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Who are the Living Well Group?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Living Well Group is made up of two organisations \u2013 Living Well UK (LWUK) and Living Well Consortium (LWC).<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Living Well Consortium<\/b>\u00a0is the West Midlands\u2019 leading mental health consortium, which consists of over 40 VCFSE (Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise) mental health organisations. These Consortium Members<\/b> work in a cross-collaborative way to ensure that those who are looking for ways to access mental health and wellbeing support can do so efficiently.\u00a0<\/p>

LWC works to relieve the pressure felt by the NHS, by delivering community-based services\u00a0that<\/span>\u00a0focus on prevention, wellness, recovery, and resilience, in turn building a more sustainable and long-lasting solution.<\/span><\/p>

Living Well UK<\/b> is the public-facing charity that brings the work of the Consortium Members to the people of the West Midlands. This charity arm provides free mental health and wellbeing support to people living in Birmingham and Solihull.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Louise McKiernann, MBA<\/span>
<\/b><\/span>Board Chair Living Well UK
Director Disability Resource Centre<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>

L<\/span>ouise Mckiernan is Chief Executive of the Disability Resource Centre; one of the leading disability organisations operating in Birmingham, Solihull <\/span>
and the wider West Midlands that provide a range of services to disabled people, frail older people, and those with long term health conditions.<\/span><\/p>

This includes not only individuals with mental ill health but also those presenting with poor mental health as a result of their impairment or health condition.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Davy Hay
<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>Co-founder of Pattigift\u00a0 Therapy <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Davy is the Co-Founder of Pattigift Therapy CIC, an African-centred psychological therapies organisation based in Birmingham.
With a background in mental health, he has worked as a nurse across inpatients, community liaison, elderly care, and substance misuse, as well as a mental health lecturer.<\/span><\/p>

He holds a degree in Nursing and Mental Health and a Postgraduate qualification as a Specialist Mental Health Practitioner. His career has taken him across the UK, the Caribbean, and Saudi Arabia.<\/span><\/p>

After 25 years in the NHS, Davy founded Pattigift Therapy \u2014 the first independent mental health hospital focused on the cultural and psychological needs of people of African heritage.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Jennifer Jones-Rigby<\/span>
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Jennifer is the CEO of Bethel Health & Healing Network and has over 30 years\u2019 experience in the community health and wellbeing sector. As CEO, she leads dedicated teams and volunteers who support some of the most vulnerable pregnant women across Birmingham, Solihull, and parts of the Black Country.<\/span><\/p>

The service provides essential support with birth planning, birth attendance, and structured nutrition and health guidance for women who may be hesitant to access services and who face challenging statistics regarding their survival during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Lovemore Kalibe Masiane
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Lovemore Kalibe Masiane is a dedicated mental health professional with a longstanding commitment to supporting others. With a background in education and community work, he began as a teacher and mentor, empowering young people and adults across diverse settings.<\/span><\/p>

Lovemore joined the Living Well Consortium in 2016 as a locum supervisor, and in 2017 became Clinical Lead at Our Roots CIC. His leadership evolved into the role of Operations and Clinical Executive, where he played a key role in developing a progressive NHS Talking Therapies service delivered through the Consortium.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Martin Hogg<\/span>
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CEO of Citizen Coaching<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Martin leads a team of over 40 counsellors and therapists who deliver more than 8000 counselling sessions a year to people in Birmingham.<\/span><\/p>

A counsellor and coach himself, Martin founded Citizen Coaching in 2005 to address the lack of affordable counselling options in the city, and to provide early-stage anger management interventions to adults and young people whose anger is causing them problems in their lives.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Amra Dautovic<\/span>
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Amra is the National Lead for Domestic Abuse in the Richmond Fellowship (RF), a national mental health charity. RF has been working with individuals, families and communities to make recovery a reality for over 60 years.<\/span><\/p>

Amra works across England primarily leading services in London and Birmingham that tackle domestic abuse and support mental health. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Louise McKiernan, MBA<\/span>
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Louise Mckiernan is Chief Executive of the Disability Resource Centre; one of the leading disability organisations operating in Birmingham, Solihull and the wider West Midlands providing a range of services to disabled people, frail older people, and those with long term health conditions.<\/span><\/p>

This includes not only individuals with mental ill health but also those presenting with poor mental health as a result of their impairment or health condition.<\/span><\/p>

Louise is also the Board Chair of Living Well UK.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Shahid Zaman<\/span>
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Shahid is an emerging leader in mental health services, serving as the Co-Founder and Director of Cognitive Wellness. At the helm of this innovative organisation, Shahid leads a dedicated team of 18 skilled therapists, including specialists in Low-Intensity and High-Intensity CBT, EMDR therapies, and counselling, as well as practitioners addressing long- term conditions.<\/span><\/p>

Under his leadership, Cognitive Wellness delivers comprehensive mental health support to approximately 2,400 clients each year and provides over 10,000 hours of therapy annually.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t

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LWC is contracted to provide counselling and psychological therapy services as part of the national NHS Talking Therapies programme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The clinical team works in collaboration with LWC Members to deliver a wide range of treatments to clients over the age of 11 in Birmingham and Solihull.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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