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We are very proud of the team we have at Changing Our Lives. We have shaped a group of talented and experienced practitioners, from an extensive range of fields. This allows us to tailor our style, carefully considering who should lead each piece of work to ensure we stay innovative in our approach and achieve real change.

Each team member prides themselves on being committed to human rights, coproduction, and finding creative solutions that put people in control of their own lives.

Our value base is non-negotiable and this has culminated in a team that is united, maverick, driven and prepared to go places that others won’t. We ‘swim against the tide!’

Jayne Leeson, MBE

Chief Executive Officer

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Jayne is a born leader. She founded the organisation with a group of people with learning disabilities back in 2002. She provides strategic direction, innovation and courage, which has driven Changing Our Lives to national significance. She was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2014 for Services to People with Learning Disabilities.

 

 

Published: 8th January, 2018

Updated: 20th February, 2019

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Lucy Dunstan

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

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Lucy is highly driven and never loses focus of the bigger picture. She provides strategic leadership and has been instrumental in shaping and developing the organisational brand and vision. She has a wealth of experience leading on rights based, community development and advocacy work that include grass roots, leadership and consultancy roles.

Published: 8th January, 2018

Updated: 20th February, 2019

Author: Carol Clarke

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Anne-Marie Glasby

Senior Development Officer

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Anne-Marie is incredibly skilled at communication. Her background in lecturing at universities means that she is a real asset to our training and development programmes. These attributes, along with her perceptive nature and meticulous attention to detail, allow her to scrutinise, appraise and develop projects. Having worked as a nurse, Anne-Marie brings valuable health expertise to the organisation.

Published: 9th January, 2018

Updated: 2nd April, 2020

Author: Carol Clarke

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Jackie Taylor

Senior Development Officer

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Jackie’s professional experience is vast. Her versatile approach and
free-thinking nature make her well-suited to both community and strategic level working. Jackie has a fire in her belly, which ignites her appetite to tackle social injustice. She is non-conformist in her practice, which has spanned the fields of education, health, social care and community development.

Published: 10th January, 2018

Updated: 2nd November, 2020

Author: Carol Clarke

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Siraaj Nadat, BEM

Senior Quality of Life Facilitator

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Siraaj is an experienced and inspirational speaker and works locally, regionally and nationally in the field of disability. He has worked with the Department of Health, Healthwatch England and is heavily involved in the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme. Siraaj was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in 2017 for Services to People with Disabilities in the West Midlands.

Published: 10th January, 2018

Updated: 2nd November, 2020

Author: Carol Clarke

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Holly Yuille

Development Officer

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Holly is intuitively about people. After years of facilitating support and self-advocacy for people experiencing inequality, she is skilled in distilling what is important and translating it into action. Holly is methodical in her approach and thrives through learning, which she is currently applying to a Masters in Disability Studies and Inclusive Research. With her creative abilities in poetry and spoken word, Holly finds innovative approaches to rights based work where she can use the power of story to amplify social injustice.

Published: 18th May, 2020

Updated: 2nd November, 2020

Author: Rosalind Frampton

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Georgia Wilkinson

Project Officer

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Georgia thrives on working creatively to challenge social injustice, putting her ideas into action. With a background in community theatre, Georgia sees the arts as a powerful tool that can enable people to share their stories, challenge inequality and promote understanding to bring about societal change. Georgia’s imagination and innovation combined with her ability to energise conversations with people, strengthens the arts based approach of the organisation.

Published: 2nd November, 2020

Author: Georgia Wilkinson

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Changing Our Lives is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales under number 4404093 and registered as a Charity number 1093883