients he has worked
with.
Dennis facilitates workshops on the popular Gay Men's
Workshop programme at PACE, that explore themes around
identity, self esteem, assertiveness, relationships
and sexual health.
Dennis is a part-time lecturer at London's City Lit,
teaching courses on Diversity, HIV and Sexuality Awareness
within the Counselling & Psychotherapy Department.
He has also completed 7 years of ongoing training
in Humanistic Psychology at Spectrum.
Dennis appeared in the recent Channel 4 documentary
'Reggae, Trainers & Olympics which explored the
role of dancehall music and homophobia.
He is a member of the Crime Prosecution Service Community
Scrutiny Panel and is the current Vice-Chair of the
Black Gay Men's Advisory Group (BGMAG).
In 2003 and 2006 he received Black LGBT Community
Awards in recognition of his work with Black LGBT
communities in the UK.
Winnie has a BA
in Sociology and currently works with Christian Aid
as HIV mainstreaming Coordinator. She also works part-time
for HIV i-Base as Treatment Development Worker.
Until October 2006, she was Chair of the African HIV
Policy Network (AHPN) for six years.
Since 1996, she has coordinated and has been a research
assistant on a number of studies exploring issues
affecting people living with HIV.
Winnie initiated Vital Voices, a leadership project
for African men and women living with HIV in the UK
in 2007 and is also a trustee of both the National
AIDS Trust (NAT) and Tackle Africa.
Winnie is currently working as a trainer and is involved
in a number of leadership initiatives.
Shaama is a qualified
coach and an independent organisation development
consultant with over twenty years experience of working
as a senior executive. She is a former Director of
Human Resources in the public sector. Over her career,
Shaama has acquired a wide range of high-level strategic
management and leadership skills, particularly those
pertinent to complex organisations.
She has worked at Board level and with senior executives
in a variety of public, private and third sector organizations
in the UK and internationally. Shaama is especially
committed to improving leadership and strategic capabilities
and effectiveness.
She is a core facilitator on several premier talent
management and accelerated leadership development
programmes for the Cabinet Office, BERR (formerly
DTI), NHS and several local authorities - all of which
have included participants with a range of disabilities.
Shaama's goals are to help organisations and individuals
to re-define success, find effective ways of sustaining
it and to re-energise individual talent.
Shaama is skilled in coaching for emergent talent,
career and life transitions, work life balance, managing
professional relationships. She is passionate about
supporting individuals to find strategies to manage
personal success in diverse organisations, in ways
that are congruent with personal ethics and pride
in differing personal identities. Shaama focuses her
interests in coaching individuals and teams to enable
new ways of working and 'making change really happen'
to enhance individual and collective performance.
Shaama has an open and relaxed communication style
combined with high levels of energy and a sense of
fun. She supports individuals to achieve their desired
goals by creatively exploring their real issues. Her
clients particularly value her ability to ask the
'ouch' questions that take them to a new level of
thinking.
Her clients include senior executives and 'rising
talent' individuals from: local authorities, civil
service, health authorities, arts and media quangos,
IT industry, housing associations, pharmaceutical
multinationals and the voluntary/charity sector.
