Staff team
Ben Howells
CEO of Living Well Consortium
Ben Howells is a graduate from Hull University with a Politics degree; he has commercial and 3rd Sector management experience.
Patrick Kwesiga
Chief Operating Officer (Clinical and Operations)
Patrick Kwesiga is the Chief Operating Officer (Clinical and Operations) for Living Well Consortium.
Sally Munday
Finance Director
An FCA, having worked primarily in leisure, travel and recreation industries, Sally chose a career path in the charities and non-for-profit sector; she worked in several FD/Head of Finance roles before joining Living Well UK in March 2020.
Tembi Ndlovu
Finance Officer
Tembi Ndlovu joined Living Well Consortium in October 2018.
Mr Ndlovu has extensive Experience in the Health Economy particularly in Financial Management, Business Analysis and Management Accounting.
Harvinder Sohal
Marketing and Member Lead
Harvinder Sohal is the Marketing and Member Lead for Living Well consortium.
Holly Beedon
Clinical Lead
Holly Beedon is a qualified Integrative Psychotherapist and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with over 10 years’ experience in the mental health sector.
Nabila Gardner
Grants and Programmes Manager
Nabila looks to identify opportunities for Living Well to develop the work of the Consortium collectively so that we can strengthen our position as a key player for mental health therapy provision.
Saira Jan
Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
A graduate from UOB with a Social policy degree, completed her PWP training in 2018, she began her professional career as a triage practitioner with LWC.
Patrice Copeland
Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
She has been working in mental health for 8 years and qualified as a PWP 5 years ago in London.
Karla Hall
Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
On completion of her Psychology Undergrad in 2013, she went on to achieve her Post Grad Cert in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions in 2018.
Leila Zafar
Executive Assistant
Leila comes from a background in the arts and events management industries, working with many high profile people and companies along the way.
Awa Njie
Administration and Operations Lead
Awa joined the consortium in 2018 as a admin officer and is currently the admin and operations lead at LWC. Awa has a background in medical bioscience and a master’s in public health.
Shahid Zaman
Data Lead
Shahid joined the Living Well Consortium in April 2017 as part of the Data team as a graduate from Coventry University with a First Class honors degree in Business and Marketing.
Suriya Arblaster
Project Link Worker
She joined LWC in March 2020 as a Project Link Worker. She has worked in the health sector since 1995 and at various levels in both Public, Private and the Third Sector.
Czarena Brown
Programme Assistant
Czarena has a background in running workshops and events due to her love for music and performing.
Katherine Partridge
Telephone Triage Practitioner
She is currently studying her MSc Counselling at the University of Worcester and aim to continue her professional development along with improving her counselling skills in the future.
Basra Khan
Telephone Triage Practitioner
Her role itself includes phone triage assessments which can take about 30 -40 minutes in regards to gaining information from clients initially and then to refer the client to the best form of intervention.
Amy Kealey
Telephone Triage Practitioner
She graduated with a Master’s Degree in Counselling and worked in many various volunteer settings. She has recently started as a Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner with Our Roots.
Alex D’Silva
Administration and Data Entry Officer
Alex graduated from University of Chester in 2013 with a BA hons in events management and worked in operational events for 2 years organising weddings, charity events and corporate events.
Laurie Matthews
Administration and Data Entry Officer
Laurie Matthews is a Administration and Data Entry Officer here at Living Well Consortium. After finishing university, she wanted to enter the professional world and learn new skills to enhance her knowledge.
Mabel Dean
Administration and Data Entry Officer
Mabel has a background in medical contracts administration, and graduated from the University of Birmingham with a BA in English and Philosophy.
Huja Sallah
Administration and Data Entry Officer
Huja Sallah is an Administrator and Data Entry Officer for LWC. Her role includes inputting client referrals, liaising with our mental health providers and responding to enquiries via telephone, email and through our Livechat service.
Salma Pathan
Administration and Data Entry Officer
Salma was born and brought up in Kuwait with her two sisters and three brothers, which is where she got her education. However she had to leave Kuwait during the…